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This was the image we were to work with:

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Hi!, Its been a long time since I have blogged. We have just gotten back from a nice vacation to Colorado and Oklahoma to see family and friends. It was a good time. While we were gone I got to go the Denver Botancial Gardens. I am including some of the fun pics that I t… Continue

What to do with my pieces of stained glass?? I know, I'll make a mosaic piece. Not just any piece. A coffee table. yeah, that's it. Hours and hours later....taa dahhh! My mosaic coffee table!

Hope you enjoy it. I had a great time working on it. My back, however, not so much!

I love the colors that are in this. I used black grout which really made the colors pop that much more. This is a very heavy duty solid wood piece of furniture.

The painting I wanted to talk about today is an oil painting 2 ½’ x 3’. It is of my brother in law who is currently serving in the military and made two tours so far in Iraq. He is a very patriotic guy and loves his country. I wanted to do a special painting for him to show him that I appreciate all that he and his family has sacrificed for me. He really is a special. What he did in Iraq inspired the meaning behind this painting. He received the bronze star this last time there. When I asked wha… Continue

I decided I would start talking about some of my paintings to keep track of what actually made me do some of them, or the idea behind them.
The first painting that I thought I would write about was one I finished in December.
It is actually a picture of my niece Mackenzie. I did it for my sister. Mackenzie is a special little girl to me. I was there the day she was born. I was the first one to see her. Perhaps it’s because I was butting my way in front of her father, I’m not really sure! We were… Continue