Primitive Dolls and Boat Folk Art

I am in love with both soft, subdued colors and vibrant colors. I like it all. But these two paintings I did for shabby white decorating. (I've still got chairs and tables to strip and paint white, but one day hopefully everything will come together beautifully.) My youngest son always wants me to paint more boy paintings.

This one I had all of us girls in mind as a "do it yourself-er" type of girl. She made her own costume and boat for halloween. Everywhere we go outside our little furry friends tag along. So all of my paintings usually have wee animal friends in them.

All are for sale on ebay with super low start bidding prices. Yay!

Valentine's Day Cupid Mexican Folk Art

Gardening is on my mind more and more these days as the seed and plant catalogs are avalanched to our door by the postman. Then Valentine's day has such a romantic pull to it. All you need is love...and a rascal cat. I added a cat mouse toy with little red hearts on it plus the hugs and kisses on Frida's blouse. Topiary heart plants and love. And they are evergreen which means love lasts through all seasons. No one can miss all of the symbols of love I reckon. Fun ones at that.

But better yet Frida is Cupid and with the help of her black cat she is going to plant lots of seeds of love in everyone's hearts. I think the colors show that Frida is very serious about being Cupid. Link to Painting.