Hummingbird and Hibiscus oils on canvas, original bird art

Starting on the lay in of the back ground, I am already seeing I do not like the composition. I will deal with  that later- the ease of moving oils keeps me totally in love with this medium! 

Placing the darks on the hummingbird- super important step!

As you can see, I have made a few changes in the composition.My client wanted a peach colored hibiscus. This is a surprise for her hummingbird-loving husband!

After consulting with my client,who is pleased with the out come, I have signed it, and will paint the wrapped canvas sides with the same background color, as requested. It will dry for a few days, then be off to its new home. I hope her husband is not only surprised, but pleased as well!



I hope you've enjoyed viewing the process of this painting. If you'd like to have your own original  hummingbird painting in oils, please contact me through this blog, or sandrasart777@aol.com.I can quickly give you a  very reasonable price, and would love to work with you!

Blessings,
Sandra Cutrer
Fine Art

Cardinals! Photos of our backyard love birds, and a nest with eggs in oils I've created

Isn't this lovely? I adore our beautiful cardinal couple who come to visit our backyard bird feeders each day. In the spring they usually show up with their newest born, already a few weeks old, big enough to have flown out of his nest and be taught how to take a little free seeds when one can!

The above painting is a commissioned piece, on its way to Vermont. I'm sure they are hoping for an early spring.We seem to be having one here in southeast Texas. The last few days have been sunny, in the 70's, and perfect for my long walks outside.

Enjoy, and have a blessed weekend!

Blessings,
Sandra Cutrer
Fine Art
sandrasart777@aol.com

Brown Pelicans

Just completed! Both are painted in oils on 8" x 10" canvas boards, ready to frame and hang in your favorite room or enclosed patio- or great for a beach house, or beach theme in your bathroom! Where wouldn't pelicans make an impact? I love these amazing birds! Not only are they majestic, but they are like small deadly torpedoes when they nose dive into the water! My husband and I both took a lot of pelican photos recently, so I chose two of my favorite to use for references.

It is still January, as we all know... except for Mother Nature. Somehow she has been asleep (or enjoying a senior moment?), as today will hit the lower 70 degree mark- once again- while February starts to push her way in!

I better hush, before storms blow. How well I know they most certainly can show off! Right when you think you can go buy your yearly Boston fern for the front porch, and pull out all of your well- kept prized potted plants,snow will most surely drop from the sunny skies. I call it another way of presenting,"southern charm" here in Texas.

If you are interested in purchasing these two pelicans as a pair, please scroll down my blog page and click on the ETSY emblem. It should take you to my shop.

Have a wonderful day!

Blessings,
Sandra Cutrer
Fine Art

UPDATE: A few hours after I posted these new pelican paintings, they sold! If you'd like to commission your own pair of pelicans in oils, please contact me through this blog, or email me at: sandrasart777@aol.com. Thank you!

Working in between life....

I  truly wish my New Year's Resolutions were in my hands to control, but (sadly) they aren't.  I made myself a promise to try to paint on something daily. Well, today is only the half way mark into January, and I have sort of bombed on this... BUT I did decide to plan ahead more, so when the time is available to paint, I am ready to roll!

I have 5 canvases ready, two already more than half way completed, and one has the first lay-in, so maybe 2016 will be a lot more flexible than 2015 was. YEA!

Two of my in-the-works small paintings.


Well, off of the computer and into my studio to work on these. Oh, and no rain today, so I can enjoy the wonderful sunshine pouring into my large windows! There is nothing more invigorating than that to get me to paint, paint, paint!

Have a blessed middle-of-the-first-month day!

Sandra Cutrer
Fine Art

Time for Lullabies, rocking chair, angel, baby

This sweet painting is almost finished and ready to post for sell in my Etsy.com shop! Original oil painting on an 8" x 10" canvas board (flat board, must be framed), ready for your favorite frame to set it off even more. Hang in your favorite room. Or, this would make a great baby/shower gift, or a peaceful sweet painting in the nursery/bedroom of your own baby or grand baby.


There are strokes of thick paint here and there to give this piece a little added texture. The baby is wrapped in pink, but I can easily change it to blue if you'd prefer- just contact me once it is purchased  from my Etsy shop. Just copy and paste this site to go directly to my shop!
 
 https://www.etsy.com/shop/SandraCutrerFineArt?ref=hdr_shop_menu OR scroll down my blog and click on the white block that says : ETSY, which will take you directly to my shop as well!


Thanks,
Sandra Cutrer
Fine Art

Spike, a hatted rooster, if I can label him that!

This is ,"Spike". Isn't he adorable? I truly wanted to title him,"The Sunday Go to Meeting Hat", but since he is a male, I just thought ,"Spike" fit ( almost) just as well.

I have enjoyed painting roosters, hens, and chicks lately- I am sort of on a roll with them, but they keep me cheerful and bring a smile to my face during these short wintry, dark-too-soon days. We've had our share of gray skies, rain, and high winds. I am so thankful our area has been able to avoid not only the devastating tornadoes, but the recent horrific floods as well. My heart goes out to those who have lost homes,  necessary material possessions, memorabilia that can't be replaced, and above all, the lives of family members and friends.

When things like storms and floods take lives, we are again reminded of  how quickly our lives, or the lives of those we cherish, can suddenly end- without warning.

May this New Year make us more aware of love, kindness, joy in the little things, and more patience with every thing and every one...

HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2016!

Blessings,
Sandra Cutrer
Fine Art

Mr. Cogburn is completed!

If you have been following my blog, you already know I had to leave my rooster unfinished, as I ran out of time before we left to go "back home" to Louisiana to celebrate Christmas with our families, where my husband and I are originally from.

I actually thought about 'him' during our holiday time. I know, I know, how rude of me to be wishing I were home in my studio!!! But, truly my paintings are my "babies" in a sort of odd way, and I felt he was waiting patiently for me to return ASAP to finish creating him! After some fun research (Googling fun rooster names), I decided to go with my first choice, naming him,"Mr. Cogburn". If you don't recall, John Wayne played the character, "Rooster Cogburn" with a black patch on his one good eye... can't you see that one eye thing going on with Mr. Cogburn here? :)

I have listed him for sell on my Etsy.com shop.I'll post the link at the end of this blog. I hope you'll visit, and if you decide not to purchase Mr.Cogburn, maybe one of my other paints will speak to you!

Happy New Year!

Blessings,
Sandra Cutrer
Fine Art

https://www.etsy.com/listing/261998948/rooster-chicken-original-oil-painting?ref=shop_home_active_1