Pamela's Cottage Life Paintings
A blog that explores Pamela Sweet's painting life in a small cottage.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
St. Nicholas
Labels:
brown,
red,
Santa Claus,
St. Nicholas,
St. Nicholas Eve,
star of Bethlehem,
white.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Celebrate Five
Today I am celebrating how fortunate I am to work in my raised garden boxes, year round. Even when most parts of the USA are too dry or are covered with snow, here in Florida, I am planting and harvesting fruit and vegetables in the late fall and winter. Today I will be planting my turnip seeds. Exciting!
Labels:
garden boxes,
green.,
pamelasweetfineart.com,
pink,
purple,
silver,
silver creamer,
silver tray,
Turnips
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Celebrate Three
Hello from Florida,
I know, this doesn't look like a painting of Florida does it? You would be right! I painted this in Northern Wisconsin on a painting trip in late October. I was with two great outdoor painting buddies, Lynn Rix and Lori Beringer. It was cool and breezy but the day was warmed by our friendship and love of painting. So today I am celebrating painting the beauty of autumn with dear friends.
Labels:
aqua board,
autumn,
BFF,
blue,
fall,
friendship,
gouache,
green,
lavender.,
mill pond,
opaque water media,
orange,
overcast,
painting,
plein air painting,
red,
staghorn summac
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Celebrate Two
It is official we are no longer Snow Birds from Wisconsin. We have sold our cottage in Northern Wisconsin and our moving van will arrive here in Florida soon. Today's temperature here will be 75 degrees, the temperature there (our previous home) is 30 degrees and 12 inches of snow on the ground with snow continuing to fall.
We are celebrating being 'home' in this year round warm climate. Today our grapefruit tree is giving us grapefruit. Amazing, grapefruit growing 'here' while it snows 'there.'
Yours in art,
Pamela
We are celebrating being 'home' in this year round warm climate. Today our grapefruit tree is giving us grapefruit. Amazing, grapefruit growing 'here' while it snows 'there.'
Yours in art,
Pamela
Labels:
40's apron,
Celebrate,
Florida,
grapefruit,
kitchen still life.,
red pitcher,
snow,
Snow Birds,
warm,
Wisconsin,
yellow flowers
Friday, June 6, 2014
Summer Garden
This stork visited my cottage by the St. John's River and I had a chance to paint him while he/she posed. (It was a long pose for a bird.) I was so happy that my art materials were close by and ready to be used when I realized the stork had landed by the raised bed gardens.
It is a good thing I have put away my childish ideas about storks bringing newborn babies to your doorstep. If storks really brought babies we wouldn't be prepared anymore. Our sons are grown and we are empty nesters now. My current babies are my gardens (growing vegetables, fruit and flowers), my artwork, and volunteering.
Labels:
blue,
garden,
gouache painting.,
green lavender,
orange,
raised garden beds,
river,
St. John's River,
stork,
summer,
water
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Rainy Beach Run
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