"Falling Leaves" in oils by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

Although this painting is now part of a private collection in New Orleans,LA, it remains one of my most favorite. Done in oils on a 16"x20" stretched linen canvas, with palette knives and several thick layers for added texture. I love the rich colors and the rhythm of the work.The leaves seem to be floating off of the deep red background

"Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus." Revelation 14:12 ESV

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
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Palette knife landscape painting by Sandra Reeves Cutrer $125.00

This is a palette knife painting worked on a 16"x20" stretched linen canvas.

I love the mountains and always feel like I am "home" when I go. My younger son recently moved to Birmingham, AL. Although there aren't any huge mountains there, like the Colorado Rockies, or the Smoky Mts. of Tennessee, it was beautiful at Christmas when we went. I can hardly wait to go back for a visit, especially after it warms up and the mountains are filled with greenery and sun-filled days!

John 1:3,10 “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made….He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.” (KJV)


Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
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"Don't I Know You?" by Sandra Reeves Cutrer $125.00

Close-up shot

I thought I would go to my patio/outdoor studio for the last couple of days, to allow my brush and acrylics "talk to me". I had a blast painting this piece- looser than most of my work. I really enjoy how quickly acrylics dry, which makes it a different challenge than oils. You must work faster and concentrate more on where you want your colors to go since they will stay there,not like oils that can be easily pushed around on your canvas for days. Does she look like someone you know? Is she hiding her identity so she won't be followed? Or following someone she doesn't want to reveal herself to?  $95.00-Free shipping inside the USA!

“And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” (Genesis 3:8).You can hide from man, but not from God.


Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
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"Yokohama" rooster painting by TX artist, Sandra Reeves Cutrer

This Yokohama rooster painting, with all of the colorful (and healthy!) fruits and vegetables, just SOLD to a lovely lady and avid art collector. I feel privileged that she would add one of my pieces to her collection!

If you would like a painting done similar to this one, please contact me. I love doing commissions. Email me at: sandrasart777@aol.com

"Yokohama" is painted on a 12" x 24" x1" stretched canvas. I actually painted the sides, so it isn't necessary to frame. I had a lot of fun painting these beautiful roosters.

"The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them.People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”1 Samuel 16:7 (NLT)


Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer

"Fruit of the Vine" by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

I love the flow of this piece, but especially the spiritual meaning that I got from painting it. In my heart I think of the leaves, their colors turning as the fall grabs at what remains of each life.The grapes, ripe and begging to be chosen. The wine glass, standing empty, but waiting to hold the "gift" from the labor of the vine. Like the grapes and leaves, our bodies age and gear toward the fall of our lives, with winter coming soon enough. We want to know that we have done something useful,hoping we have made a difference toward good in this world. We want to be able to pour out our gifts of knowledge,wisdom, love and lessons from mistakes we have learned before the end of our harvest.We want to share and know there was a real purpose for our life.

Fruit of the Vine

Today is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it!


Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer
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Sandra's Art Avenue
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