Fine Art Friday

Hello and Happy Friday!! I am continuing with the fall theme this week, after all, "When in Rome!" Enjoy the work from these very talented artists, I certainly will!

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
-George Eliot

1.) Modernist Painting-Intensity
2.) Autumn Forest
3.) Orange Autumn Garlands
4.) Tree Art - Welcome Change

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
-John Keats

Have a great weekend!!

Tasty Tuesday

Hello - I hope you have a great day! Today's feature is of tasty treats, and believe it or not, they are all edible!!! Enjoy!



1.) Peppermint Candy Buttons
2.) The Original EDIBLE BUTTERFLIES - Rainbow Collection
3.) Mint chocolate chip ice cream ball style lollipops
4.) Sweet Sprout Cupcake Toppers

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Fine Art Friday

"Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into."
-Henry Beecher

Hello! Happy Friday everyone! I hope you had a wonderful week - I vaguely recall mine! I find as the end of the school year draws near I have more things to do and then the year is over and BOOM, I wish the kids were in school again! What a vicious cycle!! Looking for pieces to feature today gave me a chance to sit back and relax for a bit - it was nice. Enjoy!

"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."
-Chinese Proverb




1.) Original watercolor flowers in a vase
2.) Original Abstract Expressionism Acrylic Painting
3.) In The Garden - Original Painting
4.) Framed original abstract painting 20x24 DANCING MEADOW
5.) Abstract Retro Flower Painting Art Print - Summer Crush
6.) Flower butterfly yellow blue Swirl spiral twists and curls
7.) Bloom106 Original Abstract Art Modern Contemporary Painting
8.) weeping cherry, original oil painting on canvas panel
9.) Bright Abstract Floral Painting
10.) Wild Flowers in the Wind an original abstract oil painting
11.) Poppy Field 1 Original Acrylic Abstract Painting Landscape
12.) Acrylic Abstract Flower Painting
13.) The Meadow - Original Modern Abstract Painting


"Where flowers bloom so does hope."
-Lady Bird Johnson

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Fine Art Friday

"Orange is the happiest color."
-Frank Sinatra

Hello! I think we are in need of a punch of color and orange has the ability to do just that! Today's selections are some of my favorites. Enjoy!


"Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow."
-Wassily Kandinsky



1.) My Darling Clementine original watercolor
2.) Orange poppy original painting aceo
3.) Abstract Flower
4.) Orange-Red Globemallow Flower
5.) Floral abstract 5
6.) Orange Day Lily, Painting on Wood

Orange Facts:

* Orange is a relative of the color red, and sparks more controversy than any other color. There is a strong positive or negative attraction to orange and true orange generally elicits a stronger "love it" or "hate it" response than other colors. Fun and flamboyant orange radiates warmth and energy.

* It is interesting to note that some tones of orange, such as terra cotta, peach, and rust have very broad appeal.

*How the color orange affects us physically
- Stimulates activity
- Stimulates appetite
- Encourages socialization

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Fine Art Friday

"In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth"
-Rachel Carson

"LIFE IS A BEACH"



1. Gulf Waters
2. Abstract Landscape
3. North Carolina Beach
4. Beach and Sea Giclee Print
5. Ocean Beach
6. Original Seaside Art
7. Green and Blue Waves
8. Tranquility 2


“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.”
-Isaac Newton

Mosaic Monday

“Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.”
-Pablo Picasso

Hello! I was thinking about color last night and became so thankful that I have my sight. The beauty of the world around us is a site to behold and I would hate to miss any of it! My thoughts about color led me to think about food - it is recommended that we eat a lot of colorful foods because they are good for us. Well, that makes sense - if seeing color makes me happy, then it stand to reason that eating colorful foods would make my body happy! Enjoy!

“There are not more than five primary colors (blue, yellow, red, white, and black), yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen”
-Unknown




Thought of the Day:

“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.”
-Maya Angelou

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Tasty Tuesday

“Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.”
-Simon Fowler

Hello! Can you believe the New Year is upon us? I cannot believe how quickly 2010 has passed! I have a great drink recipe to share with you - it is one of my favorites, in fact I may make it too much. Enjoy!

“It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst, the excellence of the wine, or any other reason.”
-Latin Proverb


Winter Mimosa
Serves 2

Ingredients:

* 1 cup water
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 1/2 Tbsp whole cloves
* Cocktail Sugar
* 2 oz Asti or champagne
* 1 clementine orange, un-peeled, cut in half
* 1 oz vanilla vodka
* 2 oz orange juice
* fresh raspberries

Equipment Needed:

* Cocktail shaker
* Muddler
* 2 champagne glasses

Directions:

1.) Make clove simple syrup:

a.) Add water, sugar, and cloves to small saucepan on low.
b.) Cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
c.) Chill and strain out cloves.
d.) Set aside 1 1/2 oz syrup; refrigerate remainder for other uses.

2.) Moisten glass rims w/citrus wedge & coat with cocktail sugar.
3.) Chill glasses.
4.) Pour 1 oz asti into each chilled champagne glass.
5.) Muddle orange and syrup in bar shaker; fill with ice.
6.) Add vodka and orange juice.
7.) Shake and strain into glasses.
8.) Garnish with raspberries.


Thought of the Day:

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time."
-Betty Smith

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

Wordless Wednesday!