Homage To Andrew Wyeth

I have always loved Andrew Wyeth's paintings. My mother introduced me to his work when I was a young girl, and I can remember spend a great deal of time looking at his work, enthralled with the color palette, detail, and the lovely simplicity of his compositions. After taking this photograph it instantly reminded me of his work, and with some tweaking, it was even closer. So, this is my humble homage to an artist, I have loved, for as long as I can remember.

Wheat Grass Instead Of Flowers On A Friday

Splendor In The Grass

Thankful Thursday - Calmness

'A Blend Of Calmness' by sparkleandposy

NEUTRAL tweed SLOUC... MARYsworks $25.00	Hand Embroidered Fl... TropicalGarden $25.00	Handmade Silver Bir... dreamyvintage $16.00
Anatomy of a Flower... legendsphotogr... $12.00	Note Cards - Oak Le... fionadesigns $20.00	Rustic Cables Cowl ... KnitFrekkles $56.00
Indoor Garden N5 - ... MilesOfLight $30.00	Neutral Stripe with... pillowville $39.00	SALE OFF 15% NzLbag... NzLbags $70.00
Ring. Chrysanthemum... ripeshop $12.00	World Peace Hoodie ... BucktoothedBun... $45.00	Bronze Keishi Pearl... newhopebeading $38.00
Custom bird in flig... HandyMaiden $50.00	chairs fineheartworks $30.00	Underwood Standard ... bygrassdoll $215.00
Large Wooden Dutch ... ethanollie $49.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Here is a treasury that I created today on Etsy (for my second shop - Sparkle & Posy). I'm enjoying, and I'm thankful for, a day filled with calmness.

Alice In Wonderland - Rock And Roll Bride

Remember a while back, when I told you about an Alice In Wonderland themed wedding that I worked on? Well, that wedding has been featured on the Rock and Roll Bride Blog. There are lots of pictures, if you feel like taking a peek. It is still one of the most fun weddings I've ever worked on.

I'm Still Here, Playing With A Kitten

This week just simply got away from me. I have been super busy. Among the many things happening this week, I helped my daughter Nichole acquire this little cutey. Isn't he sweet! Nichole took this picture of him looking at me, as I gushed, and told him how precious he is.

Flowers On A Friday - New Beginnings

Happy Friday.

Thankful Thursday - Guilty Pleasure

Alright, alright, I admit it, I'm totally addicted to a reality show. Work Of Art - The Next Great Artist just started up again, and I'm so excited. Do any of you watch it? It's an art competition, and I think it's fascinating. It's this fun glimpse into other artists minds. I also really like the challenges that they put the artists through. I'd love to follow along and do the challenges myself (ahh, if there were only more hours in a day). This week the artists had to choose a from a variety of "bad" art pieces. They had a clown on velvet, dogs playing poker, etc. The artist's then had to create a "true" work of art using the bad art as inspiration, keeping at least some aspect of the original intact and recognizable. It was fascinating to see what they did. A few pieces seemed worse than when they started, but many of them were really creative and wonderful. They went in directions I never would have thought to go. It's really inspiring. Who knows, maybe I'll make a trip to the thrift shop. However, whether I paint along, or not, I will certainly be watching.
How about you, do you have any guilty pleasure that you're thankful to watch?

Flowers On A Friday - Macro Lily

Thankful Thursday - The Sun Came Out

Today, I'm thankful that the sun came so that my sky light/roof could be patched. I'm also thankful that the leak missed my art table by a few inches, hooray! That could have been a very sad story, and I'm so glad it wasn't. I prefer to enjoy my rain outside, thank you.

Meatless Monday - Seitan Bourguignon

This last weekend I made Martha Stewarts' Seitan Bourguignon and it was really delicious! It had a great rich, hearty, homey flavor. I think it's a wonderful comfort food for the fall.  Highly recommended! The meat eaters in my life were amazed that it was a vegan recipe. FYI - For those of you that are unfamiliar with it, seitan is a nice chewy meat substitute that is made from wheat gluten.