Replacement paintings and a whole lot more

I painted duplicates of the things I sold that I showed in my last blog post.  Here is what I did.  The first photo is another "Fruit and Flowers" painting.  I had to add more fruit and more flowers to it because the frame I used is larger then the original which is now hanging in a home in CA.

Next I did the lighthouse and blue jay domino train stations along with another pink rose cancer awareness train station.  I took the original to the Vicksburg Gallery so decided to do another to show at the Three Rivers Artist Guild Holiday show. 

I wanted to have a number of train stations for the holiday show so I did 9 more for a total of 12.

I did a hummingbird pattern that  was popular in Tucson and I liked it so much I painted a slightly larger version on a wooden plate.

I did two more designs that I have sold many times in the past.  One is the Indian Maiden pattern and the other is a Patchwork Horse.

I then did some cute lovebird owls that I have done a couple of times before and a carousal horse which is a new pattern.

I have only did flamingos and a peacock once in the past on train stations so thought I'd do them again.

The last two are both new to train stations.  One is my "Lovely Lighthouse" and the other "Peek-a-boo Kitty"

 
When I lived in Tucson my domino train stations were my most popular item.  I sold 100's of them. We lived in a retirement community and it seemed everyone played Mexican Train Dominos.  I always put a hanger on the back so that when you are not using it in a game it could be hung on the wall as a decoration. In fact some people who do not play the game bought them as a wall hanging.  I am selling them here in MI but not in the same numbers as in Tucson.  I occasionally get an online order from someone who saw them at a friend's house.  I wish I had kept count of how many of them that I have sold over the years.  I do know that that number would be many 100's!  I sold every one that I painted except for a few I have gifted to family and one that I kept for myself. 

If you wonder how I started painting these here is the story:
 I got the idea for making them from my friend Frances who had a larger version of one she bought online.  It had a domino shaped hole cut in the middle for the " lead" number domino  and was painted with a simple design. She suggested I might want to paint a few to sell.  When I asked my son Mark if he could cut me some he asked if he could make them slightly smaller so that they could fit in a flat rate box and that he not cut the hole so that I could paint a picture on them instead of just a decorative boarder.  I agreed and the rest is history.  Little did we know how many he would cut and how many I would sell.  I'm thankful to Frances for getting me started on painting something that has given joy to so many people.

I sold one more painting last week.  It is my most recent "Magnolia" painting.  I probably have done 4 or 5 of these paintings which have all sold.  Time to do another one.  Here is the one that I just sold.

I set up for the holiday show this coming weekend.  I will show pictures in my next blog post.