Bayou paintings

Hallo,

   Finally have some paintings to show you - I haven't had too much time to paint in the last few months and have been working on these three for awhile now.

   We have a Bayou themed show at our local art cooperative - ASDO (Arts and Design Society) here in Fort Walton Beach so I wanted to have a couple to enter. I almost always work on 2 or 3 paintings in the same theme when I am painting anyhow. After a few layers of encaustic with heat fusing each layer - you sometimes have to let the painting sit and cool a bit. I go back and forth between them  so they can cool in-between.

    The first painting is 8 by 10 inches and more fallish colors. The second one is 16 by 20 inches and the last 8 by 10 again. The last 2 I framed in black float frames and have turned them in for the show.

   The paintings were inspired by a small stretch of bayou along a road we often walk in the am with the pups.

   Hope fully I will be showing you more paintings this summer, but it is going to be a busy one with a couple trips planned.  I am looking forward to this fall - I am retiring from the whole 'JOB' scene the end of sept.  I think 41.5 years as a Nurse (mostly in Critical Care) is quite enough for me!!! I am looking forward to more time in the studio and more time with the Grandbabies!!!

   All 3 paintings are available in my Etsy shop = www.translucentfirefly.etsy.com

    All for now - hope to see you soon with more projects.

               Tera

 

Flowers in my yard

 Hallo,

   It has been a good spring for flowers in my yard this year. Both theses 2 iris and the 2 Clementi are new additions this year and arent they pretty. I have alot of my flowers in pots because we have a tiny yard that is full of tree roots. 

   I also have had a ton of gladiolus and callas blooming this year too and the dahlias are just starting. 

   I have so many pink and purple glads that I have started labeling them - I tie a string around the base (white for pink, green for purple and double green for any other color) . Come fall I plan to dig up all the bulbs, give away a lot of pink ones and replant along with some new bulbs in different colors.

                                                                                                            All for today. Hope your spring is as colorful as mine is these days!!!!

                Tera

Baskets with greens and browns.

 

Hallo,

   Another pair of baskets to show you today. 

    The first one uses a seashell slice for the base and gray with greens for the cording. I love the simple swirl pattern lately.

   The second one I did not use a base and just made from the coil. The main cording is a variegated brown with the same greens used for the swirl pattern.

  Both baskets are about 8 inches round and about 2.5 inches high.

   All for now - Take Care

             Tera

Little baskets with reds and yellows

Hallo,

  2 baskets for you today - first is red with orange and yellow and the second is gray with red, orange and yellow.

  The base for these baskets is a seashell slice that I get at a local flea market and the cording is from Hobby Lobby. The cording is a bit thicker than I use for other baskets, so they make up a bit quicker.

  Both baskets are about 6 inches round and 2 inches high.

  I am doing a pop up sale with my baskets at a local art gallery near me - Artful Things Gallery in Niceville FL. 

  I also have a basket class scheduled for june - so hopefully will have some people to take the class!

   All for today - Take Care

                                                                                                             Tera

 

Seashells in a resin base

Hallo,

  Trying something new for basket bases - I made this one from resin and seashells. I have 2 molds in good sizes for baskets. The one is clear with a turquoise blue tint to it.

  The basket is 9.5 inches round and 3.5 inches tall.

  I will be making more of these resin bases. They are light weight and easy to work with.

   All for today - Take Care

      Tera

 

Turtle basket

 

Hallo,

  I have a bunch of new baskets to show you over the next couple days and then low and behold 3 new paintings!!!!!

The base for this basket was made for me by my friend Kim who does great stuff. The basket is about 11.5 inches round and is about 1.5 inches tall. 

  I am experimenting with some curly cues for decorations along the top edges.

   All for today

     Take Care

           Tera 

Lakeside basket

  Hallo,

    Another basket finished off - it took me about 2 weeks of working on it for 2 to 3 hours each evening to make it.

   I used a pretty vintage plate as the base using colors that matched the plate.

   It is 11 inches round and almost 4 inches tall.

   I do have a couple paintings in the work....more to come.

    Take Care

          Tera