Merry Christmas!

Silver Bells

Oil  6" x 6"

I want to wish each of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

May this season be filled with love and joy!

Thank you to all of you for your support!  

Bird House Ornaments

So, what do you do with all of the "used" paint tubes, caps, and 

brushes that constantly accumulate?  Throw them out!  

For the last few years I've been tossing them into a 

bin with the plan to use them for something.

I've turned them into little bird house tree ornaments!  

I used the tubes for roof shingles, the caps for bricks and the brushes 

for bird ledges (not that there will be any birds sitting on them!)

A fun afternoon's work!  Or should I say play!

Holiday Open House

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

Summerland Gardens

124 E Cheyenne Road

Colorado Springs 80906

www.summerlandgardens.com

I will be painting in the upstairs gallery during the Holiday Open House at Summerland Gardens on Friday 11/30 and Saturday 12/01.  The Open House is from 10 am - 8pm.  I'll be there painting each day from 2 - 6.  Please stop by for holiday cheer, gift ideas, unique decorations, trees, wreaths, paintings and to see me!  Hope to see you there!  

A few of these paintings are still available.  Please contact me if interested.

One More Poinsettia -- 100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings 95/100

One More Poinsettia -- 100 garden and Floral Oil Paintings 95/100
6" x 6"  Oil
$80.00 + $10. s.h
SOLD

HOLIDAY SALE  All paintings sold in December are 20% off my regular prices

Here are a few more Poinsettia facts that I googled:

• Poinsettias are priced according to the number of blooms. The more blooms, the more expensive the plant.
• The flowers or cyathia of the poinsettia are in the center of the colorful bracts.
• Poinsettias have been called the lobster flower and flame leaf flower.
• Poinsettias are not poisonous.
• A study at Ohio State University showed that a 50 pound child who ate 500 bracts might have a slight tummy ache.
• Poinsettia sap that can irritate the skin and cause an upset stomach if consumed in large enough quantities.
• A fresh poinsettia is one on which little or no yellow pollen is showing on the flower clusters in the center of the bracts. Plants that have shed their pollen will soon drop their colorful bracts.
• Poinsettias represent over 85 percent of the potted plant sales during the holiday season.

Yule Tide Treasure

Yule Tide Treasure
6" x 6"  Oil
$100.00 + $10.00 s/h

I love painting Christmas ornaments.  I love the shine, sparkle and reflections.  These ornaments are vintage, and aren't regular, shiny glass balls.  They're antiqued and somewhat matte.  I found this a fun challenge.

This is one of my paintings that will be at Summerland Gardens during the holiday season.  This weekend, November 18 and 19, 10am-8pm is their Holiday Open House.   Hope you can stop by and share some holiday cheer.

I also have paintings at Dream Pastries in Castle Rock.  This Saturday is the annual Starlighting event, (the lighting of the star on the castle like rock).  Events and openings will be taking place downtown, so please stop by there as well.

Sweet Silver Bells

Sweet Silver Bells
6" x 6" oil on panel
$100.00 + $10. s/h

This is the last of my six ornament pieces.  I loved painting these and will definitely paint more in the future;  whether this season or next season remains to be seen.  I think part of the fun for me were the light and reflections.  I do more landscapes and floral/garden paintings, and the strong, bold reflections found in the glass are not present in the out of doors.

The Treetops Glisten

The Treetops Glisten
6" x 6" oil on panel
$100.00 + $10. s/h

My husband and I just got home from a great, several week road trip to San Diego, the Tucson area, Petrified National Forest and Canyon de Chelley in Arizona, Hovenweep National Monument in Utah, and Durango, Co.  The trip was filled with family, friends, fun, sites and hiking.  I painted in advance before leaving and had off and on access to the internet.  Thank you to everyone for all of your comments.  I'm now trying to catch up with my comments to you, finish posting the last few ornaments and wine pieces and then will post paintings of the trip.

Let Your Heart Be Light

Let Your Heart Be Light
6" x 6" Oil on panel
$100.00 + $10. s/h
If interested in purchasing, there is a Paypal button on my Daily Painter Originals post.  I am having a temporary glitch on this computer.  Thanks.

I have been having fun with the reflections in the ornaments and glass and am planning on another group of reflective pieces for the near future. 

Merry and Bright

Merry and Bright

6" x 6" oil on panel

SOLD

I am posting this from a different computer.  It will not let me add a Paypal button (I tried for more than 1 hour!)  So, if interested in purchasing, please go to Daily Painter Originals, on my sidebar, ....there is a Paypal button there, or contact me.

I continue to work on elipses, circles, spheres, and holiday pieces.