New Treasury on Etsy

Heavenly Horses Treasury on Etsy. I have been included in this treasury! Please check it out! It is with the girls on Etsy with the Whoa group.
It will be on view until 3 am. December 29th.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=29059

Merry Christmas!

We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!
Thank you to everyone that has read this blog. This has been a new venture for us and we are still learning! Everyone has been very helpful in getting this blog up and running.
I hope that this next year will be so much nicer and better than 2008! I have high hopes for 2009!
We are having the family over tomorrow for Christmas dinner and it will be great to have our family around the table.
Have to stop and go wrap some presents.....can't wait for what Santa will bring in the morning!

Last minute Christmas Portraits

I just finished in the nick of time two pet portraits for a friend of mine. She wanted a portrait of her son's keeshound, and her daughter's horse, Radar. So here are the pet portraits.
The keeshound and her son are inseperable and he will love the portrait of his dog.
Radar used to be a lesson horse and is now enjoying a well deserved retirement! I have known Radar for over 14 yrs and he is one of the best ponies! He is a chestnut appaloosa and a very forgiving nature. Allison will love to have her portrait of Radar. I love Radar's eyes, they look like he has eyeliner!
Both are painted with acrylics on 8 x 10 canvas boards. I have protected both with a finish.

EBSQ-Self Respresenting Artist

I have just joined www.ebsqart.com. It is self-representing artists group. They will showcase your work, have forums to help you market your art. Check it out, it is a great group.

Christmas shopping

Well, here it is, almost a week away from Christmas! I have just begun my Christmas shopping! Time is just flying by for me.
I have listed a few new things on etsy.com-carol's painted things. Please check them out!

We have just finished a couple of commissions. A customer sent us two table tops. She also sent us lots of photos of her dogs for one table, and her parent's dog and her horse for the other table. We were able to paint them and get them out to her for Christmas.

I am working on my final commission before Christmas, it is a vanity top. Again, the customer sent me the table top to paint. I am painting lady walking a horse down to the water's edge. I will post pictures once it is finished.

I still have to paint Christmas ornaments for my hunt club. Every Christmas, I paint on canvas square ornaments. The themes are with foxhunting and equestrian ornaments. So far, this will be the eighth year for me to make these ornaments. I still have to think of what this years's theme will be!! I present the hand painted ornaments at our Christmas party. So, I will have to get busy on them.

Still, I have to get busy shopping.....Christmas is coming!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that everyone has a great Thanksgiving. We were able to gather at mom's house for our meal. She cooked a 30 pound turkey! It was great! Lots of turkey sandwiches for later!! Oh boy!
It was nice to have the family there, with everyone's schedules now days, it is hard to have that happen too often. So I am treasuring the times we can and enjoying them!

This year has passed so fast, it is hard to believe that the Christmas season starts TOMORROW!
We usually are at a Christmas Market show every Thanksgiving weekend. We have done this show for 14 yrs. We did the Richmond Equine Extravaganza in Oct. so we didn't want to have 2 large shows back to back. It felt strange not to be setting up the booth on Wed, have Thanksgiving on Thurs and do the show Friday through Sunday! Very liberating not to have it this weekend!
So there has been no pressure on us for getting things done over this holiday, so I have enjoyed it much more.

I start tomorrow painting lots of smaller items that will be for Christmas sales. I am planning on doing some fox Christmas ornaments. They are round clear glass ornaments with 6 in a set. I will post them when I have them finished.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Carol & Dottie

Hand Painted Folding Tray Table with Red Fox

This is a one of my folding tray tables for sale. It has legs that will fold up when it is a tray, push the levers on each side, and it is a table! It is made by the Ferguson Company. They were well known for making nice quality furniture. They are no longer in business. This tray is from the 1940-50's.
I hand painted the scene on the top of the tray table. It is my version of an old painting called "Fox leaving covert". It features a rolling landscape with Fall colors and green meadows. In the background, you see a huntsman and his hounds on the scent of the fox. A whipper-in is further back by the woods. The fox hounds are following the scent off the the bottom left of the tray. In the foreground, is a red fox. He is hiding behind low bushes and is in a crouched position. He hasn't been seen by the hunt or pack of hounds and is moving off to the right of the tray.
I have antiqued the scene to blend with the color of the tray legs. There are at least 8+ coats of poly on for protection. Like any fine piece of furniture, don't leave a wet glass on the surface. Wipe with a damp cloth when needed.
The tray table sells for $ 195.00.
Please email me if you would like more photos. I have lots!