New Painting

Here's the new painting I'm working on.  I'm hoping to get it finished by the end of the week.  More photos to come.

 

New Puppy

Here's our newest addition to the family.  We haven't named him yet since we've only had him a few hours.  He's part boxer, part schnauzer and only 5 weeks old. 

                                           Sweet face

                                             Meeting our dog Harley for the first time.

                                            Just a little difference in size. :-)

We got this new puppy after a heartbreaking week losing our other puppy

to distemper.  She was about 10 weeks old and we'd already become

very attached.  Our older dog, Harley is now so happy to have

a buddy to play with again.

So much for my Spring time weather.  It's been cold and W I N DY today. 

Here's a painting I just finished and it is called "Let the Wind Blow" oddly enough.

I want the wind of the Spirit to blow in my life but I'm not too crazy about

the wind outside right now....burrrrr...  

This painting has flowers and leaves from previous paintings that I did on watercolor

paper and cut up.  It gives a lot of dimension to this painting. 

Tomorrow is the beginning of Spring break, so if you don't see me here I'll be

enjoying some family time.  

Life Springing forth

It's that time of year we all seem to wish for, when things
start turning green, the air is warmer, there are wild flowers,
blooms on trees, and blue skies.  Spring is just a few weeks away and
I'm excited.   Next week is spring break and my oldest son will be home
from college. My younger son will start little league baseball soon, so
lots of games and practices around the corner.  I can't say I'm REAL
excited about that, but it is rather nice to be outdoors and watching
him play. 

So here's the finished piece I've been working on. The flowers and many of the
leaves are raised. I put several coats of varnish on the top
of this painting to help seal the petals and leaves. This will
be available on Etsy.com very soon. This is called "Life Springing Forth"
which although it is appropriate for this time of year, I really
painted this more about spiritual life springing forth all around rather
than it starting to look like spring outside. It's always encouraging
to see God on the move not only in my life but in other people's lives
around as well.  

10 My lover spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. 11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. 12 Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. 13 The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me." Song of Sol. 2:10-13

This is the before shot on a painting I've been working on.
I have redone this painting three different times. I'm
finally happy with it, although I had to tone down the colorful background
so the flowers would show up more. That was
hard for me to do, because I loved all the color.