These first 3 paintings are ones I did for our son Brian and his wife Sarah. Sarah retired from the Air Force in September, and they have moved to Amarillo, Texas. They are building their retirement home and asked me to do some paintings with a Texas theme. The first 2 represent the yellow rose of Texas and the third features creatures in their area.
At the first of this year, I decided to remove any unsold art from the Owl & Rabbit Galley and retire from showing my paintings anywhere. I was comfortable with this decision but then I got a request from them to please do some art for the Christmas season. I agreed to do this. Since small art seems to sell, that is what I did. Here are some small paintings that I sell on an easel. I picked subject matter that always sold well in the past. Here are those paintings.
Just about the time I finished with the above paintings, I got a couple of commissions for 3 domino train stations from people in Arizona who had bought them in the past and wanted more as gifts for friends. I have sold hundreds of these over the years. Every time I sell one, I think it will probably be the last one but then I get a commission for another one!
I still have three more paintings to do that were commissioned by a cousin who recently moved to Myrtle Beach. They are to have a beachy theme. I plan to work on them after the first of the year.
During the time I was not painting I continued to work on colored doodles that I featured in the last post. I have over 40 new ones that I have done. The problem is that I did not scan them into the computer. Once I get that job done, I will post photos of them.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
