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Coastal Christmas Ornaments – 2016!

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

By |2016-08-08T16:09:43-04:00August 8th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Reflections of a Sea Turtle

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, [...]

By |2016-05-27T09:09:15-04:00March 22nd, 2016|Sea Turtle Tuesday|0 Comments

Sea Turtle Tuesday: Love at first sight.

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 [...]

By |2020-05-24T16:16:10-04:00August 2nd, 2015|Sea Turtle Tuesday|6 Comments

Sea Turtle Tuesday: The Beloved Sea Turtle

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 [...]

By |2015-06-14T17:45:36-04:00June 10th, 2015|Sea Turtle Tuesday|2 Comments

Sea Turtle Tuesday: Tangerine Dream

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 [...]

By |2025-07-27T15:20:15-04:00June 1st, 2015|Sea Turtle Tuesday|0 Comments

Artist’s Way – 16 years later

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 [...]

Sea Turtle Tuesday: Little Turtle Bambinos. Awwwwww

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 [...]

By |2015-05-13T09:51:56-04:00April 28th, 2015|Sea Turtle Tuesday|0 Comments

Sea Turtle Tuesday: Kris’ Turtle

 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 [...]

By |2015-04-22T10:02:35-04:00April 21st, 2015|Life in the Studio|0 Comments

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