Saturday, May 26, 2007

Saturday, May 19, 2007

SUNDAY ART By Nina

These are all very recent portraits I did of co workers. I charge $1 per sq inch... so it works out to be $80 for a 8 X 10" pen and ink portrait.














Saturday, May 12, 2007

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

shaved coyote and me









had the day off, so went into Houston to see Sarah... I took her out for Greek food....love the dolmades and baklava but I guess I could have been more ambitious and had moussaka... Sarah gave me a Tori Amos CD for Mother's day... there's an awesome pic of Tori on the front of the cd - holding a chicken. I now want to pose with one of MY chickens and do a self portrait especially since I've been doing portraits of co workers at the home depot all year long :)
Sarah will be leaving for Virginia for summer to intern with her friends' Mom, who is a genetistist. That should be great experience for Sarah's career in medicine!
Diamond dog had her annual shave today. And I colored my hair. I was born a tow head blond but by 20 I was dirty blonde. Now my hair mousey brown with a little gray. So why not be a brunette? I am having' fun!

Sunday, May 06, 2007

SUNDAY ART by Nina






















I don't paint as much as I draw but here it is.



Yes, I used to ride a VESPA !!!



Enjoy! Have a great week...

Saturday, April 28, 2007

SUNDAY ART by Nina

When I first started drawing (seriously) I did HOME PORTRAITS for people. I have always loved drawing local architecture. These are all local landmarks near the Houston area.














Thursday, April 26, 2007

My parents

The family, 1982


Mom & dad 1955
Mom 1995
April is kinda of tough for me.

Both of my parents passed away in April. My Mom died on April 26 1998 and Dad died April 22 2002. I nursed my Mom for a year before her death - she had a brain cancer called glioblastoma. (good book about this cancer is "death be not proud")

Dad was born in Queens NYC and of Norwegian heritage. For over 35 years, he was an engineer for MW Kellogg. He met my Mom in Yugloslavia in 1955. She was a radiologist and became a ft housewife taking care of me and my 2 brothers... all 3 kids were born in New jersey USA but we grew up near London, England. That was my Mom's favorite city. We all moved back to the states in 1975.

My parents are both buried in Fairbanks Alaska where my 2 brothers live. My Mom was a joyful person & a superb knitter. Later in Dad's life, he did amazing petit point work... and he loved to create rock gardens and always planted roses for my Mom. They played a lot of bridge tournements togther! God bless their souls.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

SUNDAY ART by Nina

The man in the sweater is my late father. The old lady is entitled "gypsy" The young gal is my co- worker, Stephanie and the young man is another co- worker "Felix". The man with the mustache is Richard, who renovated my house. Enjoy! I am currently working on more portraits of co workers at the home depot.














Friday, April 13, 2007

Thursday, April 12, 2007

ART UPDATE















AH ! SPRING is here....
Life is good, I sell appliances at the home depot; I do portraits of co- workers at the home depot :) ... AND I HAVE MY HOME INTERNET BACK. Dial up, but none the less - INTERNET!

Enjoy these images. All original art by me! I usually post about 5 drawings or paintings every sunday.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

SUNDAY ART, finally


yes I now work at the home depot...... but I still draw draw draw and sell my art when possible....one day soon I hope to get on line again and post my art every week....

so here goes...