Sally's Lighthouse

“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”
– Sir Winston Churchill

 

Sally’s Lighthouse
6″ x 6″ Acrylic on Little Box
My friend Sally has a room in her house decorated with a lighthouse theme.  I painted this little box for her birthday.

About Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill was an extraordinary British prime minister; he laid the groundwork for welfare in England, helped set the boundaries in the Middle East, became a symbol of the resistance against the Nazis in Europe, and was a central force in the Allied victory in World War II. He was born in 1874 near Oxford. He was known for his courage, his stubbornness, and his powerful personality. He was also an accomplished painter and writer. He died in 1965.

Yachting Anyone? - December 7, 2009

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

– Sir Winston Churchill

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Yachting Anyone?

2.5" x 3.5" Collage ATC

Thanks to Leslie White, I have been having a ball doing little skyline ATCs for an Alternate Art exchange on WetCanvas. This one was done by cutting little pieces of necklace cord and gluing them to the card as buildings. I added a little color and texture medium, then painted little white dots with acrylic. The yacht is Jeannetini, cut from a Showboats magazine.

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This one was done, using felt.






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I used spackling paste for the buildings on this one.







Here are some progress shots.
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About Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill was an extraordinary British prime minister; he laid the groundwork for welfare in England, helped set the boundaries in the Middle East, became a symbol of the resistance against the Nazis in Europe, and was a central force in the Allied victory in World War II. He was born in 1874 near Oxford. He was known for his courage, his stubbornness, and his powerful personality. He was also an accomplished painter and writer. He died in 1965.