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Saturday was a fun day in Seattle.  I loved capturing all these amazing textures with the camera.  I love old buildings...they have stories to tell.  Check out the pieces of buildings that I took pictures of.

Then there were the iron gates that were very cool...

Now for the slippery glass texture...ummm...what do those people think they are doing up there?  Are they not aware that glass is slippery...especially curved glass!

They just couldn't pay me enough!!!

A BIT OF SUNSHINE

( a bit of sunshine in my kitchen from my SIL Holly)

Have you been lucky enough to have a bit of sunshine resting on your shoulder lately or experience a bit of sunshine that brings a smile to your face?  I have been lucky enough to been touched by the sunshine lately...

Going to a regatta and seeing my sons boat seemingly racing the ferry was definately a bit of sunshine!

Seeing this pooch asleep on the beach during the regatta was a sunny sight...

These two chairs were very sunny...and look at the view they had...

This was a very sunny and wonderful view and it really put a smile on my face...

This was tolo night for my oldest boy and he always puts a bit of sunshine in my life!

NEW PAGES!

How exciting!!!  Blogger has come up with a new gadget called "pages", so now I have figured out a perfect way to show my paintings in a gallery type format.  Doesn't take much to make me happy!  So check out my new "Pages" under my blog title.  You will see "Home", "Paintings from the Garden", "Paintings of Boats", "Paintings of Barns" and so on.  Also, I have added my email so you can contact me if you have any comments or questions.

Have a great day,

Meagan

SPRING PAINTINGS

Hi!

So are you just itching for warmer temperatures, sunshine on your face, short sleeve shirts and no jackets?  I definately am feeling the need for some Vitamin D.  We actually have been pretty spoiled by having some early spring here in the Northwest...and to celebrate I am going to share my new "Garden Gate" series of paintings with you!  These pictures took me FOREVER to finish...there was the first cold...then the second cold...then picking up extra hours at work for the other people with colds...you get the picture.  So anyway here are the newest images from Talking Brush Studio...

"Garden Gate"

This picture was inspired by a photo that I took on Bainbridge Island.  I love this old gate and as you can see from the photo, I took some artistic liberties!

The next painting I call "Basket of Tulips" You can see why I called it that...

"Basket of Tulips"

This was also inspired from a building on Bainbridge which is some type of toolshed or something...I believe it is VERY old.  I did add a window which does not exist in the real building... 

Now for my new attempts at painting images of things that have a breath...yes...real living, breathing, full of life things...

"Mr. Robin"

Don't you love the fence that Mr. Robin is next to.  Here is a picture of it...and yes, it's also on Bainbridge.

And last but not least...in fact quite possibly the best...is "Miss Chickadee".  She's a wee little bird hiding on the handle of the watering can...

"Miss Chickadee"

Miss Chickadee sits on top of my Dear SIL's watering can which lives in Lynden. 

Thanks for visiting me and indulging me by viewing my new paintings.  Hope you enjoyed them and I look forward to more new paintings on the horizon.

Blessings,

Meagan

COULD IT BE?

I can't believe the EARLY signs of spring here in the Pacific Northwest!  Truely amazing.  And to my dear friends in the Midwest...Don't hold this against me.  :)

RANDOM THOUGHTS...

Here's hoping you had a wonderful Valentines Day!  I hope you had a chance to enjoy being with those you love.  Our family was apart for the "Day of Love".  Son #1 and Hubby were gone for a youth retreat.  Son #2 stayed home with me and was a trooper...he cleaned the kitchen for me... and even watched 2 movies with me that could possibly...according to him..."make him loose his man-card".  What a crack up he is!  Actually my niece was here visiting...my only chance to watch "chick flicks"... and we pretty much made him join us in the movie marathon.  My Niece is a Junior in college and refers to Valentines Day as  S.A.D. which stands for "Singles Awareness Day".  She is too funny.

Saturday morning I got up and went down to an art/craft show that a local woman has been organizing called the Indie Banditas Bazaar.  It was great for getting inspiration.  These people are so creative and I am so happy to see people supporting local artists.  An artist who I recently came across in blogland is Geninne.  I was very glad to find her blog/website because we carry her cards where I work and they are beautiful!  Her blog is a real treat to read too...very creative!  The colors she uses will make you smile...delightful.  After I went to the Indie Banditas show I decided to go to the local fabric store and play with some color for inspiration.  I had to laugh when I got home and looked at my new colors next to one of Geninne's cards.  I guess her cards were more of an inspiration than I had realized!

Aren't her cards ADORABLE!!!  The packaging is just as great too. (sorry didn't take a picture of that)

Do you remember my picture I took of Mr. Robin?

Well...I am very excited because...let's just say that I don't normally paint anything that has a breath...But this time I did and I am quite pleased with the results. 

This is just a small part of a bigger picture but I really did enjoy painting Mr. Robin...in fact I'm in the process of creating Miss Chickadee too!  Maybe someday I will attempt the human body...who knows!

Well I must get ready for work.  Hope you all have a great week and thanks for endulging me in reading all of my random thoughts!

RECYLE BIN TO CENTERPIECE

Yesterday I hosted a party at my house.  We were having a pot luck dinner with an Italian theme.  I wanted to make a cute centerpiece for the table that would follow the theme.  So I took a huge can of Spaghetti sauce

Some ugly dried Hydrangea's

And some pretty new flowers and came up with this

The dinner was simple...Manicotti, green salad and garlic bread.  It was a lot of fun and my recycled spaghetti sauce can was fun to use in the centerpiece.