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Laughter and Tulips

Posted in daily painter, Flowers, Paint Party, tagged Expressionist Tulips on May 8, 2019| 1 Comment »

I can’t remember the last time I laughed as hard as I did last night at the Expressionist Tulips Paint Party. My friend, Deb, who often comes to paint at The Studio and helps me with the larger Paint Party groups, brought her mom to the paint party last night and Mrs. Salisbury kept us in stitches! And in between the laughs we all painted some beautiful expressionist works of art. Beautiful!

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Barn Quilts

Posted in daily painter, Paint Party, Sewing, tagged Barn Quilt on May 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Barn Quilts are beautiful. They have been around for hundreds of years. In the past, farmers used different types of folk-art including quilt-like blocks to decorate their barns. People chose blocks to reflect particular meanings. They have had a resurgence in the last 20 years with many states offering Barn Quilt Trails or Tours. A barn quilt can be hung on the exterior of your barn, house, porch, garage, gate, shed, gazebo, chicken coop or boat shed to be shared with admirers from the road. They are also finding their way inside homes and offices. We have another class to paint a Barn Quilt on May 14th at 2 pm. Click here for more info and to register.

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Metal Sculpture Along the Path

Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged John Urbanski, meta;, sculpture on May 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday Lincoln and I walked along the river walking path at Eastham Park to the dog park and then decided to walk a little further. We had forgotten about all the nice things you see there…including this wonderful metal sculpture by local artist, John Urbanski. Just a wonderful surprise.

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Yarn Bowls

Posted in Sculpture, tagged pottery, yarn bowl on May 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago we had a terrific Yarn Bowl class with Denise Kupiszewski, The Mud Peddler from Shepherdstown, WV. We had a great time being creative. Our bowls came in yesterday. So cute….and guess which one is mine….LINCOLN!

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Top of Virginia Quilters

Posted in Serendipity, Sewing, Small Town Life, tagged Quilts, Top of Virginia Quilters on May 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »

The Top of Virginia Quilters has me come to their meeting yesterday to talk about Barn Quilts. It was a delightful group of ladies and I enjoyed my visit with them. Thanks Susan for inviting me to come. And the very best part was the show and tell at the end of the meeting. These quilters are GOOD!!!

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Kids Paint Hydrangea Bush

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged blue door, door, Hydrangea on May 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

The kids painted these beautiful little works of art with a blue door and hydrangea bush. Didn’t they turn out great?!

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Painting with Berryville Main Street

Posted in daily painter, Paint Party, tagged Berryville Main Street, Yellow Door on May 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »

We had our first paint party at the adorable Firehouse Gallery on Main Street in Berryville last night. Sponsored by Main Street Berryville, the party featured this beautiful little street and flower scene. And didn’t everyone do an AMAZING job?! Nice work.