Just thought I'd show you

Hello and thanks for coming over

Hope you've had a fantastic week?

Thanks so much for the encouraging comments on our new furniture section.

 I've listed another Fabulous piece of furniture since, which you can probably see on my sidebar...I love this one!

It's been so, so, so cold and wet down here, I've had the flu, then was left with a horrible infected sore throat, finally gave in today and went to the Doctor....my Doctor is lovely, but nothing personal, I just don't like to visit her, unless it's absolutely necessary, are you like that too, I have a sort of phobia I think?

Anyway, decided to paint a largish canvas for our Market this Sunday

it's at

Mornington Racecourse and if you can, we'd love you to pop in and say Hi

you can go here for details

Where, was I?...

..yes the painting, loved, loved working on this one

as I said it is a larger size, 20 x 20" (51 x 51cm), I've used large brushes and kept it free and easy

 I felt the chippy pottery urn in the painting needed a little something....

I love the look of black stencilled anything's at the moment, thought I'd try it on my

 Pottery Urn

After a bit of hunting around I found my old metal stencil

I bought it from a Garage Sale years ago

 I think from an Apple Orchard in the Red Hill Area?

It was their Logo for branding the Apple crates....

Tony and I, over the years, have used it over and over again, mainly for rustic furniture.  Here it is, wanted again and used in my painting.

See you again soon!

New Furniture Section on our Website

Hello again!

This is unusual for me...two posts in a row!!

The reason being  for this one,

Tony decided today to keep bringing furniture home for me to list on the Website....hmmm, I wasn't really ready for it, but on the other hand, pieces of furniture aren't like paintings, you can't simply store furniture in a corner

Where on earth am I going to keep all these pieces? 

They've got to move on...

I got to work straight away, camera out

 listed three pieces on the website so far and at very reasonable prices

You can see here if you like 

Tony and I, have so many ideas running through our minds at the moment to how we are going to run our business...thinking maybe a pick up base from here at home...loads more products on the website...???

This one above was my fav...probably because Tony featured sections from a vintage ornate picture frame around the edges...maybe I could have used the frame though..??

I must say I enjoyed taking the photos.  

For once his beautiful handmade furniture could be displayed in a real room, not in the middle of a paddock at a market, although I would love to work on my photography skills and Styling!

Speaking of, I found some beautiful china, I'd forgotten about,  in the cupboard as I was looking for props

I remember buying this lot of china for about $10.00 from a Garage sale...aren't they so sweet?

Below

Latest Furniture additons to our website

So our Lounge room is in a mess

and Stay Tuned there's more to come!!!

This Gust avian Day Bed is to Die for.....not sure how and where to list this one...any ideas??

Thanks so much for coming over

I so much enjoyed sharing Photos of my funny old day with you

Please pop over and visit our NEW  Furniture section on our website if you get a chance

all you have to do is go here

Olive Tree Topiary Painting

Hello, hello, how are you all?

Good to know I'm not the only "Typo" addict!

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I've had a largish sized Gallery Stretched Canvas just waiting for me to give it a bit of attention....

Up until a few days ago I was undecided on what to paint on it

Bingo!!

A French Inspired "Olive Tree Topiary"

I've only just finished it

My photos don't actually show the true background colour, which for anyone interested is

"Taubmans Kid Skin" 

Yes for this one I actually used a premixed colour for the background.

I've scanned a section of the painting....which should give you a very good idea of the true colour

It is a large sized painting

I plan on working on more for this series...same large size

Thanks so much for coming over, have a wonderful week

if you want to details on my new painting you can go here