Digital painting

Digital painting can be a fun use of artistic experimentation. One such site is called pyskopaint and is one of the apps available on Chrome. Here are a few of my first tries.

Brown Trout on Rainbow Rocks

Fancy Nancy "Lizzy"

Lizzy Busy, always up for a pose.

The site is fun, but rather addictive.  These are all manipulations of photos, but I have some paintings from scratch as well.

Religious Art

Caravaggio is one of my favorite painters. In this painting Saul of Tarsus having seen an angel is thrown from his horse and becomes a Christian convert. In art throughout the ages man has taken various approaches to convey testimony and tell story, from literal story telling, to symbolism. Even landscapes can be said to be included in the realm of religious paintings. What works inspire you? How do you convey those things which cannot be easily spoken?

The idea for this centerpiece came from a rustic Christmas one found here:  http://amandawickcunningham.blogspot.com/2011/12/winter-rustic-pepsi-crate-pine.html.

Well, I decided to hijack my husbands blog so that I could pin my own stuff.  My Mom told me I should pin it, so here I am.  I love how it turned out.

I used a crate that I got from my Grandparents' farm the last time I visited them.

Michael's had some great garlands this year.  I also used 6 jars and 6 flameless candles.  I had some pumpkins, gourds, and garlands left from last fall to help fill it in a little.

My coffee table is from a design on http://www.atouchofarkansas.com/2010/10/big-coffee-table-end-tables.html.  He got the design from http://ana-white.com/.  My end tables are also copied from Ana White.  I'll have to post them another time.  I love how they turned out too.

I've thought about starting my own blog, but I just haven't had the time.  All of my kids are in school now, but we've been trying to get our house ready to put on the market.  I hope to put some pictures of the before and after on some time.  I just wish I would have done more before pictures.

Spring is here and the apple blossoms on our tree in the front yard are amazing. The bees are loving the tree like no other. They create a soft hum that is medatative and almost zen like that is quite in contrast with the construction of the new school across the street from our back yard.

Rams in Salmon Idaho

salmon trip 2

 Some cool rock formations in Salmon Idaho. There are so many beautiful and interesting rocks along the river. Along with the river and wildlife there is a world unlike any other.

 Shoup Idaho, consiststs of a store and a couple of buildings, and yet they have thier own weather report. Say hello to one of the residents at rest on the porch.

 Spring along the Salmon river has plenty of streams and water falls to enjoy.

 Tall rocky vistas such as this one are remeniscent of Japanese paintings and a joy see throughout the canyons.

Water gives live and adds beauty.

Recent trip to Salmon Idaho

Salmon Idaho has a mining heritage and as a result there are a lot of cool old buildings, huts, shacks and mining equipment just sitting out for the fisherman or outdoorsman to see.

 Also there is a lot of wildlife. Below is a picture of a mountain sheep. We saw some rams also but were not set up to take a picture at that time. There are lots of deer, sheep, and elk herds on the north fork of the salmon river.

 There Ewe are three times over.

The boys are pointing out and posing with some petroglyphs along side of the salmon river.

Lizzy with a fish she caught in the fishing pond.

Below is Jennifer with a steelhead she reeled in.

What a catch! and not a bad fish either.