What Big Ears You Have! by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

Ah, Santa...what big ears you have... and so pointed! Wait a moment, don't we sometimes forget that Santa,too, is an elf! Doesn't he live where all of the other elves live? Isn't Santa magic??? Well, there you go- pointed ears makes for better hearing, as Santa has to make sure all of the little boys and girls are fast asleep before he makes his entrance!
Merry Christmas everyone!

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,though you are small among the clans of Judah,out of you will come for meone who will be ruler over Israel,whose origins are from of old,from ancienttimes. ”Micah 5:2

Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer

Collage by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

This was such fun to make,totally out of my oil-painting-box! Sometimes it just feels great to try something new and fresh,to open yourself up to new ideas. I have a couple of boxes full of things to make more collages with when I feel the urge to try something "free-spirited". Sometimes when our granddaughters come over, we go out to my studio and paint fun things.They have painted on canvases,plastic bottles,paper, and wood. I have several canvases of their hand and foot prints plastered all over large canvases when they were younger. What fun (and sadness) these paintings bring to my heart when I see how much they have grown! Try something new today, keep fun in your life,laugh much, dream, and keep hope on your daily to-do list.
  
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he. Proverbs 28:19

Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
sandrasart777@aol.com

"Wind and Waves" palette knife painting by Sandra Reeves Cutrer $75.00

"Wind and Waves" 12" x12" x1.5" gallery wrapped canvas $75.00. FREE shipping inside the USA. Price includes ins. and signature confirmation.


This painting was worked in thick acrylics with palette knives.Mostly monochromatic in color, with its darkness showing the seriousness of a  night storm coming ashore.How rough it must be for the sailors and their boats when sudden storms come upon them. So much like everyday life; those storms can come upon us so suddenly,shocking us to the core.But stay calm,our God is able to quiet the most severe storms.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven. Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.Psalm 107: 28-31

Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
sandrasart777@aol.com

"All That Jazz" by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

"All That Jazz" is painted on a 24" x 24" x 2.5" high quality, thick gallery wrapped stretched canvas (all sides are painted). I used thick acrylics, oils, palette knives and big brushes for this expressionistic-realism painting.

I love to hear someone playing the saxophone, and am especially proud of our younger granddaughter who is learning to play this amazing instrument in her band class.  Every once in awhile my husband and I get to make it to New Orleans, and I love to go to Jackson Square and hear the people playing all of the different Jazz and Blues music.  Along with the many genres of music and chic-to-shabby art galleries, come the tempting aromas from places like Cafe Du Monde, the tongue tickling smells of fresh baked bread as the local sandwich shops prepare their lunch time famous muffaletta's, and the many seafood restaurants filtrating the old brick streets that linger with the scent of late night dinners and parties by the dozen. contact  me at sandrasart777@aol.com.  For a price on all of my works for sell, please scroll through my listings. All shipping prices include ins. and signature confirmation.

He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."Revelation 14:7

Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
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"Missed Stream" by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

"Missed Stream" is a quick study done on paper with acrylics. It was a painting challenge, based on the famous artist,James McNeill Whistler; limiting my palette to a single blue, a single yellow, and a white.


Whistler "labored with pigments so thin as to be merely tinted turpentine". -- Writer John Updike (in "Whistler in the Dark", from Still Looking: Essays on American Art, p.95).

I actually made a very wet glaze of white to make it a little more "misty" since I kept making the values a little too dark in a few areas. I have been told to never paint a white glaze on anything, so I broke the "rule" and did what I thought was best! Everything we paint can't be a master piece, but it can be a part of who we are. Just like life, we try, we win, we lose, we fall,we run on the mountain tops, we sit in the valleys, we learn, we stumble. But these are all pieces in our life "puzzle". God is in control,all right, you just have to take the time to pray- talk to him, and listen. Ah,listening. That is a gift these days!

"Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance"- Proverbs 1:5, NIV

Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
sandrasart777@aol.com

Second of "Washed Ashore"series by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

This is my second of a series called "Washed Ashore". Mixed media on an 8"x8" wrapped canvas (all sides painted). Once this was completely dry I painted a different seashell in the middle. I am having a blast painting the water,beach,sand and sea shells, especially after all of the extremely cold weather we've recently experienced. The seashells remind me there will be summers on the beach again soon, since spring time has finally arrived!


You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalms 16: 11

Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
Sandra's Art Avenue
sandrasart7777@aol.com

First of "Washed Ashore" series by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

Seashells remind me of the many times I've gone walking on the beach. From a small child to a middle aged adult, I don't think I will ever tire of hunting for that "perfect" or rare seashell. Our granddaughters enjoy exploring our beach just as much as I do, always returning to Nana and Pop's house with a load of seashells and sand in their buckets. $35.00 plus shipping and insurance.

He is like a father to us, tender and sympathetic to those who reverence him. For he knows we are but dust- Psalm 103:13-14

Blessings,

Sandra Reeves Cutrer
sandrasart777@aol.com

"Missed Stream" by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

"Missed Stream" was created in acrylics, on watercolor paper, for a painting challenge that I tackle every once in a while among other artist friends. I made a very thin top-glaze of white to make it a little more "misty" when I had completed the painting, breaking the rules about never glazing with white. Some times it feels good to go against other people's rules- as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. There are very few rules with art, since art is about creating. Creating what? Whatever pleases the artist, which should be the number one "rule" about art of any kind!
Isn't it great that we have a heavenly father who created us all uniquely! We were created to please him.

So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 (NLT)

"Missed Stream" by Sandra Reeves Cutrer of Lake Jackson,TX

"Missed Stream" is a quick study done on paper with acrylics. It was a painting challenge, based on the famous artist,James McNeill Whistler; limiting my palette to a single blue, a single yellow, and a white.

Whistler "labored with pigments so thin as to be merely tinted turpentine". -- Writer John Updike (in "Whistler in the Dark", from Still Looking: Essays on American Art, p.95).


I actually made a very wet glaze of white to make it a little more "misty" since I kept making the values a little too dark in a few areas. I have been told to never paint a white glaze on anything, so I broke the "rule" and did what I thought was best! Everything we paint can't be a master piece, but it can be a part of who we are. Just like life, we try, we win, we lose, we fall,we run on the mountain tops, we sit in the valleys, we learn, we stumble. But these are all pieces in our life "puzzle". God is in control,all right, you just have to take the time to pray- talk to him, and listen. Ah,listening. That is a gift these days!

"Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance"- Proverbs 1:5, NIV

Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
sandrasart777@aol.com

"A Moment in Paris" by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

Paris was everything you've ever hear about if you haven't yet seen it for yourself. It was truly the country of romance and art. With history bursting at the seams, and the smells of fresh bread and coffee on every corner, who wouldn’t be happy in Paris! It was breathtaking each and every morning, and more so every night. Paris is a place that begs you to come back soon when you say your hurried goodbyes. I dream of going back and staying for a month or two. I am not really a landscape artist, but I would love to paint the people! Ah, the people. I will tell you that any stories that you might have heard questioning their kindness, or their hospitality, toward Americans can be put to rest. We were treated like family at every place we went. With so much to see; my feet would beg me to stop and rest, but there were only so many hours in our short week to see this magnificent city!

There are so many great memories about that trip! I especially enjoyed one night, as my son and I looked out over our balcony window; the rain was hitting the leaves on the tree that grew against the hotel wall, bringing in such a peaceful sound and earthy aroma. We were looking out through the rain, watching the colored lights change on the Eiffel Tower when I happened to look down and catch glimpses of the ladies rushing from their evening shopping. The street lamps threw out their beacons of light, ushering them home to prepare their evening meal.

8x16 acrylics and oils -SOLD!