Nov 16, 2012

Hatfield in the Day

Oh sweet memories of going to the old Hatfield Drive-In in Athens, AL.  Those were the days when life was a little less complicated.  Went there the first time with my brother and his girlfriend and the brother came back from the snack bar with an upside down pizza : )  Several years later my husband of 34 years takes me there on our first date...in his little blue Volkswagen, in the rain....but we didn't care.  I still have one of their speakers...but that's another story!

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Apr 16, 2012

Easter Lilacs



I grew up smelling the beautiful fragrance of Lilacs on the breeze coming through the open windows on Easter.  This Easter I was inspired by that wonderful smell once again and tried to capture it in this painting.
If you're interested in this or any of my other paintings or a commissioned painting please call me at 256-497-3838.  Also visit my website www.tinaswindell.com  and my FineArtAmerica.com site where prints are available for purchase matted and framed to your specifications.

Apr 7, 2012

Tranquility in a Sea of Tourists - The Painting (Finally)

 
Here's my latest painting.... a more loosly done than normal for me, textured rendition of a sweet memory from our trip to Italy and Germany last summer.  Can't wait to do more when there's more TIME!  (Well, I guess there's only so much time, it's a matter of where you spend it huh?)  The original is for sale @ $150 and it is a 20" x 16" oil on canvas.  Prints on canvas as well as framed and matted to your specifications of this and many other works are available at the fineartamerica site linked above.  Thanks for stopping by!

Apr 6, 2012

Mar 31, 2012

Daniel Pollera and a Great dentist in Fairfax VA!



You never know when something sweet is going to happen.

I went to the dentist here in DC recently...a new dentist, Dr. Mary Stuart Gallian in Fairfax, VA, who was recommended by my dentist in Alabama, Dr. Jeremiah Harris.  Dr. Gallian had a print of a beautiful painting by Daniel Pollera on the wall in the room where I was "worked on".  I absolutely fell in love with it.  It's called "Snug Harbor".  Before I left her office I went on and on about how it looked like exactly where I want to retire.  He captured such a mood in his meticulous oil rendering.  I even went back and took a snapshot with my I-phone of the print which was beautifully matted and framed.  I went back for my "permanent crown" a few weeks later and the framed print was sitting in the front office with my name on it!  The dentist had been given some new art work by her husband and had to hang it somewhere.  She thought of how much I loved the print and GAVE it to me!  It's now in my temporary apartment here in DC and will go with me back to my home in Alabama at the end of this month.  It's something I will always treasure. 

I guess I was a little carried away with the painting...love it when that happens!  I want to paint more paintings that carry you away!

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Aug 6, 2011

Whew! What a week! Politics, Politics, Politics!

   Wow, what a week here in D.C.  I was right up there in the middle of the vote on increasing the debt ceiling.  We were actually on the House Floor watching as the voting was going on right up until just a few minutes before Gabriel Giffords came in.  Unfortunately there was such a crowd we were ushered out just before that happened and I saw it on TV when I got home.  I was on "the hill" taking a seminar in "Congressional Operations" that I was very fortunate to get into.  It was a great 4 days finding out what really goes on in the halls of congress...and walking those halls and listening to Senate and House hearings.  
   One of the hearings I attended was on the severe drought that is happening in Africa.  39,000 have died in the past 90 days due to starvation, disease, and extreme conditions as they are refugees fleeing from the fighting in Somalia.  The drought has come on top of the terrible conditions with the conflict there.  They told of one woman who had carried her child on her back for 9 days with no food to speak of.  Our burdens here are so light in comparison to this and many other areas of the world. Even here in our own country there are so many suffering.  
   Another hearing I listened to, again about Africa, was a doctor who had been working at a clinic there and has developed a new method of treating hydrosephalic babies.  The incidence of this in Africa is much greater than in the U.S. and there are only about 4 neurosurgeons to handle all of the cases.  Many more deaths are happening due to this problem.  Our leaders have difficult jobs.  I know we're all cynical but we need to choose wisely who we vote for and look out for the good of everyone, not just our own interests.
   Meanwhile, every day this week I listened to the Daily Audio Bible on my I-phone and guess where they are broadcasting from?  Africa.  I believe there's a reason God is opening my eyes to all these things.  I met someone in the seminar from JSC (Houston) who has been working with a group in Africa and they've dug a well in the community.  I may have to get involved. Maybe you should too.
   In addition to all that I sold my original of my "Ready to Ride" painting this week. Cool!  Prints are available on my FineArtAmerica site if you're interested. I've spent 26 years of my career with the shuttle program.  We will definitely want to remember this era so this is one that I hope folks will want to have.  
The funny thing was, I had to have it shipped from Alabama to Alexandria which is just down the road from where I'm living in Arlington.  Not sure how the buyer found my site but it was a birthday gift for her husband.  Thanks to my friend Rhonda for handling that shipping for me.
   Hope you're doing well and, if you're back home, I hope you have power and no damage!  Bad storms in Alabama AGAIN!  What's up wi dat!
...and btw...GO JUNO to Jupiter!  Nice launch today.

Take care!
Tina