New paintings and master bed room and bath room remodel

My two newest paintings are ones that I did for myself for our newly remodeled master bed room and bath room.

This first one is another version of the painting I featured in my last post that was inspired by my friend Gloria's quilt.  I titled it "Gloria's Beautiful Quilt".  I enjoyed painting it so much that I decided to do a similar one in different colors for myself.  When it was finished I gave it the title "Patchwork & Posey".  Since I think I may do a collection of these paintings I added #2 to the title.  "Gloria's Beautiful Quilt" will be the first in this collection so I added #1 to that title.  I have done other collections over the years.  One is called "Study in Patchwork".  I could add these paintings to that collection or maybe not.  I haven't decided yet.  Anyway here is "Patchwork & Posey #2"  Size is 20X16

The second painting I just finished is called "Tulips in Grey Vase"  it is another version of a similar one I did in the past only in different colors.  This painting is also 20X16 and now hangs in my master bed room.

We started our master bath and bed room remodel in late December and finished in early February.  We had a new granite counter top installed along with two new sinks and faucets.  Roger replaced the floor tile and added wall tile.  The paint color we chose was called Blue Ice.  We also replaced all the cabinet knobs.  The first photo is what the room looked like before the work was done and the second is the after photo.  It is a large odd shaped room and the shower stall and the garden tub do not show in either photo.

When we retired to Tucson in 1996 we bought a bedroom set and a black metal canopy bed. The bedroom looks as good now as it did when we bought it 25 years ago but we felt it was time to replace the bed.  When we moved here we removed the canopy and only used the head board.  For the past 25 years we have had the same very neutral color scheme, off white, beige, grey, and black. We used those colors in Tucson, Michigan and when we first moved here.  It was time for a change.  I decided on the same wall color we used in the bathroom.  We removed the nasty 15 year old carpet and installed vinyl planking.  We also bought a new bed and mattress and I found the perfect quilt and shams online.  This past summer we found the large wall hanging which we installed over the bed at a yard sale for $20.  We joke that spending that $20 on what we thought was a real bargain cost us BIG BUCKS to finish two rooms just so we had a place to hang it.  LOL!  The first two photos are before and the second two are the after photos.

I am adding two more photos showing the new paintings hanging in the bathroom and the bedroom.

We love our newly remodeled rooms.  They are both bright and fresh looking and very relaxing.  

Roger is starting a new project which will be stained glass windows for our upstairs loft and my art studio.  I'll post photos when they are done.

I do a Valentine's Day Doodle every year.  Here is what I did for 2021.  I am a few days late on posting it.

Projects I completed in January 2021

I'm not sure why, but early in January I suddenly had ideas for multiple paintings.  I started work on 6 different projects at the same time.  I went back and forth between a number of paintings, prepped canvases for a couple more and also worked on a small book table that has been sitting around for months.  It is one of my "road find" projects.  I picked it up on the side of the road before the garbage truck got to it! 

 This first photo is the before picture.  It probably was in a child's room.  It was cute but not my style for where I wanted to put it in my entrance area.

Here is a photo of what it looks like now.  

I placed it on a wall opposite the small 3 drawer cabinet that was featured in my last post.  I painted it in the same colors and design.  Here is what they look like together.  Click on the photo to enlarge.

The inspiration for the next painting came from a photo my friend Gloria from Tucson sent me.  Gloria and her husband George are both quilters.  Over the years we have know them, they have created many beautiful quilts and have won many ribbons and have been featured in magazines.  I have used their quilts for inspiration for many paintings.  The first photo is the one Gloria sent me of the lap quilt she made.

This is the painting I did based on the above photo.  I call it "Gloria's Beautiful Quilt".

It took quite a few steps and lots of masking tape to get all the narrow blocks painted.  It also took lots of drying time for each step so while I was waiting for paint to dry I worked on 3 other paintings.  Only one of them is finished.  I will show the other ones in my next post.  This one is a tiny 7X5 painting titled "Bird in a Gilded Frame.  It is a pattern I did before but in a different color pallet.  This is the new one.

Here is the one I did back in 2018

I will have some new home improvement project to show in my next blog post.  For the past 5 weeks we have been doing our master bath and bedroom.  They are almost done so I will be doing another post soon.