paintings~

I was pondering what to blog about today.  Since I didn't go sit with Dear Hubby last night to shoot a bear ~ and he didn't see anything... so nothing lost there ~ I decided instead I would show you some pictures of some of my paintings that I've done.

I used to daub around with acrylic paints once in awhile; before my fibromyalgia grabbed hold of me and made it so difficult.  Although, lately my hands have been feeling much better and I'm thinking of trying it again.  Although, this next time around I'm thinking of using oil paints.  I had bought a set of Van Gogh H2O Oils about 3 years ago and still haven't used them. 

Here's just a sampling of some of my paintings.

faces in the mountain ~

my version of birds on a wire ~

fly to the light ~

These are beaver pelts that have been preserved and stretched on a hoop.  I decided to paint on them when the fur market dropped so much and we were only getting $5.00 a pelt.  I sold the paintings then out of my bait shop when it was in operation.  People liked them for their cabins where they could hang them from a beam ~ one side a painting the other side the fur pelt.

This is a set of three cork trivets ... laid side by side for the picture. 

 These are gourds that I hollowed out and painted to use as a vase ~

and these gourds turned into bird houses ~

I also like putzing around with what mother nature gave us to play with  ...
like making these baskets ~ I rephrase that... like decorating these baskets.  I didn't make them ... just put decorations on them.

and now I'm trying something out with printing on leather ~ (work in progress)

Well...
Now you know a little bit more about me.  I like to doodle with a paint brush once in awhile.

Until next time...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel