Dreaming About Oklahoma

"Dreaming About Oklahoma"

This particular painting is for a benefit that the proceeds go to the Samaritan's Purse.

O - Wagon wheel - Settlers who moved out west as a
                               part of American Expansion
K - Planted tree with ties - Planting for a greener
                                         environment as well
                                         for the farmer.
                                         farmer
L - Tall sprinkling stick with garden hose - dry climate
                                         and a very important tool
                                         for the farmer
A - small child's tee pee - Native Americans from the
                                        early part of American
                                        history
H - House - a typical style of house in the Midwest
                   and prairie areas
O - Sunflower patch - an ideal type of flower to plant
                                   - Especially in dryer climates
M - double gate - For keeping cattle in the big open
                            yard - especially for a cattle ranch
A - Windmill - a very important tool for any farmer -
                      especially in tornado-prone areas

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"Reflective Thoughts"

"Reflective Thoughts"

When I saw  this particular challenge, it is for some odd reason that I wanted to make this painting as though  that there was a live model who was going through chemotherapy at the time of this pose. Cancer has been making itself to be known among to several of my family members who experienced this menace including my husband.(he only received radiation treatments).  It was several years ago when I remembered seeing bald female models on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" discurssing their experiences of both holding down the modeling positions while undergoing chemotherapy treatments at the same time period. 

In this picture, "Dani" (not her real name) is in the lower, left-hand corner in this painting seeing three various reflections of herself in the other three corners through mirrows and glass.  The mirror image on the right is about her praying and seeking spiritual answers, the image on upper right-hand side represents rationalization and reasoning, and the other image on the upper, left-hand side represents both sorrow as well sadness.  At times, this model as well many cancer patients can have a "touch-me-not" moment.

Title:  "Reflective Thoughts"

Size: 9" W  X 6" H

S/H: $10.00 (USD)

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"Spring Cleaning & Revitalization"

"Spring Cleaning & Revitalization"

Just try to remember how this old mill used to look like before a group of people came here and purchased it, and did much cleaan up on it as well doing the "Creek Sweep Project".  At least, we can imagine that there were great strides of improving up that once-delapidated mill and the dens amount of dead trees accompanied with growth around the surrounding creek.  The idea of people who come to work on restoring old buildings as well redoing the landscape around them are both interesting and wonderful..  Hooray for restoration!  I also love stories about how old things and buildings become like new again for many people to enjoy for various reasons.

Title: "Spring Cleaning & Revitalization"

Media: Watercolor

Size: 6" W X 6" H

S/H: $10.00 (USD)

*Note: Please see this painting through "The Old Milll Challenge" through Daily Paintworks

Bama Jam-Aah

"Bama Jam-Aah"

"Rah, rah, Bama jama, the best team in Alabama - Gooo Team" was a cheer that my mother once told me
about when was still in her teens.  Now, I will bet that you are wondering why is that cheer and doughnut painting have to do with each other.  Yes, I can tell you why is that I wanted to do a doughnut with a jam
feeling in its center and give it a team identity.  The painting of this particular doughnut and the "Roll Tide Spirit" was "marriaged" together for the "Painting Your Amalgam Challenge".  I chose to use both one of the subjects as well a style that Kelley Carey MacDonald paints for her "dailies" in this particular challenge for this particular painting.  Afterall, I did "try" or attempt to paint like Kelley.  Thank you very much, Kelley, you have been very gracious in allowing me to paint one of your favorite subjects as well using your style.

Title:  "Bama Jam-Aah"

Media: Oil on Canvas Panel

Size: 8" W X 6" H

Price: $48.00 (Currency Converter)

S/H: $15.00 (USD)

*Note: Please see "Paint Your Amalgam Challenge" through Daily Paintworks

"Sometime In March"

"Sometime In March"

It was sometime in March when I was then six years old, I wanted go to fly a kite so badly - especially when and where many other people flying their kites around open spaces at the city park.  From that little sister's point-of-view, I was beginning to feel extremely left out when both of my brothers went with some of their friends to the park to fly kites along with my mother and sister went to either a birthday party or a tea. Then, I began to have an overwhelming feeling that nobody wanted to take me anywhere - especially going flying a kite at the city park.  So, I began to sob very vividly and saying that I, too, wanted to go to the park and fly a kite, and I was so afraid that I would never have that privilege since I was feeling so "left-out" at home.

Shortly, my father started to cheer me up and said that we can go out and fly a kite that he remembered a box kite set which was in storage somewhere around the house. It was certainly a part of my nature that I wanted to be the one to put the kite together, however; he insisted that I watched him assembled that box kite while he went through the whole process along with attaching the tail which was made by tying old strips of cloth one to the other, and then attached it on the other end of the kite.  When we arrived at the city park, we saw so many people who took advantage of that very windy March day to fly their kites.  My tears that I shed about thirty minutes earlier became cheers when both my father and I were experiencing that special time together while we both held the rope spool with our hands along with watching the kite soar higher and higher into the sky.  Now, that was an experience that I still treasure.

Title: "Sometime In March"

Media: Mixed: Watercolor & Water Marking Pens

Size" 6" W X 6" H

*NOTE: Please see this particular painting under "The Monochromatic Challenge"  though
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"Company's Coming"

"Company's Coming"

It is so easy to know when company is coming by all of the growing tension and pressure that were increasing - especially when it comes to all of those fussy rules that included placing numerous lables on the food cotainers in the refrigerator designated for company.  A particular family member certainly had her way of putting scare tactics on the rest of us to insure that those food items will be saved for company. Who can ever forget when certain family members work on making sure that everything will go in perfect harmony which also involved the house's appearance even before the guests arrived?  Things began to lighten up when the guests arrived and the foods that were considered as "taboo" begins to be "enjoyed".  All of that tension that was present before company came began to dissipate except in our memories as well later discussed among each one of us after the guests had came and left.

Title: "Company's Coming"

Media: Watercolor

Size: 6" W X 6" H

S/H: $10.00 (USD)

*NOTE:  Please see this particular painting in "The What's In Your Fridge Challenge" through the Daily Paintworks Challenge

"Letting Go"

"Letting Go"

Please help me, Lord!  I, as well many people, tend to have problems of  "letting go" of "stuff" that burdens us down that we cannot effectively "run that race of life".  This particular piece of  a light-weight cloth has various types of traits or "Stuff" that easily "slows us down quite a bit..." There are way too much "stuff" that really "weighs" us down quite a bit as we are "running the race of life".  This particular painting is both a "challenging exercise" and a study in symolism.  It does come as a real relief when we finally know "when" and "how" of "letting it go" and see it "vanishing in the wind.".

Title: "Letting Go"

Size:  6" W X 6" H

Media: Watercolor

Price: $36.00 (Currency Converter)

S/H: $10.00  (USD)

*NOTE: Please see Daily Paintwaors, and open up "Paint Some Fabric" Challenge

"Retro Lingerie Advertisement"

"Retro Lingerie Advertisement"

 It is always a novelty to come across some very old pieces of memorablilia such as this newspaper advertisement that is at least fifty years old... This is particular painting is from the "Paint Your Undies Challenge".  This was a rather "challenging" paint challenge because it was not one of my favorite subject to paint.  Soo...  I decided to paint an old advertisement that compiled together collection of old advertisements, and to make it into one ad-page that shows its age.  Not only did I made it look "dated", but I put it as though it came out sometimes around March 1960.

Title: "Retro Lingerie Advertisement"

Media: Mixed (Wathercolor, Pen, and coffee)

Size: 5" W X 7" H

Price: $35.00 (Currency Converter)

S/H: $10.00 (USD)

*Note:  Please see this particular painting in Daily Paintworks in the "Paint Your Undies" Challenge"

"Parlor Window"

"Parlor Window"

There has always been something about this particular parlor window that I really loved.  If I correctly remember, I saw it at "Freedom Hall" which is one of the reception halls that is located in the downtown area of Mobile, Alabama.  It was almost thirty-five years ago when both my parents and I attended a political reception that was placed in honor for one of my distant cousin's then-husband during his race for the position on United Senator on the Democratic ticket.  It is not only the occasion that inspired me for liking this particular style of window, but it also had a beautiful library table with three differnt types of ship models on it.  Another intriguing part of this painting is that there is an interesting concept of the Summer light that is "fighting" its way to get inside this room.

Title: "Parlor Window"

Size: 6" W X 6" H

Media: Watercolor

Price: $36.00 (Currrency Converter)

S/H: $10.00 (USD)

*Note: Please see this particular painting at Daily Paintworks and check out this painting under the "Bright Path Challenge". for more information.

"Who's That Lady?"

"Who's That Lady?"

This painting challenge gave me an inspiration to do a painting of a lady named Bathsheba.  Bathsheba was one of the women from the Old Testament whom King David actually had a "crush" on her enough to have her husband, Uriah The Hittite killed by the means of a battle.  I painted this picture of this particular lady as though she was back in times when the Old Testament was still being written.  I gave the title of this painting since I remembered that King David was asking about her as well for me to imagine that he asked in a style as though he was singing that song, "Who's That Lady?" which is the same one that the Isley Brothers sang back in 1973.  

Title: "Who's That Lady?"

Size: 6" W X 6" H

Price: $36.00 (Currency Converter)

S/H: $10.00 (USD)

* NOTE: Please see this painting as listed the "Bathing Woman Challenge".

"Deeply Red Duo"

              

This is one of my most favorite stemware patterns, although I can not recall the exact name of the pattern.   However, I do remember  seeing a stemware pattern that Avon put out in the booklets for sometime, and if my memory serves me correctly, it was called "1876 New England".  That was when I started to fall "in love" with this particular pattern as well wanting to have it for so long.   To my complete surprise, my husband, George, pleasantly surprised with this pair of goblets as a Valentine's Day gift one year.  Yes, it does pay for me to wait for something very good to come my way.

Title:  "Deeply Red Duo"

Media: Oil on Canvas

Size: 6" W X 6" H 

S/H: $10.00 (USD - Only)

Note: Please see "The Glasss Challenge" Through the Daily Paintworks  website for more information.