This is an acrylic painting I did to hang over our mantle this Christmas. The dog is an Australian Shepherd, our beloved breed for the past 25 years! The bare trees which you can see very faintly in the green portion of the background are symbolic of the 285 pecan trees we have in our orchard.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
This year since funds were scarce due to my hubby being out of work for 4 months following open heart surgery, I decided to make as many gifts as possible. I made hats (see photo below) for the younger grandchildren and did a few paintings for the older ones and even did some crocheting this year. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed crocheting! It's a great "bad weather" activity. I'd much rather be outside working in my garden and/or flower beds or playing with the dogs or horses but chilly/cold or rainy days are not my idea of a fun time outdoors. So this winter, I've spent a lot of time in front of the fireplace with a cup of hot tea, my crochet hook and yarn, watching old movies and throwing the tennis ball a million times into the air in the living room to my youngest Australian Shepherd, Woodie - who would also much rather be outside!
The grandkids were very interested in the Nativity this year! Which no doubt made this Nana very happy. Gwyneth was very surprised to learn that I had painted this Nativity when I was 8 years old - her age now! Hudson thought it might be nice to let one of the characters from "Toy Story" visit the baby Jesus alongside of the wisemen and the shepherds. Paige isn't so sure about that!
Pictured to the right are the hats I made the grandkids. The girls and their dolls got crocheted floppy hats with pretty crocheted flowers and the younger boys got patchwork bucket hats made from their late grandfather's shirts. For fun I crocheted my son-in-law a beanie hat complete with beard since he always complains he cannot grow a full beard. He said he would now be wearing it to all the family gatherings during hunting season when one of my other sons-in-law sports his beard! :) Eldest grandson, Jacob, did like his crochet beanie hat inspite of the scary look he gave me for the camera!
Our granddaughter, Zoe lives with her family in South Florida and she dearly loves the manatee. She asked me while visiting this past summer if I would paint her a manatee for Christmas.....so I did. This is the painting. It is a 16X20 acrylic. Merry Christmas Zoe!
This watercolor painting was done for one of my dear friends. It is her husband and daughter while at the Father-Daughter dance performance this year. She liked it so much that she had prints made for her mother and mother-in-law.
This is a watercolor painting that I had done earlier of my husband's 1961 Corvette reflected in a dark black truck that was parked alongside of us one year at the Hot Rod Power Tour in Mobile AL. I decided to give it to my grandson, Jacob, who is now 12 years old to go on his bedroom wall. My daughter and her family moved into the new home they built and this was their first Christmas there. Jacob's room has all the colors that are in this painting and I also thought he could think of me and Asa whenever he glances over at it.
And....I made a purse for my daughter, Christine. I forgot to get a picture of it before I gave it to her so maybe she'll take one for me and I can post it later.
