ACEO Theme Week Winners

I was fortunate to win two awards for the month of March at the ART CARD ORIGINALS AND EDITIONS Ebay group. (the original aceo group)

  Pussy Willows....Most Unique Interpretation

And I came in 2nd for the People's Choice Award so received honorable mention.

aceo March Theme Week

Spring Showers 2.5" x 3.5" acylic

 Spring Melt 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic

These are the other two entries for the March Theme week, Signs of Spring.  Around here, spring means lots and lots of slush and snow melting everywhere.  Kids come home soaked everyday from playing in all the water and muck.  Lots of fun.  As the snow finally fades away, we usually get a few good weeks of rain to wash all of winter's grime away.  You will find both of these listed on Ebay here

March Theme Week is "signs of Spring" Pussy Willows

Pussy Willows 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic/Ink

March Theme Week at the ACEO group on Ebay is "Signs of Spring".  I decided to go out of my comfort zone a bit and do something a little different from what I usually do.  Here is my rendtion of the first signs of Spring.  what else????  Pussy Willows of course :)  You will find this piece listed on Ebay here:  Pussy Willows

Magpies - painted on 146 year old ledger paper

 It all started out with a sheet of ledger paper that I was given......a perfect size for a 5" x 7" painting....No books were harmed with this painting.....I was given one random sheet from a store ledger.

 I did just a little background painting

 Then I added a tree......living or dead?

 Then came the Magpies.....

 Started with the black.......

 added some white.......

 then finished with some colour because I'm sure they aren't perfectly black and white...although the ones around here are so nervous you never really get a good look at them....



ACEO February Theme Week....Winter Wonderland.....paintings

Winter Shadows 3.5" x 2.5" acrylic

 Winter Snowglobe 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic

Winter Sunset 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic

The subject for Theme Week for February at the ACEO Group on Ebay is "Winter Wonderland".  I like painting winter"scapes" so submitted 3 this month.  All have been listed on Ebay here

ACEO snow angel acrylic with Northern Lights

Snow Angel 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic

It has turned bitterly cold here.....as in -40 with windchill this morning.  We don't have that much snow still, but with the onset of cold, it certainly makes it easier to get inspired to paint winter scenes.   This is my rendition of a snow angel, but she's all alone under the Northern Lights :)  As usual you will find my painting listed on Ebay here

Icycles - aceo - acrylic painting

Spring Thaw 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic

It's a little early to be thinking about Spring Thaw, but we've had such an unusually warm winter so far (who would think if would be 8+ degrees in January) that you can't help but think of the coming spring.  We literally have no snow on the ground...Unheard of here in Saskatchewan.  Anyway, I wanted to show my rendition of spring thaw.  Something a little different.  You will find this little painting listed on Ebay here

Ice Fishing painting aceo size

Ice Fishing - 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic

Another ice fishing painting.  I like to paint the seasons I'm in, so I will probably be painting winter ones for awhile :)  This is listed like always on Ebay here

aceo Ice Fishing, Fisherman at Sunset painting

Catch of the Day   2.5" x 3.5" acrylic

It hasn't been a very cold winter so far.  In fact here in Saskatchewan it's been one of the warmest winters on record.  Believe me...I'm not complaining.  People have started ice fishing...I'm not sure how thick the ice is, but the die hards are out there.  We haven't gone yet.  Anyway, this is my rendition of icefishing up north.  I have listed it on Ebay here

Spirit Wolf returns Northern Lights painting

"Shadows"  6" x 4" acrylic

First painting from me in 2012...It is the second one in my Footprints in the snow series.  I listed it on Ebay here