My Art Projects

I’ve always loved visiting art museums. In 2019, after attending our local Art Festival, I was inspired to try my hand at watercolor painting. I took one class and since then have been enjoying some self-teaching with books and videos to help. It’s become my newest creative endeavor. I’ve attempted to combine it with my new gardening interest of clematis plants and my love of birds.

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Animal Paintings

Bird Paintings

Flower Paintings

Landscape Paintings

Miscellaneous Paintings

Garden Art Pole

I’ve admired seeing a variety of decorative garden art poles in recent years and decided it would be a fun project to tackle. I began with a 5 ft long 5″ wide vinyl fencing pole. I sanded it to remove the glossy sheen and then spray painted it with acrylic white primer paint. Then I began designing what I wanted the paint on it. I used acrylic craft paints which I had never used before, so it was all a learning experience and a lot of fun, but very time consuming. I worked on the pole for 4 months total. When it was done I gave it several coats of clear UV protecting acrylic spray paint. Mark helped me mount it on a 3 ft length of rebar so it can easily be turned or moved whenever I want. I’m very pleased with how it turned out. I hope it holds up for many years.

Aboriginal Rock Painting

I recently went to a class at our local library on rock painting. I was totally amazed at how easy and fun it was to paint rocks with primitive sticks and acrylic craft paints. It is extremely meditative to sit down and create these beautiful decorative rocks. As to what to do with them, I haven’t yet figured that out. So far I just enjoy giving them away to friends, family and neighbors.

Painted Barn Quilt

I’ve always enjoyed seeing barn quilts decorating barns in the country. Not having a barn anymore I decided to make one anyway and hang it on our back fence gate. Barn quilts are painted on plywood and designed using quilt patterns. They are a form of folk art and originated in Ohio. Since I love quilting and art it seemed a natural art form to explore. Here I combined it with my fascination with hummingbirds that visit our garden year round.

Having enjoyed this barn quilt so much I decided to do another, but this time I used Penny as my model for the center picture. I hung this one on our front gate. It now feels like Penny is welcoming me home every time I drive in the driveway.