A variety of new paintings

Along with painting boxes the past couple of weeks I also was working on new canvas paintings which are posted below.

Talavera Roadrunner
11X14

This is the newest addition to my Talavera Critter Collection.  I had fun doing him.  He looks a little fierce to me but then all roadrunners seem to have that look.

Rocky Desert
8X20

I decided to try a long narrow desert scene based on a pattern I came up with for a stained glass window my husband is working on.  I gave the saguaro the stained glass look that one in the window will have.

Decorative Cross
8X10

I also did this small cross painting.  I love the fancy frame which sets off the painting.

Boxes

I have been busy for the past couple of weeks working on these trinket boxes.  I find small craft items sell well at art festivals.  I like to keep an inventory of boxes, trays, bowls and domino train stations, which are my best selling craft item.  If you go back to some of my old posts from last year you will find photos of them.

I also have been working on some new paintings that are completed but not framed yet.  I will post them in a few days. 

Stained Glass Windows

Here are three stained glass windows Roger made for friends in Heritage Highlands.

This window will be going to Surprise, AZ to long time friends.  It is in memory of a son that died when he was 15.

I helped with the design and color selection of the windows but Roger did all the real work of constructing them. 

New Works of Art

It is not often I have to do a "re-do" on a painting but that is what I had to do on the one below.  This is the peacock painting I did for our son. He requested a grey back ground with a red border.  I did what he wanted and thought "OH, NO!".  It looked very Goth to me.  I could picture this peacock running around the Addams Family yard.  I emailed a photo to Brian & Sarah and they felt the same and suggested a red background.  So, instead of doing a whole new painting, I decided to try to change the background on the original.  It worked and we are all happy now.

Goth Peacock

Peacock on Red 18X24

Next I did the dragonfly painting that I mentioned in a previous post and guess what?  While I like the painting, I don't like the dark frame so I am thinking of refinishing it.  So...another re-do!  I'll post a photo of the painting in the redone frame when I complete it.




Dragonfly Magic
9X22

Here it is in the same frame with a new finish.  Much better!

One more project finished.  I decided to start working on some small stuff to show at the Sheraton reception which will be at the end of April.  I have a number of small boxes that I want to paint.  Here is the first one which is a small oak trinket box.

I completed three project plus cleaned and reorganized my work shop in the past couple of weeks which makes me happy!  Also, Roger completed four stained glass windows and is ready to start another on.  We may be retired but we keep busy!