Birds of a feather and the playground tree

Here are the two paintings I made with the Pre-K class for the art auction for the Children's School. This one was inspired by the tree outside of the classroom that the children play under by the playground. The kids helped me glue on the button flowers on the bottom. There are two details of the buttons following this image.
oil on canvas
4' x 4'

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This is my favorite one! I drew birds for each of the 23 students. They colored them with colored pencils. They are so colorful and beautiful. I don't remember coloring that well at age 4.
acrylic on wood
12" x 48"

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Collaborating with kids was a challenge, but I am pretty happy with the results. The auction is March 26th. Can't wait to see how it goes!

gnomes, fairies, monkeys, OH MY!

I had to edit this post because I thought the pictures were terrible, plus, I added a little more detail to the paintings. Anyway, here are my tiny new favorite things. gnomes! I love these little guys more than you can even know. J.R. and I hide them all over the house and I giggle every time I find one. They are so small you can hide them on picture frame ledges etc. I found one in my sugar jar the other day when I was making my coffee. I am selling them for $8 if you are interested!



Fairy Tea Party
oil on canvas
16x20
$175

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Gnome swinging
oil on canvas
16x20
$175

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A custom order to accompany the Mischievous Monkeys painting ordered for Carter.
http://snoodledoodle.blogspot.com/2010/03/mischievous-monkeys.html
This is for his baby brother who's on the way.
Monkey Brothers
oil on canvas
11x14




Wedding gift for friends, of their dog's, Abe and Penny.
Acrylic on Velvet
16x20




This is the tote I made to keep Piper's 3rd birthday present in: which is a felt board with shapes and characters for her to play with. I was thinking about about Henri Matisse' paper cutout pieces when creating the shapes for her to play with.
Following are examples of the type of art you can make;




Piper and two of my sister's playing with the new present.
http://www.reagansblob.com/