It's beginning to look alot like Fall around here!

Hello all your loyal followers, sorry we are a little behind on our blogging! Thought I would share a few things with you that is going on in our Art Group First we are voting on our September Halloween or Black Cat Quest, We need votes!!!!! Please take the time to follow this link below and vote for your favorite pc. of art and leave the number in the comment box.

CLICK HERE FOR VOTING ON THE SEPTEMBER ART QUEST, PLEASE!

It ends on Friday evening, so we need your votes!

We have so many talented artists in our group that is on etsy here is some of their artwork. Great Art and Great Deals!!

These would make wonderful Christmas Gifts!!

Etsy Buy Handmade DAWGTeam

Happy November!

Today is my day. Hi, I'm Joann Y Wheeler of http://jywheeler.etsy.com

Since it's fall, I will feature one of my favorite pieces. It is 4 1/2 x 4 inches x 1/2 inches high. A porcelain box painted to look like faux leather.

This primitive design consists of 2 oak leaves and 3 acorns. Nice dresser box for rings, pins, change, whatever.

Each piece of handpainted porcelain is a piece of art to treasure. Time has been taken to carefully design this piece. It has been handpainted and fired many times in a kiln to an approximate temperature of 1400 degrees to obtain the beautiful finished product. Because each piece of porcelain is handpainted, no two pieces are exactly alike. Click here to go to my listing.

Autumn Glory

There is just something deeply inspiring about Fall. As artists I often wonder if we feel it more acutely than everyone else.

This time of year always brings out the poet in me and brings me back to one of my favorite poems by Joyce Kilmer:

• "I think that I shall never see
• A poem lovely as a tree."

One of my favorite things about fall colors is driving in the country side and taking it all in with my family along for the ride.

We are truly blessed to live in such a beautiful country! There are natural wonders everywhere and it seems like even the most mundane of commutes, like to and fro work, can be enhanced if we only pause long enough to enjoy the view.

So get out there, go for a nature hike. Watch how much your children and grandchildren love the leaved and wonder about acorns, and take a cue from them. Fill a vase with leaves and pine or whatever inspires you. Then, make it into the most glorious still life tribute to Fall we've ever seen!

Happy Fall Y'all!

From Missouri,

Crystal Gail

Signs

They're everywhere! Signs of Fall - I have too many trees and right now I have too many fallen leaves all over the yard. Since my neighbors have few or no trees, I share the leaves with them...to help celebrate the season!




Since they are so readily available, why not paint them?



Sometimes, on a walk through the woods, it's better to look down.

Welcome Fall

Welcome Fall, the earthen smells, the fallen leaves, the chill in the air. Today I feature one of my china painted pieces of porcelain. Painted in a faux leather design.

The size is 4 1/2 x 4 inches x 1/2 inches high. Porcelain box which is painted to look like leather.

Primitive design consists of 2 oak leaves and 3 acorns. Nice dresser box for rings, pins, change, whatever.

Painted by Porcelain Artist, Joann Y Wheeler, this piece of porcelain is a piece of art to treasure. Time has been taken to carefully design this piece. It has been handpainted and fired many times in a kiln to an approximate temperature of 1400 degrees to obtain the beautiful finished product. Because each piece of porcelain is handpainted, no two pieces are exactly alike.

Paints are an overglaze so they are permanent and dishwasher safe. Click here for the listing in my Etsy Store.

Celebrate the Season!

Fall Reflections

It's Fall! My most favorite season. I miss the cool, crisp smell of autumn days in Upstate NY where I spent the majority of my life. It's this time of year that makes me yearn for trips to the apple orchards to pick apples, drink hot cider, make applesauce, smell fresh apple fritters, sneak a caramel apple, run through piles of fallen leaves, and enjoy the amazing colors of the blazing trees.

Gourd Rugby

It's also the season of craft shows. I love the amazing products crafted by imaginative artisans using almost anything and everything! People can be so very creative and crafty!

While I reminisce, I miss all the wonderful lodges and inns of the Adirondacks and Catskills. So many lovely quaint buildings nestled in so very many lovely places.
This is a skyline look at Mohonk Mountain House. An imposing resort hotel outside of New Paltz in the Hudson Valley.

This is a view of life on the river here in Oregon where I took a little liberty to add a bit more color to the fall trees. Usually I see more golden and brown and seldom see any vibrant orange or reds, I must have been thinking of the lakes in the Adirondacks!

I've driven down this road and watched the leaves become airborn again in the rear view mirror.

It's fall! I can almost smell it.

Not Quite Ready...

The days are shorter and the kids are back to school. The nights are cooler and leaves are already falling off the oaks in my yard. I know what's coming but I am not quite ready for fall, just yet.
Just hanging on to the last blooms a little while longer.

White Poppy