Pansy in Blue Willow Vase

Non Profit Ministry Project Summer 2012

Tammy uses art in the community in order to reach out to drug addicted youth with destructive habits such as self-mutilation, alcoholism, and drug use. She has had success in rehabilitating and restoring them to a life that is productive and effective contributing members of society. Her nonprofit, Hosanna Covenant Ministries -Art for Transforming" completed a 20x 60 community mural in the summer of 2012 to offer youth an opportunity to express themselves and create something beautiful.

The Difference in Me and Emily Dickinson

IMAGES FROM THE PAST ....

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This one thing I know, everything is relative to the moment. 

No matter how much you want to do the right thing you can not always do the perfect thing to save someone else's heart from breaking......

especially  in the moment that yours is breaking too. 

It is the intention of your heart that counts, and that is all that matters in the end. Sometimes that Robin is going to faint or fly away whether you help it or not, and sometimes your best efforts are not going to be enough.  All in all- do your best- to do your best -and then you can peacefully rest... in your own little nest!

Pear In Gold Rimmed Glass

Pear on a Petite Stand

Clay Jar and Watermelon

Dual Pansies in oil

Pansy Days

Oranges and Grapes

Waiting For The Dawn- Summer and Winter

Fall Pears

Apples in the Sunlight

Just For Fun

Kerr Lake Diva

This is a quick rendering combining several old black and white family photos. I wanted to do this painting just to relax and have fun. The beloved boat was called the Jolly Ollie, and the marina house in the back ground was Norwood's, run by old Mr Norwood himself. My mother in law who poses here in her stylish hat, had five sons. Somehow according to her  that gave her the rights to Diva status.  Each summer the five boys could not wait til the week of the fourth of July to  go to the lake.  Saturday morning she would pack everything  all up in the car and as all five boys watched in agony she would then sit down by the door to leisurely repair her manicure and paint her toe nails. This apparently drove the boys and her husband stark raving mad.

Pickle Jars

The Entrance: Large Trompe-l'œil Mural

My reproduction of " The Grape Picker" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

My Reproduction of  the little Girls Face.

William Adolphe Bouguereau (William Bouguereau) (1825-1905)
This is " The Grape Picker" original

You can find more information about
William-Adolphe  Bouguereau
at Artsy  https://www.artsy.net/artist/william-adolphe-bouguereau


and also here: https://www.bouguereau.org/

Oranges for Breakfast

Tiger Alcove Large Trompe-l'œil Wall Mural

This is a 4x8 foot mural painted on a wood panel with canvas.

Mural in Little Boys Room

Mural Based On The Book :  "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream"

Greensboro Apartment Mural

This is a Mural that I did for  a exercise room in an apartment comples in Greensboro. It is totally Faux painting to "fool the eye" because I painted it  to look as if the fountain and the pots were sitting on the floor, when in actuality they are on the wall. The black exercise mat is the real floor.

If The Whole World Was Like My Art Class

and other thoughts on how life ought to be. 

 

 

 

 

 

And Nail Salons would go out of business because  no one would want to pay 50 dollars to have pink color put on their  nails when with that kind of cash you can buy a tube of Magenta Pink Oil and it will end up on your nails.

Mural Painted At Wakefield Home

Mural for Parade Of Homes Wake Field Subdivisions

Space Mural for Childs Play Room

This mural was very complicated. It was painted in a very large closte area that the children used as a play area. It had no windows so it was a perfect space to creat a room with black light and glow in the dark effects. There was a large black light installed. The mural was also painted with some features that glowed int the dark.. so when absolutely no light was on in the room the moon and the stars were the only thing you could see and they glowed.

This is the way the room looked when the black light was turned on.

The tow younger brothers were twins and so they are depicted here as space men.

This is the way the rocket ship looked when the kids turned the blacklight on.

This is the way the rocket ship looked in normal light with the black light turned off. The Older brother is depicted here as the driver of the space ship!

Sky Under Normal Light

Sky With Black Light Turned On!