where's my beret?

I've got a couple art project ideas churning inside my head right now and I'm so excited! One is for my kitchen - a huge painting of dragonflies. Another is going to go up in the new nursery. When the crib bedding arrrives, I'll draw on it for inspiration. And last is for my friend's bathroom - a watercolor of a rubber ducky.

Art serves so many purposes for me. I took lessons every summer at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, but never considered it one of my fortes. It's just something I love to do and as I have a tremendous appreciation for art, it's an outlet I am grateful to have pursued. And thankfully, it is a love I have passed on to my very talented daughter (see below)!

Here is something I made for my mil one Christmas...

And something I gave away as a house warming gift...

I have mused about turning this into a side business - maybe painting children's furniture since doesn't require a lot of perfected skill, just a good imagination and creativity. It's alluring to me to maybe to do something totally different like this, and totally unexpected as I've been a performer all my life. Here are some projects I've had fun with...
~I painted this bureau for my sil's first baby's room

~these hang in my kids' bathroom

***The watercolor of dogs at the very top is hanging in Drew's room. Obviously it belongs down here, but it just wouldn't cooperate with me, lol.