Wow, what a nice weekend. We had such warm weather. We were even able to dine out on the front porch Friday night. Then Saturday evening my sister and parents and me sat out there again and had drinks and snacks. The front porch is my favorite place to be in the summer. Every summer day ends in a celebration on the front porch. I wanted the warm weather to stay so bad, but it is gone with the wind.

This is my latest painting on ebay called "Bun Buns".

Here are both of my serious sunbathers. They too had sooooo much fun playing outside with us this weekend. Foster actually slept through the night without attacking my feet.

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend!

Jennifer

Here are my latest paintings on ebay.

It sure is tough to get anything done around here. So much going on this week. Whew. I just need to take a deep breathe.

I did get one little fun thing done. I have had this chandelier hidden in my closet for about six months or more. I am a light fixture junkie. I love looking at light fixtures even when I don't need them. I was strolling through the light fixture aisle at Lowes when I spotted this gem for $20.00 regularly a hundred something. Anyway it was in my cart and out the door and then I was too scared to show my husband until this weekend. I LOVE it! I am so glad I grabbed it now. I have a whole new feel in here and I can't wait to add to it .

Don't tell, but I have another light hidden in my closet. Shhhhh. ;)

West

Well, I was inspired to go west this week. First, I painted this little girl Becky . She lives close to the railroad tracks. I do love the sound of a distant train.


Then, I painted Susan. I had a hard time deciding to use crackle or not, but I am glad I did. It gives them both a very rustic primitive look. Not sure if you can tell, but they both have a touch of glitter too. Susan's fringe and Becky's flowers and flip flops. I always have to tell myself flip flops. I am of the generation when they were called thongs. Now, that is considered underwear! My nieces laugh when I call my flip flops thongs. How did it get so complicated?



And this is Becky's house. I think these wild donkeys come in the afternoon for a snack. Becky feeds them. I am going to put the girls up on ebay, but I have not decided on the house . I might keep that.



Jennifer

Sorrow

This is a painting I did for myself called "Sorrow". I have had this sketched on paper for probably a year and have finally painted it. I painted this lovely lady to be sad for me. There is so much tragedy and sadness in the world that sometimes I feel guilty for having fun knowing that someone somewhere is suffering. So this is my little lady that can pray and be sad for me all day and night while I carry on.

And carry on we did....




We spent the day at a large mall North of St. Louis. This mall has a small indoor playground , ice skating rink, and fun fair type rides. The kids drove some mini go carts. Rose was NOT a good driver. It scared me to death.




She is my wild child. This is her jumping on the super web like spider man. Here she is attempting to do a flip on it. scary.


I did paint a few more paintings this week. I am just not sure what I am going to do with them yet. :/ They are different. I have one that I plan to put up tonight if I have time. If I do I will post it here too.

Hope you all had an interesting weekend.

Jennifer

I finally finished this one. "Pretty in Pink" You can find it on ebay.

"No fire tonight, I guess a lamp will have to do."

Here are two new paintings I have finished. I have been reading the Life of Saints and that is what has inspired me. The one on the left is a painting of Saint Agatha. Her feast was February 5Th. She is quite inspiring. She refused the solicitations of a high Roman so they tore her breasts off. Yikes. There is much more to her story , but that is the short of it. In modern times she has been taken as a Patron Saint of Breast Cancer. The one on the right is just a beautiful red haired angel.

I plan to post these tonight on ebay.

I also thought I would share a picture of my messy art table and a painting I am currently working on.

Hope you all had a very nice weekend.

Jennifer

Picture Tagged

I've been picture tagged by the Lovely Lisa of Lisa Lectura Creations, who by the way , is having a giveaway so make sure you stop by.

All I had to do was upload the FOURTH photo from my FOURTH folder on my computer and tag FOUR others with the same love. My FOURTH photo, not so great, but I did find an old shot that I have never shown on here. This is an old pic of my husband and I in New Orleans at the Central Grocery getting a Muffuletta. Yum.

Now for the tagging:

Jenny of Wonders of Whimsey

Cris of Mommy's Midwest Mountain

Micki of The Art Hermit

Flor of Flor Lorios Art