Photo Time

I met with George, my printer, today. We worked on all

the Paris photos that he will enlarge for the show in the

fall. We picked out some neat ones; I'm sure they will be

spectacular. He enlarges them to 30 x 45, and prints them

on canvas, so they almost look like a painting.

He had these ready for me as well. These are printed on

archival paper, and are 16 x 20. The ocean

scene is from a trip to San Diego. The golden

aspens were in Santa Fe, and the

winter woods are in Winter Park ski

resort, where I met my

husband! They are beautiful as well.

I will mat and frame them up, and they will be for sale at

the gallery. I am doing some more in this scripture series,

and plan to do some coordinating notecards, journals, etc.

Hopefully, they will all be available before Christmas.

Remember, I will either draw the winner for the latest

giveaway tomorrow, or I will extend the deadline for a

few more to enter!

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Give-Away Reminder

Just a reminder that I am giving away a 9 x 12 photo

collage on canvas. This is a sample of my dear friend,

Mattie Claire. I will do a collage from your photo,

in the colors that you choose. To enter for the drawing,

just leave me a comment or email your comment to

me. I was going to draw the winner on the 4th of July...

but only if I get some more qualifiers! Right now I only

have 2! So, get to commenting....and good luck!

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The Final Mill

This is the finished drawing of the old Gaar's Mill.

It was located northeast of Winnfield, and the

community there is called Gaar's Mill. If anyone

has some interesting info or history, feel free to

comment...I am sorry to say, I do not know much

about it.

I am getting my Etsy store up and running. It is

at www.sheltongail.etsy.com I have some art listed

there that has previously been on this blog...but it

is easier to sell and list there altogether. Check it

out.

I was registered to exhibit in the CAG show in

Alexandria, LA this month. I was making plans

to deliver the photographs next week. We received

a notice today that the show is postponed because

the museum flooded from an air conditioner malfunction,

and they don't know when the repairs will be complete.

What a hoot...I wonder what God is telling me about my

art career?€!

I only have one person entered in the giveaway...and she

won the last one...so leave me a comment or email me to

get in the running!!

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Return to the Mill

Back last century (ha!), I taught a young man named
Don McIntyre in my Gifted and Talented Visual Arts class.
My classes always did drawings of local landmarks to be
included in a calendar that we sold each year as a fundraiser.
This old mill, Gaar's Mill, was the subject of one of Don's
drawings. One of the members of the Gaar family bought
the original drawing. They brought it to me this week, and
wanted to know if I could draw another one for them, so
I agreed. How wierd is the teacher copying her students'
drawing?! Anyway, this is the start of it.

As for Don, he works at the Wind River Ranch in
Colorado. A Christian dude ranch of sorts...I have not been
there, but he sends me their newsletter, and it looks wonderful..
They have cabins and all kinds of family activities for their
guests; check out their website: www.windriverranch.com
It would make a great family destination.

I also heard from someone who purchased my latest travel
sketchbook from Paris; she was on the trip as well. And she
said it was even "better than she expected!" Thanks, Bea

don't forget about the latest give-away...a photo collage using
your favorite photo of whatever you like, in the style and
colors you prefer...just leave me a comment or email me to
enter...I will draw the winner this Saturday, the 4th.

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Knocking on Heaven's Door....

A group of Paris photos...I love old doors and hardware.

Still sketching, and planning more Paris paintings.

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Poodles and Paris

Just sketching a little...trying to get some ideas for

some cute Paris paintings. Have seen lots of stuff like

this...with pink, black, and white patterns, zebra stripes,

etc. Will try to get some color on these sketches, and

firm up something.

Would still like to give away a photo collage..just leave a

comment or email me. You can send me the photo, and

I will do a custom job for you. You can see the example

a few posts back. I will draw a winner on July 4th.

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ShowTime Again....

There is a juried show hosted by the Natchitoches Art

Guild every summer. I have entered this show for a long

time. I always look forward to it. I have won some prestigious

awards in the past, and the show has been very good for me.

These are my entries this year. The two watercolors are from

the Paris trip, and the New Orleans jazz player is a colored pencil.

I am still giving away a free custom photo collage, just leave me

a comment or email me. I will draw the name of the winner on

July 4th.

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500th post...Giveaway Time

This is my 500th post on my blog! wow! So in honor of so

much "Art of the Day", I am going to give away a photo collage

on canvas. The winner will provide a photograph, and I will

do the collage for free! This is an example of cutie Mattie Claire.

I will combine decorative paper, paint, etc, and the photo on a 9 x 12

canvas ready to hang. To enter, simply leave me a comment or

email me. I will draw the winning name on July 4th.

I taught a collage class today, and my students did really well.

They enjoyed cutting and pasting all kinds of paper, photos,

beads, shells, etc. to their canvases. If I get a chance, I will post

some photos of them.

Remember, leave a comment or email me to enter the give-away.

Good Luck!!

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One Step Closer

As most of you know, our daughter is getting married in

the fall. We just had a weekend together in Dallas to find

a flower girl dress for Jessica, and shoes for all! Our

mission was accomplished...with style. Jessica will be a

beautiful addition to the wedding party, and she is very

excited. And we are all one step closer!

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Good Day in the Gallery

"Collage" is French, and I believe it means to piece

together/glue down. I have enjoyed doing some

collages lately. The top two, the sunflowers, sold

today in the gallery. They were framed nicely, and

will make a nice addition to the woman's home.

The other collage is a page from my Paris sketchbook,

that I pieced together when I returned. It has ticket

stubs, labels, magazine photos, etc. Anyone can do this

genre of art...if you can cut and paste, you can "collage".

I am teaching a collage workshop on the 22nd of this month.

It will be at the gallery in Winnfield, from 5-7 pm in the

evening, after work. If you would like to come and enjoy

a simple and rewarding artform, create something for

yourself or someone else, enjoy the company of other

potentially creative people, call the gallery and register!

Collage Workshop Monday June 22 5-7 pm Pea Patch Gallery

Winnfield, LA 318-628-3560

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To flip or to flop

I have abandoned painting Paris for the beach...or

at least beach-wear. After I did the cute little flower

canvases, I thought these colorful flip flops would be

fun. They are 12 x 12 on canvas, and I am planning

to hang them with some funky ribbon. Anyway, they

would look great in a kid's room or sunroom...or at

the beach house.

That is the trouble with us creative folks. We get

inspired by lots of things, and go off in all kinds of

directions. I think I have mentioned this here before...

difficulty staying focused. I will be back with the

Paris stuff for the show in the fall soon....now that I

have square bright colored canvases out of my system.

Maybe I will paint some Paris ones...that would be

best!

Original Flip Flop Canvases 12 x 12 $45 each

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(check out the comment on the Cafe post...

hilarious)

Here's Looking at you, Cafe

We have been working this spring on sprucing up

our cafe at the gallery. We are about finished now,

and I thought I would post a couple of pics. Our

building is 101 years old this year, and was originally

a hardware store. We have been open 17 years this

August, and the cafe has been operating for 15 years.

Yes, that is a truck in the cafe...it belonged to my

brother, and we put it in the shop about 4 years ago.

We just moved it into the cafe, and we love it there.

The back is full of kitchen merchandise and cookbooks;

it is a great conversation piece.

If you are in or around

Winnfield, you need to come by and eat lunch with us.

We are open from 11-2 Monday thru Friday.

As for the rest of you, we package up our famous black-eyed

peas (the dry peas + seasoning) and we can ship them to

you for you to cook at home. Only $3.00 a bag!

Bon appetit!

A shout-out to Nana Lulu's linens...we bought the

vintage tablecloths from them. They have really neat

stuff: www.nanaluluslinens.com

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Quilted Flowers

A little escape for me...I have had this colorful quilt

in the shop for awhile. I was not busy at all on Saturday,

so I did these 3 little canvas paintings to match this

quilt. I used flowers I found in the fabrics. Anyway,

I can do this sort of thing, if you have a quilt, or some

fabric, or just a color scheme, I can do paintings to

match it. These are on the 9 x 12 deep canvases, and

are decorated on the edges, too. I think they would be

really cute hung with ribbon. Anyway, I am planning

to do some more, some Paris motifs, flip flops, etc...

Let me know if I can do something custom for you!

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"Tiger Woods"

This is the finished "Riddle Pic" titled "Tiger Woods".

It is headed for the Colored Pencil Society of America's

annual convention to be held in Atlanta, GA in early

August. It will be auctioned off there.

I debated about the wood names at the bottom...I asked

my husband what the three most common woods were

and he said: oak, pine, and cedar. Then I went online, and

looked at some more, and decided they needed the word

"wood" in them, so viewers would be saying the word

when they read them...to give them a better chance at

guessing the riddle. So I named them Maplewood,

Cottonwood, and Rosewood. Those names happen to

mean something to me. Maplewood is the name of the

street where one of my favorite aunts lives; Cottonwood

is the English word for the Spanish word Alamo; (you know

I grew up in San Antonio) and I have another relative whose

last name is Wood, and when they knew they were having a

little girl..they joked around about naming her Rose.

So, just some more added fun to the pun.

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