Sacred Gifts, A Great Win, and a Giveaway!

We are lucky enough to live where art is respect and revered.

We went to see Sacred Gifts:

The Religious Art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann and Frans Schwartz

 at the BYU Museum of Arts.

It is simply fabulous and so reminded me of the reason for the season once again.

I have seen this piece of art a million times: Christ teaching the Sermon on the Mount by Carl Bloch, but it wasn't until this time that I was directed to look at the little boy on the left who is trying to catch the butterfly on the headdress of the woman kneeling.  I had never notice this before.  

There was another work of art, Christ in Gethsemane by Heinrick Hofmann, which shows a person behind Christ but due to age it has darkened so much it is hard to see.

If you are local and get a chance to go see this art exhibition I would highly recommend it.

The Altar pieces displayed have been lent by churches in Europe and will probably never leave there respective churches again.  What a fabulous gift for us this time of year!

I was the lucky winner of Paintspots and Splinter's Facebook giveaway, and yet again Vicky has out done herself.  These little treasures are FABULOUS and actually the only Christmas decorations up at the moment!

Thanks again Vicky for the wonderful creations!

Just a quick reminder of my giveaway for this little JOY reindeer.

Click HERE to be entered!

Thanks for stopping by and for most everyone across the country stay warm!

A balmy 5 degrees here at present!

Enjoy your day,

Barb

My swap goodies!!

The Old Farmhouse Gathering had a swap among some of it's members and I participated!

My partner was Vicky of Paintspots-n-Splinters.

She is a FABULOUS all around artist.

She sews, she paints, she cuts wood, I really think she does it all!!

We each told each other what we could use and boy did she come through for me!!

 I told her I love to paint on any surface and I could always use buttons.

This was the haul she sent me!

Paint brushes, wire, wood surfaces-plaques and a candy cane and all these fun little containers, large wood clothes pins, small wood clothes pins, tin surfaces to paint on and all these fun buttons!

Complete with some acorn buttons I had been looking for everywhere!

I have already sorted them and put them in a bag so that I could use them right away!!

THANK YOU VICKY!!!

It was like Christmas all over again!!

Check out Vicky's fabulous Creations here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintspotsnSplinters

http://vicky-myart.blogspot.com/

Sunflowers!!

I was the lucky winner of these wonderful sunflowers from Vicky of Vicky's Art Blog giveaway!

They are fabulous and so well made.  I love sunflowers and these will fit in great for this summer season and decorating.

She also sent a sweet little bottle of lotion and for us here in the desert we go through quite a bit of lotion!

Thank you so much Vicky!

Please visit her here!!

http://vicky-myart.blogspot.com/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintspotsnSplinters

I was finally able to finish these sunflowers in the mist of our remodeling job.  It was good to have a theraputic moment during all this choas.  It just is not summer without sunflowers around. 

When we were driving through Kansas once I remember seeing fields of sunflowers and just thinking how wondeful and bright they were.  Since then I have loved these beautiful flowers.

Now back to the remodeling...Enjoy your day!

Barb

Introducing Vicky from Paintspots and Splinters!!

I want to introduce you to my friend and PAFA/OFG team mate.

Vicky is one talented gal and makes me giggle!  She has a wild sense of humor and I so enjoy her!

She is also having a fabulous giveaway on her blog so head on over and get signed up!!

So here is Vicky and some of her fabulous art work!!

1)Your first name and name of your business and how you got your business name?

Hey everyone! I am Victoria, Vicky to all my friends, and owner of a small company called “Paintspots and Splinters”.  My business name appeared to me after many hours of contemplation. I seriously just thought about everything that I used to make my crafts.  Paint and wood was at the TOP of the list!

2)How long have you been in business?

I ran a small business under my name for about 8 years until the twins came along in 2005 (we have 6 children all together). I took a break, as one would expect with a baby and ESPECIALLY TWO, and started up again using Etsy to sell my goods in August of 2010.

3)Who or what inspires you?

Anything and Everyone!

4)What is your creative style, primitive, country, folk art?

I’m a decorative painter and LOVE whimsy. I call a lot of my pieces “Primsy”; a little whimsy mixed with primitive! My favorite painting technique is the shabby chic style although I’ll try a bit of everything!

5)What medium do you use in creating, clay, fabric, altered art, wood etc.?

I like to work with wood and LOTS of it but I’ve also found pleasure in working with fabrics and painting on them. I use acrylic paints but also dabble in Oils in some of my Fine Art pieces that you can see on my blog as I don’t sell those. I do sell decorative wood crafts and Primitive/Whimsical Make-Dos. This year I’m introducing some small home decor like picture frames, signboards, small shelves, and some small stools.

6)What are your links?

http://etsy.com/shop/paintspotsnsplinters

http://vicky-myart.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paintspots-and-Splinters

https://twitter.com/#!/PaintnSplinters

VicWeave@aol.com

Vicrweaver@yahoo.com

Please stop by and visit Vicky's links.  Her work is Fabulous!
Enjoy,

Barb