WEEKEND ART By Nina

One of my fave subjects - BIRDS

funny very funny

I wish I had thought of this - HA HA!

WEEKEND ART By Nina

Next week: people & portraits!

not too handy but I try

Today I fixed the swinging door to my chicken coop.. it was ready to fall off and looks like something from the Beverley Hillbillies.

I painted a small mural of a chicken and nailed it to the door. It is secure!

Also, here is a faded mural that I painted a few years ago on my garden shed. Its kind of colorful 'round here.

Here is an aviary that I slapped together (uh -- built) last week. I wanted a "house" for all my birds... 2 ringneck doves, 4 finches, an 2 canaries. There is now room for more! I am not too handy and don't own power tools, so I nailed the thing together and mounted it on my old drafting table :)

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miscellaneous drawings...

more animals ...

my day job

Here I am at work. I sell appliances, set up orders and deliveries, appease and please customers with good service, rebates and a smile :) no matter what kind of mood I am in! ... I sell front loader laundrey, top loaders, fridges high and low end... dishwashers, cooktops, wall ovens and stoves...& I arrange for installations. Its all about the customer and after 10 mos. I am getting to know the home depot inside and out. We don't have a quota but have to get a good sph...(sales per hour) Its hard work on my feet all day - maintaining the dept. but co workers can be loads of fun. Dealing with customers has made me a better person, more patient, better listener & I can read people more easily.... BUT ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO GET HOME TO see my dog, enjoy my house and DO ART!

WEEKEND ART By Nina

WEEKEND ART By Nina

MORE ANIMALS !

a fallish morning

Well its trying to be fall in TX. It will get up to 92 or more later but this morning was nice at 9 am: I am drinking coffee in my yard-nirvana, and watching my little wolfie dog playing "stalk, advance and charge" with the poor chickens in their coop. She can be amusing but has never figured how to get through that wire. Not in 5 years.

Right now its what I call "first fall". In Sept, Oct, the tallow leaves, acorns and pecans fall like crazy. As hurricane season starts to dwindle we have a LULL in October. In Nov, the pecan trees, ashes and oaks slowly lose their leaves... as it finally gets into the 60's out. By Jan, its the final winter sweep. Only the pin oaks and pines stay greenish as the temps get down to 40 f or less. That feels very cold, damp and miserable in Texas. I have to get my electic blankie out! Spring comes early in late March, April!

Later today, my dear old friend Leroy is coming here for dinner, we havn't seen each other in 7 weeks. Why? cos I work at the home depot!

Reality strikes, Gotta MOW later on...... gotta figure out how to refinance this little piece of heaven by Dec.... and next week I have got a dumb ass guy suing me for $4000 for his car damage that's worth $3000 or less. Wish me luck. Nothing is ever perfect :)

Yeah baby, it was my fault.

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For the next few weeks its all about critters...

recent creations in the studio

My latest hair color. No more light blonde and no more brunette. I have found a happy medium and love the reddish tinge.

I made these blinds out of the annoying credit cards that the credit companies keep sending me.. I attached them together with paper clips :)

Creating art has always kept me out of trouble. Well, most of the time. Here are some masks I recently made out of 'sculpey". I used goat horns to create the "unicorn look"...

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Well that's it for architecture art. Next week I will start with animal art........

WEEKEND ART By Nina

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