Blue Eyes

White Bunny, 6 x 6 "oil on archival panel, ©2015, Fay Terry

$100 plus shipping

click to purchase

Here's another cute bunny waiting for spring and Easter. I may have mentioned that I once had a pet bunny in my classroom when I taught kindergarten and first grade. The children loved him and learned a great deal about rabbits and pets in general. It was a high maintenance chore to keep him clean, fed, exercised outdoors, and all the other things he needed. Dogs are much simpler.

Colors Of Spring

Crocuses In Bloom, 6 x 6 " oil on gessobord, © Fay Terry

SOLD

These flowers are blooming everywhere in my neighborhood in cute little clumps of color.  When I was in Chapel Hill recently I walked by hundreds of them. I love seeing them popping up as if they are saying, "wake up, it's spring!"  The Forsythia and Hyacinths are in full bloom and the Wisteria vines growing on the roadside trees cannot be far behind. 

Blooming

Lots Of White, 6 x 6" oil on cradled panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

$100, plus shipping

ready to hang

click to buy

Zinnias from the garden!

Duck Reunion

Here are the six recent duck paintings together. Maybe you have a favorite in this group. I know I do.
I would love to hear from you, letting me know which of the six paintings you like most.
Thanks for all the nice comments so far.

If you would like to make a comment, and have received this by email, just click on the "Fay Terry Paintings" heading at the top and that will take you to my blog site where you can scroll down below the painting to the word comments. It may say no comments, or there may be a number before the word comments. Just click on the word comments and it will open a box where you may leave me a message.
Thanks for following my art!

Wednesday's Chicken

 Black And White, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

$100

click to purchase

This is an Ancona chicken which has a distinct plumage pattern of black feathers tipped with white. They are named for Ancona, Italy, where this breed has been raised for centuries. They came to the U.S. by way of England in the nineteenth century. These chickens have a white ear lobe which is a predictor of white shelled eggs.  A chicken with red ear lobes generally lays brown eggs.

Standing Tall

Corn Flake King, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

This is the second in my series of chicken paintings and I am really enjoying the time spent on these.

I don't eat chicken or eggs and it is sad to see a truckload of these birds in cages on the highway.

Times have certainly changed since our ancestors could go out on the farm and get a chicken for dinner.

Up until the 1950's most flocks were raised on pasture land.

This rooster has such gorgeous feathers and was really fun to paint.

California Flower

Blooming In San Diego, 5 x 7 " oil on panel ©2013, Fay Terry

I love it when my kids send me photos and this gorgeous flower was painted about a week ago when I received this picture while they were in California. I forgot to post it so here it is in all its glorious color.

I am working hard in the studio and happy with what is happening at the easel.

Thanks for commenting and looking at what I paint!

Scent Of Gardenias

Favorite Flowers, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

$100, free shipping
SOLD

I have always loved Gardenias with their heavenly scent. They bloom in June and sometimes keep going into the first part of July.  I will miss them when they finish supplying me with beautiful bright white blooms and filling the house with perfume.

Next up, Zinnias! Mine are almost flowering, they just need some encouragement from the sun, which we have not seen for awhile.

Shorter Days, Longer Nights

Bright Idea, 6 x 6 " oil on archival panel, ©2012, Fay Terry

We bought a really cool floor lamp from Crate And Barrel over the week-end and my husband put it together and set it up.  We decided that the bulb included with it was much too dim so we decided to try the maximum wattage it will take.  

What perfect timing, just after I read this week's Daily Paintworks Challenge from Carol Marine! I had fun painting this giant bulb and tonight we can try it in our new lamp.  Thanks, Carol, for another "bright idea".

Click here  to see more of the paintings posted in this challenge.

Fruits Of Summer

Mini-Melon, 8 x 8 " oil on cradled panel, ©2012, Fay Terry

ready to hang

Can you tell I am gearing up for the fourth? Watermelon, corn on the cob, burgers, peach cobbler, beer, and FIREWORKS. Oh yeah, beach time, too. I really love the fireworks and wish I had a camera that would take good photos of them. Any recommendations? I am starting to look for one soon.

For this painting I was inspired by all those thoughts of fun, food, and festivities, but mostly by my friend in Maine, Brenda Ferguson, who has been doing the coolest paintings with stripes. Bren always has  clever ideas for doing a whole series of paintings and she is a terrific artist. Check out her blog here.

Blue Hydrangeas

Blue Hydrangeas, 6 x 6" oil on panel, © Fay Terry, 2012

There is a good article in the May issue of Southern Living magazine that tells how to change the color of Hydrangea blooms.  I have frequently sprinkled garden sulfur around the base of the plant to make the flowers bluer by causing the soil to be more acidic.  I did not realize that you could also use pelletized lime to make the soil more alkaline and turn the flowers pink.  It takes some time to see results, so it's a good idea to do it now, at the beginning of the blooming period. White Hydrangeas will stay white regardless of the pH of the soil.

I hope you missed me while I was gone for a few days.  I seldom go a day without a daily painting, but sometimes "Nana" wants to be with  her grandchildren.