Saturday, August 15, 2009

New Paintings!

I Have two new paintings to show you. Yes, I've been busy! The first one is two children out on a cool gloomy day finding a little owl who fell from it's nest. This flat 8"X10" canvas has holes drilled at the top and a black satin ribbon strung through it for hanging. I like the mood of this painting, it makes me think of being a child discovering something magical on a crisp autumn afternoon.

The second painting is kind of silly! I woke up one morning this week imagining these. It made me smile just thinking of trying to paint them, so here are my little flying fairy kitties! They each have such cute little expressions, like they are not sure if they should really be flying! I hope to list these paintings this weekend sometime.

For those of you interested, I listed the kitty ornaments and purse from a previous post on Ebay this afternoon.

















I am savoring these last few days of summer vacation before I go back to work. I enjoy the easy stress free lifestyle with my high school and college aged children during these precious 3 months of togetherness. Moments of relaxing together are fleeting and few once everyone gets back into the swing of a new school year. As I sit here at the table finishing up my lunch, I count my blessings that we enjoyed another happy golden summer together!

10 comments:

nollyposh said...

Squeal! Flying kitties! X:-)

BeadedTail said...

Lovely new paintings! Love the flying kitties! Enjoy the remaining days of summer!

PEA said...

They are wonderful! I admire your talent. ah to be able to paint would be a dream come true.
Many blessings for a wonderful weekend.
Pea

Free Art Printables said...

Cris, these are really great! I love the colors! Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Jen R

MyBlueHeaven said...

The little girls in red remind of Tara and Laura when they were little and they had their little red riding hood capes. The flying kitties must come from the dreams you've been having. so cute.

Cristi Baxter Clothier said...

Hi Cris! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I lvoe both these paintings. Especially the one with the owls. I love owls!

noodle and lou said...

Hi Cris! i just LOVE those sweet owls...that is such a great painting!!! lovin that darling blog background too!! enjoy the rest of your summer...ours is coming to an end too and i can hardly believe it! xox...jenn

Pease Porridge said...

Oh so cute Cris! I am really missing the snow cone hut. I am soo sad summer is over. I can't stand it. Bye, I have to go cry now.
Jennifer

Caroline said...

Love your work, wish you were closer to me, I'd put your work in the gallery!!!!! if you ever move to PA give me a call!
Sincerely,
Caroline

Jenny Carter said...

Cute paintings, Cris. I love autumn. I wish we had more of it here in Denver. It seems to just go right on by, especially if we get a snow in September. Then the leaves just drop.

The fairy kitties are too cute. heehee. I love the other painting below as well. I know you will miss painting and hanging with the kids. At least they are still young enough to be there. Someday they will have homes and jobs to go to. Maybe they will drop off their kid (your grand kids) lol and you can start it all over.