"Norwegian Santa"- Santa 5

7"x5" oil on paper

Merry Christmas Eve !

Santa number 5, Randy and I guessed Norwegian, but I'm going to leave that to the Norwegians!

Maybe Carolyn knows, but for sure this Santa knows!

Merry Christmas Eve!

-jM

Santa Four-"It's Time to Make the Kringles!"

8"x6" Oil on canvas panel

It is time to make the Kringles! Mmmm... I've only eaten them, maybe this year I try to bake one myself. Oh they are so good!

This is a Santa painted based on another one of my friend Carolyn's Santa Claus guys. His leg's are really long, so I just represented the top of them here. I thought about changing them but... I didn't want to confuse the grandkids Santa hunt too much.

Wednesday night we painted "Oh Christmas Tree" at Wine and Canvas!

We had a blast!

It's a "Sea of Christmas Trees!"

Merry Before Christmas!!

-JanettMarie

"Santa Three" -Sold

6"x6" oil on linen on panel

Here he is! Santa number three! This little guy was inspired by Christmas decor at my friend Carolyn's house. Hmmm, I wonder if she will be able to figure out which Santa this is... I can tell you that the physical ornament is carved from wood. I wonder what country this carved piece was inspired.

-JanettMarie

Santa 2-"Oh, Rudolph!"

8"x6" Oil on canvas panel.

When I started painting this, all I could see was Santa out here looking for Rudolph. Time for Christmas Rudolph! I added the white dots at the end. First they were stars, then I thought, oh, maybe it's starting to snow. I guess they can be what ever we want them to be! I love that about painting!

A big "thank you" to Carolyn, she gave me the nudge that I needed today, to get this painting finished!

How long have I been working on it, or I mean at it? Well, since I purchased a couple of "pot belly" Santa ornaments a couple weeks ago from Frazee Gardens in Brownsburg, when I painted the snowman with the kids! That was Sunday, December 2nd!

Frazee Snowman!

Hopefully, I will get the next one finished in a more timely manner.  : )

-JanettMarie

"Cadet Cracker"

8"x6" Oil on canvas panel

He found his place! Right there in the cold Russian Forrest! With the snow and the evergreens, this little cadet fits in here!

Okay, I'm looking for Santa, he is suppose to model for me!

Have a great day!

-JanettMarie

"Nutty"

8"x6" Oil Painting started...

This little nutcracker, I started last weekend and I can't seem to finish. What to do, what to do.
Time, time.

-JanettMarie

"Santa One" -Sold

8"x6" oil on canvas panel

Ho, ho, ho! This was painted Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving! I just couldn't put him up until after Thanksgiving. Something inside stopped me. Maybe the fact that I needed to have a turkey dinner before considering a Santa Claus! This cute little guy, I'm thinking about painting ten of them.... time will tell and I'll let you all know!

Happy Thanksgiving! Belated.... oh, how about Happy Black Friday!

-JanettMarie

A small idea...

6"x6" mixed media on canvas panel

I have a small idea... I'm thinking about posting here on this blog and the new wordpress blog too. Even if it is redundant.

What do you think?

-jM

I've got a new website!  And since that website has a blog

built into it, I'm going to be moving my blogging life over there.

My "JanettMarie's Little Paintings" blog will continue to live here, but if you want 

to keep up with my latest posts you'll need to follow me on over.

The new site is here:
janettmarie.com

Followers - you'll need to re-subscribe to this new blog.  There's a

subscribe option on the top of the blog sidebar.  And you can get my posts

emailed to you just like you could on this blog.
Please update your subscription.

-JanettMarie  : )

"Let's Dance" at home

"Let's Dance" at home!

Here is the 43"x53" painting "Let's Dance" in its home location. Nice, huh?

Perfect.  Hmm... I think I see a cosmo and a three olive martini there on the mantel.

Fun!

-JanettMarie

PS: Uncle Roy is finished. I will post tomorrow.

"Hot Tip" -Sold

16"x12" mixed media on paper mounted on canvas

"Hot Tip" completed just in time for delivery!

This is coffee cup painting number 101! Well, now these coffee cup paintings could go on forever!
Richard Diebenkorn painted over 140 in his "Ocean Park Series".

The collage on the top half of this painting is pieces of an old coffee commodities chart from 1997. Of course, I had to put real coffee on this painting......so much fun!!

I'm on the road to more collage pieces!!!

-JanettMarie
PS: Myra, I owe you a phone call!

"Uncle Roy".... Relax.... -Sold

Uncle Roy is relaxing on his house boat, he really knows how to live.... I want to go there!

This is getting much closer! It needs to rest as much as I do... but it is... getting much closer....  : )

-JanettMarie

PS: Hey! I almost forgot and how could I forget! I won a new easel from Cheap Joe's. I think they shipped it today.... I can hardly wait! Here is the photo of my raggedy easel with buckets holding up the painting!

A couple of paintings I just started...

6"x8" mixed media on paper gonna be mounted on canvas!

A collaging effort started on a 12"x16" canvas....

Here are a couple that have just gotten started.... sure does help to look at a photo of the work. The boat painting I can see has a little issue with the back of the boat. Looks like it's going to fall off, doesn't it. Well, I guess I'll have to fix that!

The second one is the beginning of my collaging effort inspired by Lisa Graham and Myra Anderson. Shhh.... I've never done anything like this before.... I've got paper and glue stuck on my fingers!!

-JanettMarie

"Let's Dance!"

43"x53" mixed media on canvas

Here it is! The finished painting. This painting has subtle touches of glitter in the glasses and flecks throughout the painting. It's a large 43" tall by 53" wide, which would be a nice sized flat screen television!

In my last post, I told you that I was headed out to get some scrapbooking paper, well, I purchased some incredible glitter. I will definitely be using more of that! The scrapbooking paper, I thought oh, I'll just get a pad of that stuff and see what I can do with it. Well, wow! I had no idea that there are so many choices at Michaels! I was overwhelmed! I went crazy, just a little and I am fired up with all my new mixed media materials!

Oh, what will she do next?  : )

-JanettMarie

"August Moon"

24"x30" mixed media on canvas

"August Moon" this is the title of my next painting. In the little caption area, I typed in the size of the canvas and instinctively declared it to be a mixed media piece. Well, there you go, I really need to get to Michael's and get some of that scrap booking paper that Little Lisa told Little Myra about.

I am also very very close to finish with the martinis painting... I need a good title and a good photo before it leaves my studio Friday. Below is a small detail of the painting... I will post the full finish either tomorrow (Thursday) or Friday, when I get the finishing touches and a good photo of the painting!

Detail of 43"x53" mixed media painting on canvas

-JanettMarie  : )