A Mother's Bouquet

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Sometimes the best things in life are free.

Flowers picked by a child's hand, shushed whispers, running water and bursting smiles as they hand you a handful of treasures picked from your yard.

This piece is fresh off the easel.

It measures 5" x 7" and is painted in oil with brushes and palette knives on 1/4" primed panel.

Thick and textural painted under a spring sun from my little yard bouquet given to me from my special little ones.

I can remember doing the same thing when I was little for my mom.

I know this is early but Happy Mother's Day!!!


All paintings are shipped via USPS priority mail.


If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Rebecca

"Make it Beautiful"



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Daffodil Joy

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Gentle, Yellow blossoms springing from the newly warmed, winter ground bring feelings of hope and renewal.

The second piece in a series of Daffodil paintings I'm beginning.
This piece is fresh off the easel.

Detail picture
It measures 5" x 7" and is painted in oil with brushes and palette knives on 1/4" primed panel.

Thick and textural.

The sky was painted from a cloudy, windy day outdoors.

The Daffodils are from a photo I took. It is signed on the back.

Whatever you do......Have fun !

Rebecca :)

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Daffodil Sunshine

detail picture $75.00

The first in a series of Daffodil paintings I'm beginning.
This piece is fresh off the easel, and available now through my etsy store

It measures 5" x 7" and is painted with oils on 1/4" primed panel.

The sky was painted from a cloudy, windy day outdoors.

The Daffodils are from a photo I took. It is signed on the back.

There is something so warm and special about spring when the Daffodils bloom. Nature begins to open her arms and we all welcome the wonderful blooms of color.

Although I did have fun with all the wintery colors this year especially with the pieces Walking & Serenity.

I am glad for the beautiful weather we're having and the changes in subject and palette. I don't think I could live without the change of seasons.

All the best,
Rebecca

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Location, Location, Location

I'm sure you've heard how important that phrase is in real estate. It is much the same in art.

Where you display your work is important online and offline.
and that's one thing I strongly learned about where not to market my work.
I love fairs, craft fairs, festivals, meeting people, chatting etc even though I'm a bit shy.

There are 3 local Juried Fine Art Fairs this summer that I'm going to go visit and I am definitely going to apply to next winter.

I had a good time at the spring fling, it was a beautiful day.
Here's a small painting from the day.

it's 8 x 10 plein air, oil and I'm going to title it Location just to remind myself.





I did get to meet Local Cleveland Legend Dick Goddard,
here's the autograph I got :)


It was fun:) When I said my name was Rebecca he said ahh Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farms,
lol I get that sometimes. So he wrote Rebecca Sunshine, I like that.

I wish you all Sunshine!
All the best,
Rebecca
"Make it Beautiful"

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Promos!!!!! Bumpers and Bookmarks

First of all Thank you to everyone who responded with their suggestions on how to make the bumper stickers better!
You are all the best!
So I kept going round and round with different designs and wanted to post the new ones.
Here is what I have so far.

Please let me know which one you like the best!
and if you would like one, I'm offering them at base cost through my online store Plein Air Cafe.
or if you would like one direct from me, just shoot me an email with the letter and your address and I'll ship it to you for free :)

I've also been busy working on free promo's for my etsy store Natural Abstracts, there are a lot of creative great people that will include a free promo of your etsy store with their sales and goodie bags.

Here are some bookmarks I made using torn paper from my old wood block prints.

The weather looks like it's shaping up good for this weekend's Spring Fling and I'll be taking the whole crew with me. People will get a real taste of my life and how I paint with my five lil ones racing around me :)

All the best,
Rebecca
"Make it Beautiful"

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Bumper Sticker Thoughts

Here is my bumper sticker idea.
I know every time I'm at a red light I read the bumper stickers on the car in front of me so why not use all that red light time for a little free advertising!
Will it make a difference? Will people write it down and visit my site? Would you?
It's a good first design and I would love to hear your thoughts on how I can make it better before I order ;)

All the best,
Rebecca
Make it a beautiful week.

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Spring Fling in Euclid, Oh -April 21st

If you live in the Northeast I'm sure you'll understand "Where is Spring?"
We've had record breaking snowfalls and record breaking heat. Well on one day :)
We've had inches of snow so far for April and had an 80 degree day in the past month.
Our Cleveland Indians had to temporarily move to a Milwaukee Stadium. But I digress... if you're around here you get it.

So I'm happy to announce on Saturday come rain, snow, sunshine I hope to be a part of the Spring Fling in Euclid, Oh. Displaying some artful originals and goodies with Gallery 222 and Art on Wheels. I unfortunately won't meet Therese who I've talked too a few times now, she's in wonderful Italy :) We'll meet another time.

I'm bringing my easel and paints to stretch my wings painting on site and hopefully will meet the Local Weather Legend Dick Goddard who's whimsical forecasts are always entertaining and gentle mannered.

If the weather agrees come and visit the Spring Fling.
Saturday April 21st from 11:00 - 3:00 at Sims Park.

All the best,
Rebecca

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Art Shows and Events

• New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
The Gallery Hours are:


Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

April - December, Sundays 12- 4 p.m.

They are located at

506 Main Street
New Harmony, IN 47631
Ph: 812/682-3156




Current Art O Mat Artist 53 pieces 2 paintings One Artist. New works coming soon for the art o mat.





Published Cover Artist Houghton Mifflin, my Black-eyed Susan painting was chosen for the cover of Human Exceptionality by Hardman now in it's ninth edition.




• June -07'-Dine with the Artist - Cleveland, OH
• April -07' Spring Fling - Euclid, OH - Gallery 222
• February -07' A Woman's Work is Never Done - Newport Richey FL -Progressive Energy Art Gallery
• January -07' Vast Difference - Akron Oh - Millworks Gallery
• November -06' Group Art Show - Akron Oh - Millworks Gallery


The creation of beauty is art. Emerson

please contact me with any questions and comments.

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On TV, The Art O Mat, Laura Gentry and more!

Here is a very special photo of Laura Gentry - The Mighty eggplant creator for the Art o Mat. She has made over 700 of the little gems.
She sent me my lil eggplant with the surprise inscription just for me "Drunk on Nature" that now overlooks me at my desk.
But what a surprise for her to send me this picture of her holding my little painting "Sun Path" I sent her as a thank you :)
Neato to see my art in someone's hands.

We make art and set it free through giving, selling or trading, it's not often we see the person we give it too, with it.

Laura is a going to be on the Official Oprah Winfrey show this Wednesday, April 11. The producers decided to do a short, pretaped segment about laughter yoga for a show about happiness. They were interested in how she is bringing laughter yoga to her church :)
I can't wait to see it, watch it if you can.

More about her art swaps.

The art o mat also made it on tv last month on the Rachel Ray show.
You can watch the segement on google video by clicking here.

"Art" can't be explained but we know it when we see it.

Making Stuff:
I love sharing whatever I make, My giving often keeps pace with my selling. On etsy they have a wonderful thing going called pif's Pay it forward. A seller picks an item and lists it for no sale price, giving it away to whomever wants it with the hope of the buyer paying it forward. They receive something and give something to someone else with no expectations. I listed one of my little pendants as a pif yesterday, the buyer pays nothing. I'm shipping it today:) Which got me thinking ..
" with my art.... I would give it all away if I could!" RGrantham

For the month of April I will be giving away a free pendant with the purchase of any original painting available through my etsy store Natural Abstracts, or by contacting me.

Make it Beautiful,
Rebecca

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Changes 8" x 10" plein air painting

You wouldn't know it now but this little gem was covered in over a dozen tiny bugs.

Which is going to prompt me to write a companion to my short plein air guide,
titled The Official Guide to Debugging your Plein Air Paintings !:)
but that's for another day.

Here is
Changes
8" x 10" oil on canvas.

This was a wonderful day with soft billowing clouds. As I painted intermittently due to chasing our kids and juggling dinner, the day had slipped very far from the original inspiration but I was so happy to be greeted with the sunset to the West as I was painting North.

The colors changed so quickly that I did not have time to start a new piece and decided to go forward with this one and let those changes appear here.

All the best,
Rebecca
"Make it Beautiful"

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Small Trees and Billowing Clouds

Title -Little Things

Original Signed painting.

Painted with brushes outdoors on site.

Size - 8" x 10"
Support - Canvas
Medium - Oil

Unframed

Sometimes.......... I'm overtaken by the sun and clouds.
All the wonderful trees melt away from my sight.
Leaving just the horizon.
It's the little things that make life beautiful.

This piece is available only through my etsy store Natural Abstracts at a very attractive etsy price special.

Rebecca

"Wherever you go, whatever you do, Make it Beautiful"

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