Hello again! I haven't blogged in a long time! Many things have changed. I think the last blog, I had just started expirimenting with Aceo's ( 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" paintings). I have done so many of those now that when asked to do a 4 x 4 mini painting for the Arts Dinner Silent Auction Charity, it was no problem, seemed like painting LARGE. I did 2 of them. I have sold quite a few of these little treasures, mostly on ebay. Some for opening bid, and some for a pretty penny! I love it when that happens. It doesn't happen often enough though. I do love to use my artwork to help others. I think I will begin actively looking for ways that I can help with my artwork. Recently, an etsy friend, Sharon Foster told me about an animal rescue that had burned and they were trying to raise money. I was able to send some cute dog & cat prints to be put into a basket to be raffled off. I love painting the animals, and why not use the artwork of animals to help them? I would like to encourage some of you who paint to do the same.
Also, there are always plenty of charities and causes around to help raise money for. Currenty on etsy is the MoxieRings fund. A fellow etsy shop keeper's husband was killed in a tragic car accident on Feb. 10th. You can look up the Moxie Fund and buy something or list something & the proceeds will go to that fund.
Enough about that. I have a new grandson! Denis Mariano Lavery, born Jan. 10th 2007 weighing in at 8.9lbs! I have a picture I painted of he & his father, called "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" I'll try to load it on this site right away. Haven't done this for awhile so, it make take some time to become famaliar again. Also, the site has changed. Anyway, you can see it on my etsy site. It is listed under sold items, I haven't relisted it yet. The original went to the proud parents.

Meanwhile, Coby, my firstborn grandson, is still the subject of many paintings. I will be soon doing a painting of him petting a cow. It will be from a photograph taken last fall. I would have done it sooner, but my entire hard drive on my computer was wiped out & that is something that was never recovered. Lucky for me, my niece has the picture on her computer.
I did one little Aceo painting that I wanted to mention called, "His Eye is on the Sparrow". This was inspired by the song with the same title. The original was painted for a friend of my in the hospital at UAB having a bone marrow transplant. I just wanted to remind her with this painting that God watches out for the little sparrow and that He's watching over her as well. So far, things are going well for her and she is back to work teaching! The little sparrow print has been sold many times and has been given away free many, many more times. I enjoy sending him out to people who need a hug. I have gotten so many good emails from people regarding the sparrow. He is with people all over the country now and that makes me feel pretty good. If you need one, please let me know. I'll send you one free.
When I get back to adding my pictures, I will also add a few recepies with pictures of really yummy stuff. Thanks for stopping by. Judy