Showing posts with label My Favorite Things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Favorite Things. Show all posts

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Just Cluckin' Around

I wanted to take a break between commissions,
 and what better way to do it than celebrate spring by painting a couple of my hens!
Just a quick practice piece to loosen up...
"Just Cluckin' Around"
11" x 13"
Oil on canvas paper

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Sunday, March 4, 2018

Back in the Paintroom

In light of the recent winter blast, I finished this painting just in time. 

March has come in like a lion. Let us hope it goes out like a lamb!



"Dreamin' of Spring"
11" x 14"
Oil on Canvas paper

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Monday, July 10, 2017

Pretty Cactus Study

These young cactus plants were growing and beginning to blossom in my brother's back yard south-east of Tucson AZ, when I visited there in late winter this year. I have fallen in love with the scenery of this area of Arizona!!

"Young Cactus Study"
8" x 10" oil 



Thursday, April 7, 2016

Welcome Spring! an Original Oil Painting (My Favorite Things #4)


"Welcome Spring!"
10" x 8"
Oil on canvas panel 
Who doesn't remember being told as a child, that when the robins build their nests, then Spring is truly here! Just off my easel, a painting depicting the Robin who hatched 2 clutches of eggs on the railing of my deck under the shelter of the rhododendron bush last spring. It was so much fun being able to watch this little family close up! Feeding was a round-the-clock job for both parents.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

My Favorite Things #3, An Original Oil painting by Rebecca Jennings

This spinning wheel was a gift to me from my husband just months before he died. I loved the smooth wood of the wheel and the paddle. The spinner would sit at the right side and work the paddle with their feet to make the wheel go at a smooth, steady speed. The wool would be fed carefully onto the wheel, go full circle and, at the practiced touch of the spinner's hands, come out the other side as yarn to be knitted into warm clothes or woven into blankets. 

This wheel is now in the possession of my eldest daughter who has become a fiber artist in her own right. This painting is a gift to her. 
"Afternoon Reflections"
 12" x 12" 
Oil on stretched canvas
(Private Collection)

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Sunday, January 24, 2016

My Favorite things #2 - Childhood Memories

A detailed image of this painting.....
Oh, the memories of iced-up windows, with beautiful frosted patterns and glittering ice crystals....... I can still remember the feel of it! We were most fortunate, back in the days of single-paned windows. When it was bitter cold outside yet toasty warm inside, it was said that Jack Frost would pay a visit during the night and leave behind his handy-work.......   Few in our times have the opportunity to experience such deliciousness!
"A Visit from Jack Frost"
10" x 8"
Oil on canvas panel
(Private Collection - Not for sale)

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

My Favorite Things #1, an Original Oil painting by Rebecca Jennings

I have decided to do a series of "My Favorite Things", where memories of childhood days are the primary focus.The strings attached are not only strings of the skates, but of the strings of my heart tied to my childhood. Come along with me on my journey into the carefree days of a past, all-but-forgotten way of life.  Together we will reminisce and recreate happy times.
"Strings Attached"
10" x 8"
Oil on Canvas Panel

These  old skates hanging on a nail on the covered porch wall remind me of the kids of our little town meeting at Myers' pond to go skating several times during the winter. The bigger boys would shovel any new-fallen snow off the ice. Sometimes there would be a wood fire far back on the bank to warm our hands by. It was a regular meeting place for all the neighborhood, kids and adults alike.

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