Cats-ornaments and boxes

I woke up this morning-and I had these cat face images in my head!  So I had to paint them--Sometimes I wonder about my brain!!  LOL  I had the best time painting these.

Have a creative kinda evening!

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

 ~ William James

©Anne Gratton 2013 art, pics, videos are not to be used without permission--thank you!

Painted Chili Pepper table and chairs

Hi   :)

OK, I admit, this is not a new project, and I don't believe I have shown you this project. But I did want to share with you the table and chairs I have in my kitchen, in fact, they were painted in 2006!  

It's a cute  story behind me painting these.  I wanted, some years ago, to get a new table and chair set for the kitchen.  I thought if I sold the one I had,  I could just go and buy a new kitchen set.  So I decided I would have a garage sale. A friend came by and asked me why I was selling the table and chairs-I told her I wanted a new set.  She said, "Well, if they don't sell-you can always paint what you have".  (Now why I didn't think of that???  I have no idea!  Definitely a "Duh!" moment for me!)
So, obviously, it didn't sell and this is what is still in my kitchen--

The table

2 chairs are painted like this....

and two chairs are painted like this!

The table top was sanded and then primed and then painted.  I used a chili pepper stamp on part of it.  Once I had stamped the design on-I floated some extra colour into the chili peppers-I didn't want all the chili peppers to look the same.  And then I  free handed the rest of it.  Did a little spattering of colours on the background-let it dry really good and then I put a good sealer on it.  

It has held up very well!

When people come into my kitchen they are always  surprised to hear me say I painted it---LOL and for some reason they always touch it!!  I am very pleased with it-what do you think??

Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there!!  

Enjoy the special weekend!

©Anne Gratton 2013 art, pics, videos are not to be used without permission--thank you!

More Seashell Zen doodles--

Well my goodness, it's been quite a while since I last posted.  Hope you have been well.

Audrey (the Diva Dog)  has been enjoying basking in the sun  :)  
I don't know where you are, but here in Georgia it has gotten quite hot and humid!!!  Summer is officially here!  

I've had a lot going on-graduation, doctors visits, and life in general--but I have FINALLY found some time to get back to my art.  That is what makes me the happiest. 
As you may know, I have been doing these seashell zen doodles one at a time on zen tiles.  I decided I wanted to see what having them all on a page would look like--so far this is what I've got!
What do you think?  Interesting so far?

P.S.  The triangular side table I'm working on has been sanded and a base coat has been applied-so far that's all I've done on it--don't worry I'll take pics as I go.

Well-thanks for stopping by-please feel free to leave me a comment or two-I'd love to hear from you!!

Have a creative evening!

©Anne Gratton 2013 art, pics, videos are not to be used without permission--thank you!

Wonders of Nature....

Can't help but post this- it's a beautiful sentiment!

It's been a crazy week!  And next week I have a son who is graduating high school!
I am overwhelmed!!!
I haven't had much time to paint or draw--but I have had a bit of time to snap a few pics....so I thought I'd share.
These beautiful flowers and plants are what we have planted around our home.

Kinda looks like a VanGogh painting??

Beautiful Chicks and Hens in the rain....

Love the colour on these Coleus!

Thanks for stopping by--have a great weekend!

©Anne Gratton 2013 art, pics, videos are not to be used without permission--thank you!

Insight-I've had the power all along!

  For those of you that don't know me--  I am an extremely shy person.  Probably hard to believe I know.  My friends are laughing right now-because they know me--and I am not shy around them at all.
I'm telling you this because, it has taken me years--and I mean most of my life to come out of my shell and make myself and my art be seen by others.  
I was never really ready to show others what I did or made-don't get me wrong, I did paint/create things out of my home--but something else was calling and I felt I was suppose to be sharing what I did.  I  felt I had to do more-And I wasn't sure I wanted to hear criticism. I wasn't sure if I could deal with what others had to say?!
So a friend of mine PJHornbergerFolkart.com persuaded me to start a blog-- and so I made a deal with myself--that I would show people my art. With knees shaking I did....


  I am not a talker by any means or a writer--so forgive me if I have run on sentences and tend to ramble---I'm doing the best I can--I'm a visual person--not a writer....prob not even a blogger.  But I did want to show how I viewed/drew/painted/photographed  my world.
  Hopefully you'll have fun just stopping by to see what I'm working on--in the meantime--just know I appreciate you stopping by and taking a peek at what I'm doing--it's fun to share.  I'm starting to open up more and more!  That could be trouble!! LOL

Sun shining thru mint plants on the deck.

Stay tuned --more to come............have a great evening!

©Anne Gratton 2013 art, pics, videos are not to be used without permission--thank you!

Starting of a new canvas...and other fun stuff....

So this is the start of another 8" x 12" canvas.

It's was painted blue/black--then I modpodged used dryer lint sheets to the canvas and let dry.

Then I started adding some color--I love using my fingers--I love the feel of the texture.

 Here it is finished to this point--what's next you ask--I have no idea---but I'll keep you posted!!  :)

I also wanted to show you a picture of the 

Cosmic Zen Doodle Flower Painting 

in its new home.

Pretty cool huh!  She loves it!

One more thing before I let you go---blooming in our front yard is this wonderful iris--the colour really is that stunning!!!

Have a beautiful creative kinda day!  

Thanks for stopping by!!

©Anne Gratton 2013 art, pics, videos are not to be used without permission--thank you!

Blue Diva Dog

 I  took this pic of  our "Diva Dog" 

  and decided to play with the colours etc....

I was having fun in photoshop--I had no idea what I was doing!! LOL  This is what I came up with.  I think this is going to be a painting.......  What do you think???

Stay tuned......     :D

P.S. 

 Just so you  know, that "Cosmic Zen Doodle Flower Painting" found a home with a friend of mine-- it was a present for her 

b-day( one of those we don't talk about....

you know what i mean--it either ends in 

a "0" or a "5"  LOL)  

She loves it and that's really all that matters!! :)

 Have a most awesome, creative evening!!! 

©Anne Gratton 2013 art, pics, videos are not to be used without permission--thank you!