The Road So Far iWIP

The Road So Far ... WIP oil painting ... still some details to add.

Remember I did say it takes me forever to do a painting but In the end I have to be happy with it. 

This painting has been a long time coming. My aunt who lives in Little Rock loves wolves and asked me to paint her one like 2 years ago ; the wolf happens to be her spirit animal. Anyway, I finally tackled the project. Never painted a wolf but so far I like him. I didn’t like the witch in the cloak so I removed it and gave her a dress. Still need to work on her hands ( a first again for painting hands) and shade her dress , face and shading the baby wolf and papa wolf. Hope you like the painting so far, Pat. Oh, and yes , Supernatural has inspired me in many ways as well as my daughter’s stories she is writing for Supernatural Fan Fiction. So proud of her. My writer in residence🎃♥️@BATANDMAGGIE

Watching the last season with my daughter and husband. Amazing show🧡🎃🧡🎃

ART, CATS, GHOSTS, WITCHES AND WOLVES WIP OIL ON CANVAS

I believe in God and so for me what the lyrics in this song mean is that God loves everyone and has no favourites. My daughter is a Supernatural fan and she saved the last season until now. My husband and I are watching it with her and with every episode I find myself looking up songs they played on the show. This one,hubby beat me to it. Someone behind the scenes has excellent taste in music, lol. Love SUPERNATURAL and will be watching reruns for some time and of course the new spinoff. 

MAGGIE THOUGHT I WAS DOING A CAT PHOTOSHOOT, LOL

GOD WAS NEVER ON YOUR SIDE ~ MOTORHEAD

If the stars fall down on me
And the sun refused to shine
Then may the shackles be undone
May all the old words cease to rhyme
If the sky turned into stone
It will matter not at all
For there is no heaven in the sky
Hell does not wait for our downfall
Let the voice of reason shine
Let the pious vanish for all time
God's face is hidden, all unseen
You can't ask Him what it all means
He was never on your side
God was never on your side
Let right or wrong alone decide
God was never on your side
See ten thousand ministries
See the holy, righteous dogs
They claim to heal, but all they do is steal
Abuse your faith, cheat, and rob
If God is wise, why is He still
When these false prophets call Him friend?
Why is He silent? Is He blind?
Are we abandoned in the end?
Let the sword of reason shine
Let us be free of prayer and shrine
God's face is hidden, turned away
He never has a word to say
He was never on your side
God was never on your side
Let right or wrong alone decide
God was never on your side
No, no, no!
He was never on your side
God was never on your side
Never, never, never, never
Never on your side
Never on your side
God was never on your side
Never on your side

Songwriters: Philip Campbell / Micael Delaoglou / Ian Kilmister

WORKING ON A WITCH AND THEN WILL BE ADDING THE WOLF

 Motörhead- God was Never On Your Side Supernatural -  Road So Far) p.s. The music video is amazing. Love it

GOD WAS NEVER ON YOUR SIDE - MOTORHEAD (SUPERNATURAL-THE ROAD SO FAR )

MOONSTRUCK ON CAT ISLAND AND HAPPY CATURDAY 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐈‍⬛

I HAVE LOVED AND ADMIRED SIDNEY POITIER ALL MY LIFE. THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM ON FILM WAS "TO, SIR WITH LOVE" AND FROM THAT IST PERFORMANCE I KNEW HIS KIND SOUL. I COULD FEEL IT RADIATE THROUGH THE TELEVISION SCREEN.

SIDNEY POITIER WAS BORN ON AN ISLAND TUCKED FAR AWAY IN THE BLUE WATERS OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA. CAT ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS WAS HIS HOME. WHAT A MAGICAL PLACE IT MUST HAVE BEEN. IT WAS HERE ON THE TINY ISLAND HE WAS TAUGHT BY HIS PARENTS THE VALUES AND MORALS TO KEEP CLOSE TO HIS HEART ON HIS LIFE'S JOURNEY.

"IN THE KIND OF PLACE I GREW UP, RECALLS POITIER, "WHAT'S COMING AT YOU IS THE SOUND OF THE SEA AND THE SMELL OF THE WIND AND MOMMA'S VOICE AND THE VOICE OF YOUR DAD AND THE CRAZINESS OF YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ... AND THAT'S IT"

I READ "THE MEASURE OF A MAN" BY SIDNEY POITIER, HIS SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM ALL OVER AGAIN. 

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK!♥️

THEN, JUST RECENTLY, I WATCHED OPRAH WINFREY'S DOCUMENTARY ON HIM, "SIDNEY". NATURALLY, I WAS LEFT THINKING OF HIM AND CAT ISLAND AND INSPIRED. 

BAT WEIGHING .8 OF A POUND THE NIGHT WE BROUGHT HIM INSIDE 

BAT ONE OF MY FAV PHOTOS OF HIM TAKEN BY MY DAUGHTER EMMA

BAT THIS MORNING LOL 

I PAINTED BAT, OUR BLACK CAT RESCUE WEIGHED A MERE .8 OF A POUND WHEN HE CAME TO US AND HAD LITTLE CHANCE OF SURVIVING, BUT HE WAS DETERMINED TO LIVE. HE WILL BE 6 YEARS OLD THIS OCTOBER 27TH. I DECIDED TO PAINT HIM IN MY REVIVED PAINTING OF "GHOSTS IN THE MOONLIGHT". WHAT BETTER PLACE FOR A CAT TO LIVE THAN ON CAT ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS.

MIXED MEDIA OIL PAINTING ON WOOD 

MOONSTRUCK ON CAT ISLAND 2022 ANNABELLE ...I  FORGOT TO SIGN IT, LOL

THANK YOU SIR♥️

  HAPPY CATURDAY FROM CAT ISLAND 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐈‍⬛

INSTAGRAM POST WITH SOUNDTRACK FROM PRACTICAL MAGIC  - ALAN SILVESTRI

" Moonstruck" ... THE REVIVAL OF "GHOSTS IN THE MOONLIGHT" WIP OIL ON WOOD MIXED MEDIA

 

"Anything can happen when you have all the time in the world"

The merriest month of the year, May.

The flowers of the field and of the garden scented the spring air with their sweet perfume. I closed my lap top and put my phone on silent. I spent my Spring to the end of Summer in my garden. I had all the time in the world to do what I wanted. 

I watched "Gardener's World" on Britbox, went thrifting and bought a few more vintage gardening books, and visited nurseries I had never seen before. I brought home more plants for the garden and added more to my wish list. I had read somewhere pinning a sprig of rosemary in your hair brightened your memory and in the story "The Time Garden" sniffing a little Thyme might just transport u somewhere back in time. These little silly simply pleasures one might discover in the garden amongst the birds and the bees and the dragonflies never fail to enlight my heart.

 And then, early in September as I was watering the flowers, I noticed Bat, our black cat watching me from the bench at the kitchen table he had climbed to get a better view of what I was up to. He was such a cutie standing on his hind legs with his paws over the back of the bench leaning over with his face smooshed against the window. Someday I thought, I would paint him doing exactly that but at that moment he gave me another idea, one of reviving a painting I had already done.

"Ghosts in the Moonlight" was an oil painting I loved but I always knew eventually the forest would change. The way Bat had stood on the bench made me think why not have him climb right to the top of one of the trees and gaze into the enchanted moon. Make Little Bat moonstruck. So I did. 

For the moment I shall simply call it,

" MOONSTRUCK " it may change.

 I still remember Bat on the bench, I think the rosemary has helped, lol.

Still a WIP... Mixed Media, Oil On Wood 2022

The Bogmen- Oceans Apart

Happy Anniversary

Thanks for the Anniversary Flowers, Stan♥️🌺🌸🌹🪷🌻🌼💐♥️Happy Anniversary♥️ July 3rd,1982.

BANANAS OVER EACH OTHER ! BEST OF FRIENDS FOR THE HAPPY CATURDAY THEME "CATS & FRIENDS " ❤️🐱🐾🐾🐾🐾🐱❤️

FOR THE HAPPY CATURDAY THEME "CATS & FRIENDS " 

❤️🐱🐾🐾🐾🐾🐱❤️

HAPPY CATURDAY, EVERYONE! 

It seems like it was yesterday when two little kittens searched the neighborhood for a place to call home. Their long journey stopped at our back door; they had found their forever home.

The brother and sister brought with them love, happiness, and companionship. They are our best friends. And they are their best friends. A little brother and sister duo whose adventure in finding a warm and loving home had a happy ending.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CAT MOVIES...THE THREE LIVES OF TOMASINA

SONGBIRDS AND CAT TALES - HAPPY CATURDAY❤️♥️🐾🐾🐾🐾♥️❤️📗📘

"The Songbird" book for Bat and Maggie. 

How to attract songbirds to their new garden.

For Happy Caturday Theme - CatS and Books

 Happy Caturday❤️♥️🐾🐾🐾🐾❤️♥️

And a book for the cat under the table, "The Mousehole Cat". 

"After reading "The Mousehole Cat" to pussycat, she went for an afternoon nap and dreamed of Mousehole, England and the Sea.

"Once there lived in the village a cat whose name was Mowzer. She had an old cottage with a window overlooking the harbor, an old rocking chair with patchwork cushions, and an old fisherman named Tom." - "The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber, Nicola Bayley (Illustrator)

VR DREAM 💤 🐾🐾🐾🐾

"Once there lived in the village a cat whose name was Mowzer. She had an old cottage with a window overlooking the harbor, an old rocking chair with patchwork cushions, and an old fisherman named Tom." - "The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber, Nicola Bayley (Illustrator)

"After reading "The Mousehole Cat" to pussycat, she went for an afternoon nap and dreamed of Mousehole, England and the Sea.

 

A TISKET, A TASKET, A CUTE EASTER BASKET HAPPY EASTER 🐾🐾🐣🐣🐣🐣🐾🐾 HAPPY CATURDAY

A TISKET, A TASKET, A CUTE EASTER BASKET


FOR THE APRIL 16TH/ 22 HAPPY CATURDAY THEME "SPRING CATS" Maggie and Bat were home alone all day while we worked on the old house. Looking forward to listing it soon and focusing on the new house, making it cozy for Maggie and Bat, and of course us : )


Happy Easter 🐾🐾🐣🐣🐣🐣🐾🐾 Happy Caturday

 

Somebody's watching me 👀

Somebody's watching me 👀 

Somebody's watching me 👀 "The perfect song to listen to at 1 AM while you're trying to fall asleep" alone in an almost empty house. So you put the old witch at the window to keep watch. Spooky cute and funny. I've always been a little eccentric. Halloween and Christmas all in one season out of time. 😂 🎄🎃

FAR AWAY EYES - HAPPY CATURDAY ❤️👀👀❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾

WHO CAN BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO SOUL BEHIND THOSE LUMINOUS EYES - Théophile Gautier 👀👀❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾

BAT&MAGGIE

FOR APRIL 9TH HAPPY CATURDAY THEME: CAT EYES

FAR AWAY EYES - ROLLING STONES 


WE'VE MOVED SO NOT MUCH TIME FOR CAT PHOTO SHOOTS. OLD PICS

A WISH, A DREAM , A HOUSE , A COZY COTTAGE BY THE SEA

They say dreams do come true but do they come in disguise? 

COZY COTTAGE BY THE SEA

I kept this card for many years, hoping one day I would use it to announce we had finally found our dream house. But life doesn't always go your way, and when the pandemic hit, choices of homes were virtually nil, and the prices were outrageous! So, last June, I had an opportunity presented to me by my son to buy his new home. It took me ten months to decide on buying Tyler's house. In the end, we devised a perfect plan. We could buy a cozy cottage by the sea down east. Ty, talk with the Maritimers at work, and I'll start searching. : ) ❤️♥️❤️♥️🌊🏠