Painting a Day THE EXPERT

Duane Keiser is the ULTIMATE in painting a day!

Click above to view his latest oil paintings!

I have been painting...not EVERY day but wow what a GREAT challenge to do to get your creativity in motion!
Even if you do NOT meet your goal, it surely gets your creative juices flowing!

I got up the other night at 3:00 am and went down to the paint room...
blasted my tunes (the "big kids" are spending the holiday with their dad so I get full rule of the "creative space" with little complaint).

Anyway...
I cranked out two more and then slipped into bed as the sun was rising.

What a GREAT feeling!

I include the last of the painting a day's for Allison...
as tomorrow we take our little pumpkin, Ann Kathryn to
the world of Disney in Orlando...
for a fancy holiday "before her holiday"
which will begin on Dec. 26 when we pick up her sisters and brother
to begin our OWN Christmas EVE...

The 27th...my sister's birthday too!
so Christmas here will last here all the rest of the year!

But the painting will end...maybe, unless I get a chance to do some
brushwork in South Florida, pool-side :)

Paintings:
Water Series continues....
Water glass
Swimmers (may have seen before, one of those I "worked on more")
The wine bottle and glass on abstract

And the painting I did of my sister for her birthday
(party TODAY) at my house so LET ME GET GOING HERE!

It came from a dream....

Enjoy!
See you in 2009, as we embark on a new venture!

Crestline Seafood Company
HAPPYMESS ice cream
and a space in Crestline to showcase my artwork!
and watch for a booksigning for Birmingham Sketchbook in Homewood in February.

Paintings still at Wildflower Wax as well, so if you need a last minute gift..
grab one of their candles...they are amazing!

Blessings!


Allison

Show this weekend

We are expecting SNOW tonight....
what a GREAT treat here right before Christmas!

I have been painting MADLY!

Here are two more special treats for you to view in the Painting a Day Series
for December! It has really been a great "TRICK" to play on myself.

I hope to see you at the art show in Homewood this weekend. It should be pretty Sat. and Sunday.


The second painting is a custom painting in the "girlfriends" series. She supplied a photo of them in New York.

Custom work still available in time for Christmas.
Just email at Chetti7 with questions.

Home paintings
City scape
Angel paintings with "hair color/style" specifications
Pet Portraits
Travel collage (will be after the holidays- you supply mementos)
Special Holiday Pricing:
Canvas with staples on back (wrapped sides- regular depth)
16X20- 175
24X36- 350
36X48 490
Gallery wrap 24X36- 595.


Blessings and may Santa bring you all your CREATIVE WISHES!

Allison

PAINTING A DAY CONTINUES

Ok, it is harder than it seems...
but I still persevere!

well, as my artist's friends point out...as they look at me with dismay
when I tell them,
I decided to do a painting a day in December...

IT IS DIFFICULT TO PAINT EVERY DAY!


And ok, today is the 10th...so I need 9 paintings to meet the overall "quota".

WELLLLLLLLLLLL.......

Here are 3 more....
actually the angel was just "tweaked"
so that makes 6?

Allison...
but it is EARLY in the DAY! :)
(ok for you CPA types like my husband...
no I am NOT painting every day..
did you not see the blog about the cookie parties?
But doesn't painting with icing count?
I CERTAINLY THINK SO! :) )
oh, and the birdhouse..it is STILL coming along between paintings I add
dots or stripes here and there....

These will be at the show this weekend!
Hope you can come!

www.wildflowerwax.com

HOME

I wrote earlier about HOME...I have such great memories of my home in Livingston...
roller skating in the house (my baby rides her bicycle in our house), riding our bikes for miles, building forts, playing outside on the trampoline until we had to come in because it was dark.

I love our street...there are always kids squealing up and down the block...on our trampoline, in the playhouse...now they rip-stick...we skateboarded.

And yesterday, my 12 year old daughter gave me the most awesome compliment.
She said, THANK YOU.

"Thank you mom for being one of those cookie moms (cookie that you eat...not KOOKIE, like coo-coo~ although she'd often like to call me that).

Monday she had her friends over for a cookie party. I wrote them an email and said, "hope you aren't too cool now...". They weren't and had a blast.

I have had this group over for about three years to study God's word after school. I listened to them talk about boys...correcting each other's "thoughts" about boys...
and I realized, "YES! THEY ARE STILL KIDS!"

I almost cry at how blessed I have been to have my children planted here on a rock.

No place is perfect...and challenges lie in EVERY COMMUNITY. But as I told them, Chad and I will be the ones in the back row of the movie theater clearing our throats and "expelling someone" if we see them do ANYTHING out of character becoming of a young lady who deserves to be respected. They sorta giggled and Shelton was appalled at the thought (she is waiting til college to "date"....she can "court"....:))

They can resist, but hopefully someday in the back of their mind, when they are in a questionable situation, they will remember their parent's comments, and then have some backup with "Mr. Chad will GET you!"

They have such huge hearts and again we plan to collect items for our favorite family the Gardners. (read in previous article-or in Southern Beauty Magazine~ have 14 children~ most adopted and special needs children)

I am so blessed that I can be home at 3, hear them come blaring in the door, backpacks and giggles...and watch them race to the stove for cookies....

These days will be gone way too soon...
as Brent begins to drive in a year....

And we don't have them here this year for Christmas..
they travel to the beach to celebrate Hanukah and Christmas with their dad's family.

So often we are so eager to "get them back to school".
Nurture EVERY minute!

You can bet on Dec. 26 we will be CRANKIN UP THE COOKIE FACTORY and starting Christmas all over again!

Blessings!
Allison

THIS WEEKEND OPEN HOUSE

THIS WEEKEND WE INVITE YOU

TO THE OPENING OF
WILDFLOWER WAX CANDLE STUDIO AND BOUTIQUE

My sweet friends, Jennifer and Dave Rankin
are opening on 2916 Linden Avenue in Homewood

Friday, Dec. 12th 10-9pm
Saturday, Dec. 13th 10-9
Sunday December 14th 12-5

They attend Church of the Highlands and their candles are
AWESOME!

They have been shopping at market and have some fun things in
soap and body products, jewelry, purses, clothing, home decor, baby items,
and gifts for all ages.

I hope you will come by to check it out!

I will be there on Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday from 1-4
Sunday 2-4

I will have NEW ARTWORK from the PAINTING A DAY PROJECT.
Small, medium and large paintings.

Can't wait to see you!

205-249-8280 is the phone number there.

Songwriting/ Play Production On the Horizon

Click on the bar at the bottom for YouTUBE Video of Brent's newest songs.

We will be recording this month,
a CD for him, one with he and his sister, Shelton singing Christmas Music
and some of my own originals....not all on the same CD :)

We also are looking forward to putting together a Christian collection of songs
written last semester at our house by our Songwriter's Group (in January)
and the songs will be performed in May in conjunction with a new play that
we wrote this semester through Church of the Highlands SMALL GROUPS that will incorporate singing, dance, and a play that teaches teens about making the right choices in life.
We can't wait to share it all with you!

Allison

Slide Show

Allison Puccetti Adams

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