Keep "rodychristmas.com" at your fingertips..... We are about to launch. Very exciting!Coastal Christmas Ornaments for 2016!Great RewardsCool OrnamentsFree ShippingDiscounts on a few Rody itemsSo, watch for the announcement, and please BACK and SHARE when we launch.Thanks!Kim
Lobster season.... coming up! Mark's heading down to the islands and will be there August 1 for opening day! Very exciting!
I've had this Lundin Kudo pear for about 10 years. I bought it right after the death of the artist, who was a neighbor of mine and a wonderful artist and person. I'm selling the house, and moving a few things to our new home in Hope Town in the Bahamas. I would not trust myself [...]
Facebook is amazing. Ran across a photographer who loves loves loves to photograph sea turtles as much as I love love love to paint them: Julie Suess. That's her facebook link (LIKE IT!), THIS is her website.So, it was wonderful to connect with a fellow sea turtle lover, and translate her photos into partially abstract, [...]
And the story continues..... Just saw a post (on Facebook, of course) of something I.... well.... recognized. Take a look: Same girl.... OVER ONE YEAR AFTER I PAINTED HER IN THIS PAINTING (from a photo of her in the water with NO turtle. I added a turtle for fun): Click on image for purchase [...]
The beloved Sea TurtleFrom leatherbacks to loggerheads, six of the seven species of sea turtles are threatened or endangered at the hand of humans according to see turtles.org. Survival is harder as they face many more dangers than ever in their wide area ocean migrations and daily life on the reef — including accidental capture and entanglement in [...]
Wow, was this a lot of fun to paint or WHAT!? "Tangerine Dream" came from an old digital pic I took with my Mavica camera (remember those? with the floppy discs?) at the Dallas Aquarium in the late 90's, when I was still an insurance agent. Lots of my early paintings came from there; I [...]
In 1999 I worked my way through the book "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. I can say that it changed my life, because before I worked my way through it, I was an insurance agent. After I finished it, I was a full time artist. A few other changes in my life happened as [...]
One morning I was up early walking the beach on Hutchison Island and saw a commotion near the water. Birds were swooping in making a big racket. As I got closer, I saw the tail end of the mass exodus of baby turtles from their under the sand nest into the ocean. There were a few [...]
Sometimes when I finish a turtle painting, I send out the image in a newsletter and say "name that turtle", which can be done by simply purchasing the turtle! As did Kris in this situation! Or make that Kris' husband. Anyway, more about the painting. She's 36X36 acrylic on canvas. I used a photo I [...]
