Sunday, October 30, 2011

Tiffany Carrington - Fashionista Cow...

Tiffany Carrington – Tiffy to her friends – is a fashionista cow. She struts her stuff in the open pasture runway and grazes at all the finest bistro grass plains. Her beverage of choice is a domestic green grass skinny half caf half decaf with a fresh cream kicker and a sprig of dandelion. Her passion is to one day own a pair of Jimmy Choo red peep-toe pumps in her size – extra wide round. But we'll talk about that later. Right now, Tiffy's fashion craze centers on the truly unique vintage styles of the Grand Ole Opry – Nashville, Tennessee circa 1960s. As you can see, Tiffy is simply spectacular in the updated “Minnie Pearl” look, with the price tag in her ear, of course, as straw hats are SO LAST season!



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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Wings of Love...

Nadira is a beautiful angel on a 30.5x5.5 wood canvas.  Her name means precious and her wings are words describing the ways love manifests itself in real life
peace...joy...understanding...strength...patience, etc...
She is holding a little birdy in her hand.  Thank you for looking!




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Kinfolk....

Meet Cuzins "Cletus Earl" and "Curtis Wayne"!




These are painted on vintage dresser drawers 32"x14 1/2" with a depth of 6 1/2 ".  The sides are painted in a chicken wire pattern.  Lots of texture and depth of color with a cool crackle finish that just doesn't show up on the pics... :(
Cletus Earl's (yellow background) words of wisdom: "Today is the last day of some of your life."
Curtis Wayne's (blue background) words of wisdom: " It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions."

My son, while a much better photographer than I, slightly tilted the paintings so the pics are difficult to crop and appear a little "wonky"...kinfolk!!...what can ya do?!?   Thanks for looking!

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Pepper Imogene...

Pepper Imogene is not just an ordinary cow.  Oh, no!  She is the famous interrupting cow! 

Pepper Imogene:  Knock, Knock.
You:  Who's there?
Pepper Imogene:  Interrupting Cow!
You:  Interrupting MOOOOOooooooo! Cow who?...
You:  Dang Interrupting Cow!
Pepper Imogene:  Who? MOOOOooo?

My son told me this Knock, Knock joke when he was in elementary school and it's so corny, it's hilarious..... In my family, if you interrupt someone - we all go "MOOOOOoooo!"


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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Birds of a Feather...

Howdy Ya'll!  I've started a new series entitled "Birds of a Feather."  Here's one of those quirky dudes I've named "Casual Joe".  Joe is a hoot!  He's all about passing on his sarcastic words of wisdom and his latest news is "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."  By the way, Ole Joe don't care too much for Eagles (psst...he's jealous, don't ya know).  Casual Joe is 7.25"x5" wood canvas with yummy texture and knobby knees from gel medium, vintage and tissue papers, painted with acrylic paints and inks and sealed in a matte UV sealer.  Thanks as always, for your interest!



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Monday, July 18, 2011

...and this little piggie...


Howdy Ya'll! Here's my latest pic...

Hog Day Afternoon
I'm pleased to introduce you to ABRA.HAM!
He's a cutie. The camera doesn't show the vibrant rich colors and texture - 18X18 on a wood canvas, Abra.ham is painted with acrylics, India Ink and a whole lot of stress-out-ness attitude. Here's his quote:
“(sniff) Do you smell bacon? Cause, I'm sure I smell bacon! That is bacon, isn't it? I knew I smelled bacon! Don't you smell it? It smells just like bacon doesn't it? (Sniff) Don't tell me it's not bacon, cause I should think I know bacon when I smell bacon and THAT is definitely bacon! (Sniff, Sniff) I knew it, I just knew I smelled bacon! Ooooooh, This is not at all the day I had planned.”



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Monday, December 27, 2010

The Tweet Life...

Here is a commission piece entitled "The Tweet Life".  I hope 2011 is "Tweet" for you too!



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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Dreamin' of a White Christmas!

I love snow...and at Christmas!  What a lovely gift.  This is a picture of my son at his favorite sledding site.  Yes, I did some sledding too!  Thank God those pictures have been permanently deleted!  Talk to ya soon...


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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Peace on Earth....


And couldn't we all use some Peace on Earth.  This is Margea 8x32 on wood canvas.  "Where there is peace, God is."  Pretty much says it all.  Have a great holiday!
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving...


This is Sheila...."we cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own."
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

A person's world is only as big as their heart...


Howdy Ya'll!  This is Regina (latin for "queen").  She is painted on a wood canvas 8x32.  Lots of rich color and texture. 
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

When you're Really, Really Stressed Out...

Here's a Chicken Nugget...This old bird is all stressed out with no place to go!  There are days when I've repeated this bird's motto too:  "That which does not kill me only makes me really, really tense..."



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I'm as Mad as a Wet Hen....

This great southern sayin' has met it's match...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

New Art!

Howdy Ya'll!  New art is now available at Slick Rock in Lake Lure!  Here's a wild dude aptly named "Wild Ron" (and hairy too!).  His motto:  "chicks dig me..."  Of course! What an attitude!  Wild Ron is 8x32 on wood canvas.  Remember, I'm not a photographer.  He's much more colorful in person.  (I really do need to invest in photography lessons...).  See ya'll soon...




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Monday, November 1, 2010

XerXes, The Wonder Chicken!

Howdy Ya'll!
As promised - here is one of my "chicken nugget" chickens - XerXes, the Wonder Chicken!  Such an attitude! His quote is "...and I ain't finger-lickin' good, either!"  XerXes is 3'x2', wood canvas with lots of layers of acrylics, inks and pencil.  Remember, I'm not a photographer - the original is beautifully colored and bright.  Hope you enjoy this quirky dude!


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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Where has the time gone?

Howdy Ya'll!  I can't believe it's been a month since my last post and still no new paintings!  Sure, I'm working on 9 new canvases, but they are no where near picture ready.  Thankfully, fall baseball is over and no more sports until basketball practice in December!  I'm hoping that's where my time has been spent.  Oh, and I hope you noticed the new "decor" on my blog...Since my paintings are distressed and layered, I wanted to find a blog background that conveyed the same sentiment.  Hopefully at least one completed picture will be posted before Thanksgiving!  See ya soon!
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

"Falling" Back In...

Howdy ya'll!  Alas the summer is over and with the fall comes a return to "normal", with school and holiday activities.  Hope your summer was a blast!  This summer I decided trying to "find" time to paint was like herding ants - so I've just taken time when I needed it.  This seems to be working out well and it's amazing my family can actually clean up after supper and do the dishes!  Who would have thought....

I'm starting a new series entitled "Chicken Nuggets...words of inspiration from some wise old birds"...these are a hoot! 

Yes, my website has been discontinued - I needed to perform an electronic de-clutter!  The website was a pain in the neck (as well as various and sundry other areas too) and I enjoy the blog much more.  My pics can still be seen on the blog and I can be reached via email at pickyeunice@bellsouth.net.  Please keep in touch - new pics coming soon!

Toodles.....

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Big Chicken

Howdy Ya'll!  This here is my Big Chicken.  I love it soooooo much!  My inspiration was a trip my husband and I made before we had kids, to a little town in Georgia.  They boasted about the BIG chicken - with billboards everywhere taunting us to "SEE THE BIG CHICKEN"... Everyone in the town told us to be sure and go see the BIG chicken.  We asked directions from just about everyone we saw - all were different - but we never found the BIG chicken.  It must have been a great folly created by the marketing committee for the town - cause we certainly saw the entire small town, but we never saw the BIG chicken!  We laughed on the way out of town thinking the chicken was so BIG, one leg was planted in one county and the other leg was planted in another county...I still haven't see the BIG chicken, so I created one of my own...  He definitely has a little bit of an attitude - painted on a wood plank, he measures 41X36.  The chicken body is made from my favorite mixed media material - light weight drywall spackling.  Of course, he's much prettier in person (a photographer I'm not...)


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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Echos of Mercy...Whispers of Love...

Every summer, as a kid, I went to church a lot with my Nanny - there was always the smell of peppermint in the air.  Nanny kept peppermints in her purse to help us sing and so we wouldn't cough during the service. Nanny couldn't "carry a tune in a bucket" but I could sing and she loved to hear me.  Her favorite hymn was "Amazing Grace". Her second favorite was "Blessed Assurance".  These angels reminded me of a line in that hymn "angels descending bring from above, echoes of mercy, whispers of love".  Thanks, Nanny, for the wonderful memories.   I hope you, dear friends, hear the echoes and whispers today...




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Friday, June 25, 2010

New Art...

Finally...I've been just a tad busy.  Our house is for sale and whew - I did not know I had so much junk....I mean "stuff".  Anyway, I 've got some new art on its way to Slick Rock!  The piece below is entitled "Beginnings" and features a nest made of shredded papers (children's books and scrapbook papers) along with bottle caps.  Really neat 3D effect.  It's 18x32 on a solid wood canvas


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