Last Week's Menagerie of Artwork

Here are some of the pieces 

I've been working on this past week. 

Purple kitty wearing a 

polka dot tie. 

These butterflies make me laugh.

Not the pieces themselves, but 

the fact that my husband hung

them in our pond area upside down.

I asked him if he realized he did that

and he was insistent they were right side up. 

Oh, how I did not want to look at

those things hanging upside down

every time I looked 

out my kitchen window. 

I'd decided just to zip it, and

not say another word about it. 

Well, to my surprise, the next day

I saw that he had flipped them right

side up. 

"Thank You Lord!" 

This is a sign that I made

for the bathroom. 

It has resonated with me

since the first time I saw

it in an old Victoria magazine

many years ago. 

Frida magnet

                                

This is a large 'welcome' sign I made

from a long cabinet door

someone was getting rid of. 

Mermaid magnet

Kitty Plaque

Fish magnet

That about wraps it up for 

now. 

Hoping it's a wonderful week for you.

Thank you for visiting. 

Terri

Cats and Skulls and Magnets, Oh My!

The past weekend was so much fun! 

My daughter and son-in-law

took their "mom's" out for an early

 surprise Mother's Day celebration. 

(It's so nice being good friends

with my daughter's mother-in-law.)

The four of us went to the 

English Rose Tea Room

in Carefree Arizona. 

It was just perfect. 

Being a tea drinker myself I had

to up my game the following morning

and forgo my usual mug for Grandma's 

porcelain tea set. 

While it wasn't quite as delicious without

the real cream and lump of sugar,

it extended the delightful memory just the same. 

If you ever happen to be in the 

area, it's a wonderful place to visit. 

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Moving on now to my 

art creations of this past week. 

Here's a pic of my purple kitty plaque, . . .

. . . . my new skull plaque, . . . 

. .  .  and some fun little art magnets. 

These little guys are all painted on 2"x 2" pieces of wood. 

I decided to make some one of a kind 

mini artwork magnets as well. 

This little kitty is one of those. 

So much fun! 

Hope you have a wonderful week. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Terri

Cows, Cats, and Life's Rollercoaster

Last week was a crazy one of

highs and lows. 

One day it was remembering a dear friend's brother

at a memorial service. 

The next day it was celebrating our 

daughter's 29th birthday. 

The day after that, another dear friend called to say 

her Dad is in his last days. 

Through it all, God is 

faithful and His presence has been evident. 

Needless to say, I apologize for not

having a chance to catch up on all

the wonderful blogs I follow. 

Hopefully this week will be a little

less eventful. 

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To start with, I'll share the cow

painting that I'm working on. 

I'm kind a stuck for a bit here and

am in the pondering stage. . . 

Meanwhile I thought I'd take a fun

little detour and paint this little gal. 

While I was at it, I saw this one waiting

to be finished and took care of it too. 

My goal for this week is to finish up

on the cow painting, and start

on the bunny hutch I have sitting

in the middle of my kitchen floor! 

Fortunately, it's only been there since Saturday. 

Hope you have a wonderful week. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Terri

Folk Art Kitties

I had fun painting these cats on

blocks of wood on a previous post

and decided to paint some more. 

After drawing some cat patterns on wood,

my husband kindly cut them out for

me on our scroll saw and I got to work. 

I haven't signed this one yet

because I'm not sure if I'm finished. 

This one is definitely done

and ready to be varnished. 

I have them it a few different

sizes, so they'll be fun to work on. 

In the meantime I've got a larger

project looming before me that

I'll blog on in a future post. 

For now, it's back to work.

Hoping you're having a 

wonderful week so far!

Terri

Lastest Creations

I'd set this piece aside a few

weeks ago and finally added

the finishing touches. 

It still needs a coat of varnish

which I'm hoping will really 

make it pop. 

She went from looking Japanese

to looking more Indian. 

The following is my 4th out of 4 small

sugar skulls that my husband

cut out for me. 

I hid it behind my back before I 

showed him and said, "This is

the look on my face if I see

a scorpion in the house." 

I pulled it out and showed him

and sure enough, he laughed and agreed. 

Fortunately we don't see

them in the house very often. 

Next I made a couple of 

twin thank you post cards

for some special ladies.

"Your the best" is 

a phrase dear to my heart

because those were the

last words my Dad said to me. 

It's hard to believe he's

been gone 16 years. 

He was always such an

encourager.

This next little painting is of

a quoll. 

I'd been watching a documentary

on Australian wildlife and saw

this cute little critter and decided

to paint him. 

Last but not least, I 

painted this folk art sun today. 

My husband had cut out

the pattern I drew for him.

I gave myself a very short

time to work on it. 

I kept telling myself not

to over-think it and just paint.

It's my Sunday sun.

Thank you for visiting.

Wishing you a fabulous week ahead. 

Folk Art Cats

A month or so ago I base

coated several block squares

of wood in black paint. 

Then I painted a round head

with shoulders in white on each

one as a base to do a series

of snowmen. I set those aside for 

another day. 

Well, another day came last weekend,

but instead of snowmen I turned

them into cats. 

Need I say I'm ready 

to move on to the spring season?

This is my mixed media angel cat. 

I had a lot of fun painting

these and for the most part

things seemed to flow along 

quickly. 

There was one afternoon I would've

thought 30 minutes had passed when it

was actually 3 hours. 

My husband actually waved at me and 

said, "Hello. . . there's another person in

the house. . ." haha (oops, it was time

to put the brush down and give

some time to my husband). 

Except for my husband feeling neglected, 

those are my favorite kind of days.

Thanks for visiting!

Hope you have a fantastic week. 

Outsider Art

I've always loved outsider art.

I should probably qualify that statement.

Some of it can be pretty dark and disturbing,

and not my cup of tea. 

I'm drawn more towards uplifting, colorful,

positive themes and images. 

What I'm most drawn to is the idea

that this is my own little world. 

If I want a flower taller than a 

high rise, I can have that. 

I guess I'm always drawn to

the freedom of expression that 

outsider art (or art in general) lends. 

Sometimes life can seem so structured

and regimented. 

It's nice to "escape" for a little

while into a land of my own. 

I also finished number 3 of 4 smaller sugar skulls. 

This guy needs some Visine. 

That's sometimes how I feel when

I wake up.

Yikes!

Hope you have a great and productive weekend! 

Terri

Wonder Kitty

Something simple, light hearted,

and fun was what I felt like painting.  

I came up with the idea

of a folk art Wonder Kitty!

I didn't search before I 

made my painting to see if

it had been done, but afterward

I searched for "cats in clothes paintings". 

There are so many images

of paintings with cats in clothes

(much more sophisticated than mine).

Scrolling thru them made me smile.

Painting this piece made me smile too,

which is the heart of what art is about for me. 

She may be primitive and rudimentary,

but to me she's PURRFECT! 

Folk Art Dog House

 

My husband made this 

dog house for me to paint. 

I love black with pops of color,

so that was my starting point. 

I like the way this one turned out. 

My husband's not crazy

about the black. He prefers

the lighter backgrounds. 

That's okay, as long as the dog likes it, right?

Thanks for visiting. 

Terri