Jazz Alternative- Dog Memorial Painting

 Recently, I had to let go of my constant companion.  She was almost 13 years old and had been with me  for over 8 years. She was a Black Lab rescue from a local shelter who had been at a puppy factory before I met her.  She ended being a really good sidekick/pal.  It was VERY hard to let her go almost a month ago.  My eyes still tear up as I am typing here.  I did a memorial painting but decided to do it in a bit of unique way.  After all, she was a unique girl to me.  Here's Jazz Alternative....

                                        Jazz Alternative- Acrylic on Wood with sanding on Board- 15" x 18"

It's hard to paint a Black Lab in the best of conditions. I started under painting her and then put black over in some areas but it just didn't seem right.  Next thing I'm doing a bit of sanding and then I'm like wait that's it-- a diamond in the rough and that was just how my Jazz was. Good bye my sweet girl!  Someday, I hope we meet again over that rainbow bridge!  Here's the picture I based the painting on...

Birdhouse Scrabble

 Just a little wordy fun with a birdhouse that features scrabble board with pieces. It's a bit of a rough version I didn't want to get too detailed with it.  I like the unfinished wood around the bird hole.  It ties in well with the wooden scrabble pieces. A spare piece on the roof covers a hole that was in the metal roof.  I wanted to play with a square motif on the roof but wanted it to be loose and simple.  Enjoy and I welcome any feedback you may have!

"Composition C" Birdhouse

 Playing with a bit more of a modern birdhouse this time.  This much more modern birdhouse was loosely based on Piet Mondrian's 1935 Composition C No. 111.  Most fellow Iowans that I have shared photos of this birdhouse have given me mixed reviews.  Most saying "interesting" and leaving it at that...lol

But hopefully someone out there will appreciate this birdhouse. The sides of this birdhouse are leftover derecho debris from a vinyl fence that used to be in my back yard but got blown apart by the storm.  The roof are leftover gutters.  I'm having too much fun with reclaiming storm debris..lol

 Thank you for stopping by and enjoy!

Composition C birdhouse- Front

 

Back and side of Composition C Birdhouse.

Bottom of Composition C birdhouse

Peace and Love to all the little Birdies!

 I started this in February and it carried over into the month of March while I was watching the Ukraine war on TV.  I couldn't help but add the Peac as this birdhouse emerged into being.  The world definitely needs more Love and Peace.  The roof is former gutters that used to be on my house before the 2020 Derecho that hit Eastern Iowa. I decided to go with a bit of a groovy colors and had a bit of fun with it.  I hope you enjoy it and wlecome any feedback you may have.

Front and side view

Back and other side view

Bottom view of Birdhouse

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Sunny Butterfly Birdhouse

 I had a bit of fun with this one!  I gave this a bit of a 3-dimensional quality. I found some thin wooden butterfly cut outs and glued them to this birdhouse.  Then I painted butterflies to my heart's content; some butterflies are solid and some are painted.  This birdhouse also allows for removing the bottom to clean between nesting seasons.  And topped with a striped piece of gutter that used to be on my house.  I'm very please how this one turned out.

Butterflies are even on the removable bottom of this birdhouse.  Thanks for stopping by!

Daisies on Pink Birdhouse

 Just as I finished up the Paisley Dreams Birdhouse I started this one.  I have opted to have the bottom of the birdhouse be a removable panel after getting feedback from some people.  It makes it easier to clean the birdhouse between nesting seasons.  I thought that daisies me be a fresh new fun idea to have on a birdhouse.  I still had 2 different variations of pink paint left over from a fence mural I did a couple years ago.  I thought it might be a nice contrast with the daisies so I did a bit of paint taping off with a stripe effect and then painted the daisies on top of the stripes and this is what it became.... Enjoy!

Front and side of Daisies on Pink Birdhouse

Oh, and yes the roof again is my former gutters.  I still have about 50 more feet to use...lol  Many a more birdhouses could be on the way.

Back and other side of Daisies on Pink Birdhouse

And here is the removal able bottom- which a fly landed on as I took a picture. Go figure!!

Paisley Dreams Birdhouse

Front and side of the Paisley Dreams Birdhouse.

 

 I had a bit of fun with Paisley designs on this birdhouse.  This is also a well vented house with a bit of quirkiness to it.  The roof is another length of gutters that were on my house before the 2020 Derecho that hit Eastern Iowa.  I did a dot on dot for the roof to finish off and to add to the whole color scheme. Enjoy!

Paisley Dreams Birdhouse the back and other side.

And even the bottom has Paisley!

Cute Swiss Cottage

 This is a petite bird house, and it is a little bit smaller than some of them I have been doing.  I had someone ask me about if I did smaller bird houses and I thought I would give it a try.  This is the first of 2 smaller bird houses that I am making.  The roof on this birdhouse is a piece of siding from my house that blew off in the Derecho we had in August 2020.  This one I call Cute Swiss Cottage.  I still need to put several thin layers of clear coat weather proofing spray on this.

Front and side of Cute Swiss Cottage

Back view of Cute Swiss Cottage

I even did a bit on the bottom and this is a removable panel for cleaning the bird house after nesting season.  Thank you for stopping by.

Bottom of Cute Swiss Cottage with removable bottom.

Sunflower Fields and Argyle Check Blues

 Two more bird houses.  One is called Sunflower Fields that's inspired by the Sunflower fields that can be seen in Iowa in late August to early September.  It's the sunny colors of late summer early Fall which is my favorite time of the year.  The other bird house I'm calling Argyle Check Blues.  I think you'll understand why when you look at it.

These bird houses are made from scratch by me and the roofs are the former gutters that used to be on my house before a Derecho (In-land Hurricane) storm hit the area.

Bird houses in process

I had even more fun with the bottom of the Sunflower Fields one... check this out!

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Plaid Stained Glass Gothic Bird House

 I'm having a bit of fun with these bird houses.  This color fest I call -"Plaid Stained Glass Gothic ".  It's inspired by the window in the background of Grant Wood' s American Gothic in the shape but I thought I would make it a lot more color. How's this for the ultimate bird house?! It even has stained glass effect on the bottom. Enjoy!