All Creatures Great And Small

All Creatures Great And Small

      Ever felt like you needed a weekend to recover from your weekend?  I do...what a busy but productive couple of days!  I have been working on a home project that began as just a dining room re-do and warped into my entryway, dining room, and upstairs hall.  Next comes the living room!  I wanted to paint a nice neutral color to freshen things up and chose a classic gray.  Of course, once I started...my moulding started to look very dingy....and the wallpaper in the kitchen needs to come down.  I'm tired and achy but I did a good job!

     I am excited to have a full week ahead.  I will be painting more birds for the Virginia Beach Garden Tour.  I have been asked to do a display of my birds for this years tour on April 20th.  They will be holding it at the Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club.  It promises to be a beautiful venue and a wonderful tour of homes and gardens in Birdneck Point.

     The gallery that represents me in Richmond, Gallery 5800, is having their largest show of the year on Friday and will have my work displayed on one of

their walls so I will be preparing my paintings for that as well.  

     Next month, the Artists Gallery, in Virginia Beach will be having their Inspiring Places, Vistas, and Spaces show and have used my seascape painting for their postcard!  So....I will be painting another piece for that show and getting frames for the ones I have already.  I hope to see you at these events if you live near by!  Have a fabulous week!  

Some of the paintings displayed in this collage are sold and some are available and can be seen by clicking on the available works link at the top of my blog. :-)

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New Vistas....

 

New Vistas

     I have been really enjoying these collages!  I think I will make it a practice to do one every weekend highlighting some of my recent works.  Sometimes it is good to see them in a collection and to also highlight a trend.  Lately I have been drawn to painting new vistas...water views!  I have also been working more with a palette knife and lots of texture.  I have been fortunate to live near the water all of my adult life.  I have even considered moving closer to the ocean so I can be inspired daily by the sea.  Hope you are enjoying your weekend and have been doing something fun!

     Yesterday I saw the King's Speech.  It was SO good.  I highly recommend it if you have not yet seen it.  Such a wonderful story of triumph and friendship.  

     I have been adding more paintings to my sold and available categories that can be accessed at the top of my blog and also on the side at the top.  If you are interested in any of these works, you can find them under available works! You can purchase using pay pal or contact me at normasart@cox.net for other options.  Thank you for visiting with me and for all the comments and emails!  Welcome to my new followers and subscribers!

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Come With Me To The Sea....
$195

8" by 8" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

Today I took a trip without leaving home!  I knew I wanted to do something else involving water after my painting on Friday so I looked for a doorway that would inspire me and created the scene beyond.  As artists we may be inspired by something but the cool part is, that we can use our imaginations and make a place where we can invite others to join us....so come along with me...to the sea! The weather is perfect and the water is just perfect!

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Shrimp Boats Is A Comin' SOLD

6" by 12" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

More fun with knives!  Besides being a blast to work with...the best part is that I only used two different knives and all you have to do is wipe them off and clean up is done!  I loved this shrimp boat and the bright stripes on it.  It caught my

eye and I just had to paint it!  I found this video that I thought was appropriate

to the subject and has a fun song about shrimping.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMtKQd4TKi4
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Norma Wilson Original Oil Starfish Sea Creature Ocean

Hidden Treasure

11" by 14" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

"Happiness depends more in the inward disposition of mind than on the outward circumstances." Benjamin Franklin

I really like this quote and it is a good one to post on the frig as I know I tend to forget this sometimes....wanting to control outcomes at times...thinking I know what will make me or others happy. :-) It can be like a switch in the brain to chose happy over unhappy. I experienced it today when my grandpuppy decided to give my tomato plant a bit of a "pruning". Needless to say....there will be no tomatoes this summer from this plant. My friend, Barbara, had given it to me as a tiny plant that she had started from seed. I was feeling a lot of pride that I had watered it every day and you would have thought no one else on the planet had such a perfect plant...I became very "attached". When it happened, I made a bit of an "issue" about it with my son and pretty quickly realized that I had a choice to be happy and spread happiness or do just the opposite. Feeling good and spreading cheer is definitely better but sometimes the opposite is SO tempting! If you are reading this Barbara, I HAVE taken steps to protect the herbs! Enjoy the weekend!