teapot and zinnias

This was a fun painting for me. This was a still  life set up of zinnias  from my garden and a very old teapot placed on a tablecloth. It was done in oil on masonite. Hope you like it as much as I do.

pansies

Getting ready for winter and cold temperatures by planting pansies. I will be painting more pansies this winter. I love these little flowers as they remind me of my 7th grade teacher. When my mother and I would walk by her home she usually was outside tending to her pansies. She told me that the pansies were like "little faces." She was a wonderful teacher and encouraged me in my art work.One day in class she  discovered I liked to draw  On this day she was reading a story to us. During this time I would usually  doodle with my pencil. As she walked by my desk she caught me drawing. She apparently never noticed me doing this before. She said to me, " Are you paying attention?" "Yes Mam", I replied. She looked at the paper closely and then said ?Okay." Never again did she question what I was doing but from then on she would ask me to draw certain things for projects she was working on.

Update

It hs been well over a month since I posted on my blog. I have had a lot of distractions with family illness and life has been stressful.Everyone seems to be doing much better and maybe I can get back to focusing on my art. Hopefully this will be a new beginning with lots of art work to show.

At this time I am preparing for Christmas Fest  an art sale at the Bedford Library this Saturday, November 8. I will have  small paintings from the 30 day challenge,note cards of my work, and the children's books I illustrated, and other original paintings. If you are in he area on Saturday, hope to see you there..