Big Bloomer

Rose Garden Favorite, 6 x 6 " oil on archival panel, © 2013, Fay Terry

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I admire gardens that have beautiful roses but here in the Sandhills it is not easy to grow them.  Most of us have planted "Knock-Out" roses which are productive, low maintenance, and tolerate the hot, dry, sandy soil of this area. The rose above is not one of these, but is a variety grown in the Raleigh Rose Garden where it was photographed.

Beach Girls

East Beach Girls, 6 x 6 " oil on archival panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

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When I'm on the beach I like to watch the kids play. These two girls were playing together but were never in the water at the same time. They kept switching places and were having lots of fun in their solo activities, with no need for anyone else, totally absorbed with the surf.

I found the colors in this to be such a satisfying combination and loved painting the reflection of legs on the wet sand.

This is painting number twenty of the thirty paintings in thirty days challenge.  Click HERE  to see more of Leslie Saeta's painting challenge.

A Little Red

Be My Valentine!, 6 x 6 " oil on archival panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

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Have you ever wondered how many dozen roses are sold in the U.S. for Valentine's Day each year?

Thanks to all the information at my fingertips, I can tell you that 189 million stems of roses were sold last February fourteenth.

One year for Valentine's, my husband bought me a wonderful painting of red roses growing beside a beautiful stone house.  It was painted by the woman who was my first painting mentor and I treasure the wonderful memories it holds.

This painting could become someone's special gift for a birthday, anniversary, or Valentine's Day. Just let me know and I will gift wrap it for you!

Warm Light

Peter Rabbit Lamp, 6 x 6 " oil on archival panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

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Lamps are my favorite home accessory because they can make such a difference in a room. I found this cute lamp at One Eleven Main in Aberdeen. (You know, the great store that also sells Fay Terry original art.)

The shade of this lamp has a radish painted on it, which as Beatrix Potter fans may know,  is one of the vegetables Peter ate in Mr. MacGregor's garden. I have learned first hand the damage that little rabbits can do to one's garden! At least the deer seem to be staying away from my garden.

This is my painting for Day 17 of the thirty paintings in thirty days challenge.  Click HERE to see other paintings in the challenge.

Happy New Year!

I want to wish all of you a very Happy New Year!  I also want to thank you for following my art on this blog and for all the wonderful support you have given to me this year. It has been a fabulous art year for me with shows, travel, meeting new friends, and learning so much.

There are good things coming our way in 2013, a brand new year which contains unlimited potentiality.  I have a strong sense that this is going to be a wonderful twelve months ahead of us. Every year brings new challenges and in these we often find our best opportunities.

In looking back over my blog posts for 2012, I thought I might choose my favorite painting for the year, but that was far too difficult so I chose the one that most reminds me of the best way to grow as an artist, and that is to accept challenges and step out in faith to try new things.  The painting below was done last February from a challenge by one of my favorite artists, Terry Miura.  At first, I wasn't going to try painting from the photo he provided on his blog because it looked too difficult and was a subject I had never tried. Well, I did it and was glad.

Tomorrow I will be starting a challenge from Leslie Saeta to do 30 paintings in thirty days.  Check out her blog and you will be amazed at how many people are signed up already to do the challenge.  I am really looking forward to it.