A Season of Pears and Pairs

I've been buying pears, cooking with pears, eating pears, thinking pears - and painting pears! All because we used pears as the theme for my son's recent rehearsal dinner...

Do you know those wonderful small pears called seckel pears? I have no idea how they taste, but they are incredible to decorate with and to paint!
Here are our table arrangements and my favorite, the head table arrangement with the quail, lanterns and pears. I wish I could take credit but the inspiration came from two friends, Lee & Elaine. After I had seen pear preserves as a wedding favor in a magazine, they took the idea and ran with it.

And yes, I copied the idea and used pear preserves as placecards at the dinner. Aren't they adorable!

Many thanks to Tricia, the best cook in Mississippi!

A long way of getting around to saying that I've been painting pears for two weeks! These are not for sale but I thought you might like to see seckel pears on canvas.

Pears and Pairs

5x5 wrapped canvas
Colossians 1: 6

A Season for Seckels

12x6

my new favorite verse -

I Thessalonians 2: 8

A Perfect Pair

8x10

Colossians 1:10

Just looked at my calendar and I'm amazed I have two days to paint this week! I'll keep you posted as to what my next 'season' will be...

Welcome to Blessings in Brushstrokes

Hello friends!

Welcome to Blessings in Brushstrokes - my new blog for art chit chat and painting news!

I have the awesome privilege of announcing that I now have a few (4 to be exact) of my paintings for sale at a shop! My dear friend, Judy, has given me wall space in her shop, Design Guild. Thank you, Judy!

Design Guild is on the southwest corner of Pratt and Washington and is open 10-4, Monday - Thursday. Feel free to stop in and take a look.

Why the name Blessings in Brushstrokes?

Because with each painting I select just the right Bible verse, one that speaks to me, and I find a way to hide it in the painting. For instance, the painting of lemons and the blue bowl is titled, Waiting for Lemonade. If you were able look closely at the top left lemon in the bowl, you would barely see Matt 7:20. That's the verse. Then, on the back of the painting I write the entire verse - Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. That's how it works - my little way of attaching a blessing to each painting!

Take a look at the four for sale...

Waiting for Lemonade

12x6, unframed, Matt 7:20

$135

SOLD!

What Will He Make?

8x10, framed, Ps 27:14




$145

Morning Hope

8x10, framed, Ps 33:22




$145

and for babies... since I'm in the wonderful season of babies...

Baby Bunny

9x6, wrapped canvas,

Luke 18: 15-16

$95

if you look closely you can see the verse written with a palette knife in the paint under the bunny...

I can't resist showing you two others for babies...

this one,

Bunny Scraps,

hangs in Weston Trefry's nursery

and this one,

Jesus' Little Lambie,
is for Baby Sarah Grace Rowe.

I wish you could see this most delicate color of pink...

Which reminds me of two things...

One, I apologize for my photos. I've definitely got to improve in that area and Molly says she will help me.

Two, I'll be happy to accept commissions. Just email me at swm0804@bellsouth.net

I'll be back in a few to show you what I'm doing with pears...