House #130 - Stencil 9

A Painted House A Day
House #130
Stencil 9

 

8/1/2014

 

Stencil 9
A Painted House A Day

I came across some old maps I had used, when we were living in Kansas at Fort Leavenworth. http://www.kansastravel.org/fortleavenworth.htm  I think this may turn into a new series...Maps.
I like how it turned out.

 

 

"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things."
--Henry Miller

 

 

Here are all painted houses in the Stencil Series! 

Which one is your favorite?

 

 

House #129 - Stencil 8

A Painted House A Day
House #129
Stencil 8

Today I worked on the Stencil Series; to make a complete set of nine paintings in the series.  I have one more to make.  Here are the first painted houses in the Stencil Series.
 

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. — Paul Strand

 

  

House #122

A Painted House A Day
House #122- Fireflies 5

7/23/2014

"To see the summer sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie -
True Poems flee.
- Emily Dickinson

House #114- Black and White with Poppies 6

A Painted House A Day
House #114
Black and White with Poppies 6

7/15/2014

"Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment,  all you have is all you need."
--Sarah Ban Breathnach

House #111 - Black and White with Poppies 3

A Painted House A Day
House #111
Black and White with Poppies 3
Created on 7/12/2014

"Black is my favorite color.  It's limitless. It's indefinable. It keeps you guessing.  When there's nothing else to see, you're forced to imagine.  It makes every shape,  every person more mysterious because you can't see all the details."
-- Katie Kacvinsky, Middle Ground

House #89 - Summer House -Lanterns 1

A Painted House A Day
House #89

Summer House - Lanterns 1

Introducing my new series. ..Summer House - Lanterns

"Oh, the summer night 

Has a smile of light

And she sits on sapphire throne. 

--Barry Cornwall 

You can be the first to Pre Order House #89. Your order will reserve the original painting of House #89. You will receive your signed painting after my art show this winter, 2014. I am keeping the whole collection of all 183 painted art houses together in order to display them as a group in my show. You will receive an art print of your house painting shortly after your order. House #89 Summer House - Lantern 1 Original Mixed Media on Canvas 4x4 inches $40.00

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House #85 -Bird House ( nest 3)

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House #85
Bird House (nest 3 )
Created on 6 /16/2014

"Use what talents you possess;  the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." --Henry Van Dyke 

House #82 - Turquoise 4

A Painted House A Day
House #82
Turquoise 4

Christopher Moore “How do you know, when you think blue — when you say blue — that you are talking about the same blue as anyone else? You cannot get a grip on blue. Blue is the sky, the sea, a god’s eye, a devil’s tail, a birth, a strangulation, a virgin’s cloak, a monkey’s ass. It’s a butterfly, a bird, a spicy joke, the saddest song, the brightest day. Blue is sly, slick, it slides into the room sideways, a slippery trickster. This is a story about the color blue, and like blue, there’s nothing true about it. Blue is beauty, not truth. ‘True blue’ is a ruse, a rhyme; it’s there, then it’s not. Blue is a deeply sneaky color.” ― Christopher Moore, Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art

Created - June 13th,  2014
Full Moon  Friday the 13th

House #81 - Turquoise 3

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House #81
Turquoise 3

“The Pacific is my home ocean; I knew it first, grew up on its shore, collected marine animals along the coast. I know its moods, its color, its nature. It was very far inland that I caught the first smell of the Pacific. When one has been long at sea, the smell of land reaches far out to greet one. And the same it true when one has been long inland.” ― John Steinbeck

House #80 - Turquoise 2

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House #80
Turquoise 2

"The sky grew darker,  painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time,  into deeper and deeper shades of night. " --Harkins Murakami, Dance Dance Dance 

You can be the first to Pre Order House #80. Your order will reserve the original painting of House #80. You will receive your signed painting after my art show this winter, 2014. I am keeping the whole collection of all 183 painted art houses together in order to display them as a group in my show. You will receive an art print of your house painting shortly after your order. Original Painting on Canvas Mixed Media $40.00

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House #74 - Yellow House 2

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House #74
Yellow House 2

My new series is of more yellow houses.
I started this Art challenge with House #1, Yellow House. You can read my post on house #1 to see what my inspiration was for the painted yellow house.
Enjoy!
This yellow house is available for pre order.
The first yellow house is reserved.

"Listen, whatever you see and love--that's where you are. " --Mary Oliver,  Dog Songs

Thanks for looking at my art. I LOVE to read your thoughts and comments on my project, art, and this blog. Please feel free to comment below or send me an email.
Christy

You can be the first to Pre Order House #74. Your order will reserve the original painting of House #74. You will receive your signed painting after my art show this winter, 2014. I am keeping the whole collection of all 183 painted art houses together in order to display them as a group in my show. You will receive an art print of your house painting shortly after your order. Original Painting 4 x4 inches on canvas ready to hang signed and dated by artist $40.00

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House #61 - Polka Dots 9

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House #61
Polka Dots 9

"Art is the stored honey of the human soul." -- TTheodore Dreiser  

House #58 - Polka Dots 6

A Painted House A Day
House #58
Polka Dots

"The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.  The work is a private matter for the artist, the house is not."-- Adolf Loos

House #57 - Polka Dots 5

A Painted House A Day
House # 57
Polka Dots 5

I love this passage! I came across it tonight as I was looking for a qoute about home. I may have to read the book...

"When one is traveling,  everything looks brighter and lovelier.   That does not mean it IS brighter and lovlier; it just means that sweet, kindly home suffers in comparison to tarted-up foreign places with all their jewels on." --Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making

House #52 - Rain 7

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House #52
Rain 7

"Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet." --Bob Marley

House #49 - Rain 4

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House #49
Rain 4

"Home is wherever mom is." -Unknown Author

Happy Mothers' Day to all the lovely moms'!

House #47 - Rain 2

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House #47
Rain 2

I love this tiny house! My great friend, Jenn ...also an artist suggested that I might want to paint some art houses with smaller houses.  This is the first of the tiny houses ...more to come in this rain series.
Thanks Jenn!

"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain." -Author Unknown

House #46 - Rain 1

A Painted House A Day
House #46
Rain 1

I decided today to move on to a new series of art houses. This series will be named, "Rain."
I have found that I love working in a series as it allows for continuity in this project of,  A Painted House A Day.
It seems so far-at least, that six or seven art houses are my limit for a series and I'm ready to move on.

This Rain Series has been on my mind for a while and today was a good day to start. Coincidentally it rained here in Central Texas...thunderstorms all day. We have had a dry spell up until today.

I grew up in Washington State, near Seattle where the rain is nothing new.
Now, living in Texas, I miss the rain(although sunny days are wonderful) and a rainy day brings memories of "home."
When I think of rain I have memories of listening to the drops and pitter patters on the roof as I slept. I remember playing in the puddles and rain walks without out an umbrella.
I love the smell just before the rain comes down...the smell of rain - a clean smell.

Today as the rain came down I sat out on our back yard porch with my youngest daughter and we watched sheets of rain fill the grass with puddles of mud.

Here is the first house in the Rain Series. Also a couple pictures from our rainy day.
Enjoy!

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. " - Langston Hughes

House #45 - Garden Cottage 9

A Painted House A Day
House #45
Garden Cottage 9 (Maizie)

May 7th, 2014

Today is my daughter,  Maizie's birthday.  She turns 11 years old.
This house is dedicated to Maizie.

"Where flowers bloom so does hope."
--Lady Bird Johnson

House #43 - Garden Cottage 8

A Painted House A Day
House#43
Garden Cottage 8 (Cinco de Mayo)
 
Let's Celebrate Uno, Dos, Tres, and Cuatro de Mayo just like it's Cinco de Mayo. " -Unknown

"Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day."-- Joe Baca

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/cinco-de-mayo-meaning-what-mexico-holiday-celebrates_n_1472133.html