Equinox

Rust, peach, mustard...I love the colour combinations of this season. This oil painting was thrifted for $3.

Grandma's Ship

 My grandma painted this delightfully nautical scene when she was a teenager.

 The sunlit sails and the texture of the waves and clouds are so summery.

Best of all--here's a snapshot my grandpa took of it as a brand new creation!

Fête Galante

Pilgrimage to Cythera by Jean-Antoine Watteau--1718--oil on canvas 

Undertow

Undertow (1886) by Winslow Homer (1836-1910)

Ponte Vittorio Emanuele

Ponte Vittorio Emanuele by June Woodbridge, oil on canvas. The palette is gorgeous. 

Eleanor

This lovely 1907 painting by Frank Weston Benson reminds me of Anne of Green Gables. 

A Venetian Doorway

A beautiful painting by Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn from 1913.

Henri Le Sidaner's Tables

I clipped this picture out of a Victoria issue from the '90s. Smitten with the colors and intimist style, I checked out the artist, Henri Le Sidaner. Apparently he really liked painting tables, and, frankly, he makes them seem like the center of the most heavenly retreats. Here's just a few:

 La Nappe Rose

La Table, Automne, Gerberoy

 La Table D'Automne

La Table, Soleil dans les Feuilles  

La Table aux Lanternes

La Table Bleue

Le Dejeuner

Creation Painting

Once upon a canvas I began painting a glamorously staged room.

I wanted to cover the bottom of the canvas in bright splashes of paint, but since I wasn't sure if it would ruin the effect of the pastel-colored painting or not, I was reluctant. However, my friend suggested I could frame it and splatter the glass with paint instead. Thanks to her genius idea my painting was popped into a frame, although it was a plastic faux wood frame that I immediately painted white.  

I was about to paint a trompe l'oeil ornate design onto the simple white frame, but I realized it wouldn't have the same great texture as the real deal.

The next thing I knew, I was frosting the frame with acrylic modelling paste smooshed into a Ziploc baggie.

I kept building it up, smoothing it out, adding a little white paint here and a little podge there, and sanding the rough edges.

And that is how my art projects usually progress. They are whims of weirdness that end happily ever after! 

Thrifted Rose Painting

This vintage oil painting caught my eye at a church rummage sale. It was sitting next to the frames I was looking through and I kept glancing back at it. The pink, chartreuse, and mint green combo was too cheery to pass up, and the price, $0.50, made it all the more worthwhile. It has fantastic texture and is totally shabby chic! As an artist, I wonder who this talented "Lyon" person was--or is--what their other work is like, and if they loved this painting as much as I do. I adore scooping up lonely yet truly gorgeous art in my thrifting jaunts!

At the Station

Here is one of my paintings, titled "At the Station". I chose to paint this '40s style image because I am intrigued by the personal stories surrounding war. The deep loyalty and love evident in memoirs are relatable yet astounding at the same time. They are admirable testaments of bravery.