Ok so I did ONE painting this year :) The wings have quotes from my favorite books. I rather like it.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Well, I am a teacher now. . .
I miss creating artwork! I have spent the past two years earning my teaching certificate back and getting a job in the classroom. I have worked harder than I ever have before! I am now a full time English teacher at a local high school. I love teaching English, but art remains my passion. I have grand plans for my summer vacation that include paints and colored pencils and lots of time fueling this passion. Wish me luck!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
New Mini Paintings! Football Spirit Topiaries!
7.25 x 2.75 acrylic on wood $26 each
will paint to match YOUR team colors
Think ahead! Football season is almost upon us with fall just around the corner. These will make great hostess gifts or gifts for that friend who just can't get enough of her/his team! Each is signed, numbered, and dated in their own series. Here you see Decatur High School, Austin High School, Alabama, and Auburn. Also, a fall pumpkin topiary to get you in the mood for fall!
Email me if you are interested in placing an order.
will paint to match YOUR team colors
Think ahead! Football season is almost upon us with fall just around the corner. These will make great hostess gifts or gifts for that friend who just can't get enough of her/his team! Each is signed, numbered, and dated in their own series. Here you see Decatur High School, Austin High School, Alabama, and Auburn. Also, a fall pumpkin topiary to get you in the mood for fall!
Email me if you are interested in placing an order.
Labels:
acrylic painting,
Alabama,
auburn,
austin high school,
decatur high school,
football,
gift,
Topiary
Friday, June 19, 2009
Canvas and Conversation at Memi's Pottery
June 30th - Slice of Cake 11x14 $35
July 7th - Tomato 16x20 $40
July 14th - Watermelon Wedge 16x20 $40
July 21st - Lobster Dinner 16x20 $40
Adult PAINT-A-LONG classes from 6 - 9pm
Bring your own beverage (whatever helps you get your creative juices flowin')
No painting experience necessary! Make this your next GREAT Girls Night Out! Round up your best gals and sign up now! Class size limited to 12. Payment holds your spot. Call or e-mail Bonnie or Memi's Pottery to sign up. (Or respond to the Facebook event if you want!)
Also, check out Memi's Blog for a photo of the Canvas and Conversation class by Rickie Higgins.
www.MemiPottery.blogspot.com
Labels:
Bonnie Hurst,
MeMi's Pottery,
paint a long,
sips n strokes
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Bonnie Hurst Paintings: Adult Paint-a-long at Memi's Thursday, March 26th from 7 until 9
Going to paint the floral THIS FRIDAY from 6 until 9. Check out the picture in a previous blog below!
Bonnie Hurst Paintings: Adult Paint-a-long at Memi's Thursday, March 26th from 7 until 9
We will paint at Memi's again. Please call me (256-303-4843), e-mail me BonnieHurst@charter.net , or go by Memi's to sign up. There is limited available space and it will fill on a first come first serve basis. Payment will hold your spot! It is $40 and all supplies included. Just bring your beverage of choice!
Private parties available for 6 or more.
Bonnie Hurst Paintings: Adult Paint-a-long at Memi's Thursday, March 26th from 7 until 9
We will paint at Memi's again. Please call me (256-303-4843), e-mail me BonnieHurst@charter.net , or go by Memi's to sign up. There is limited available space and it will fill on a first come first serve basis. Payment will hold your spot! It is $40 and all supplies included. Just bring your beverage of choice!
Private parties available for 6 or more.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Carnegie Butterfly
This is the metal butterfly I painted for the Carnegie Visual Art's "Arts-a-Flutter". The butterfly was purchased by parents of the 5th Grade Class at Eastwood Elementary School in honor of the 5th Grade Class and in memory of Alison Drake, a treasured classmate that was lost to illness during their third grade year. It can be seen on the corner of Gordon Drive and 8th St. for those of you in Decatur City. I am honored to have been asked to participate in this event!
The field trips represented are: The Princess Theater, Montgomery Capitol, Wetlands Edge, Huntsville Train Depot, Botanical Gardens, Tate Farms, White Farms, a day at the Pointe Mallard Baseball field playing baseball, and Space Camp. No, not every field trip made the cut! Design over content this time! I hope you enjoy!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Mini Paintings
Commission -DONE, I think........
I have worked on this commission since way before Christmas. I have reworked it many times. I think I finally have a good likeness of each child. Of course, if I hang onto it much longer, I am sure I will rework it again, and again, and again! Anyway, Lisa-let me know what you think. I am sure you are way past ready to have this back!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Adult Paint-a-long at Memi's Thursday, March 26th from 7 until 9
12x24 canvas
Come and paint this floral with me at Memi's on the 26th! I provide all the materials and walk you through it stroke by stroke. You bring a beverage of your choice and a friend or two! 12 spots available so call me or e-mail me soon to hold your place! Cost is $40 per person.
256-303-4843
TEEN Paint-a-long At Memi's Pottery on Friday Night!
11x14 Canvas
Teen Paint-a-long Friday Night the 20th of March at Memi's Pottery on Bank Street in Decatur, AL. I have room for 12! Cost is $30 per person. All materials provided. Please call me to reserve your spot - 256-303-4843
Have a teen girls night out with all your friends for the last Friday of Spring Break and paint a funky shoe to hang in your room!
Labels:
Bonnie Hurst Painting,
MeMi's Pottery,
paint a long
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Textured Tree Painting
This one is almost finished. I cannot tell you how may times I have changed the colors. I will be adding some more depth with black and I will post it when I am satisfied it is finished! I posted about this idea when I was struck with it sometime last year. I am hoping to to complete an entire series of these. The tree is sculpted with modeling paste and then painted. I love the way the texture picks up the paint.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Yellow Lab in Colored Pencil Painting
I have really enjoyed working with the colored pencil and the paint on different projects - but all in the same day! This is our sweet lab Chester. I gave this colored pencil painting and the pastel of our cocker spaniel, Spike, to my husband for Valentines day! If you go back far enough in the blog, you can see the first painting I did of Chester in acrylic.
Please contact me if you are interested in comissioning a pet portrait of your own!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Being an Artist Mom
I am an Artist Mom. However, during the holidays I am only 10% artist and 90% mom. The artist in me is trying to recover from this two month hiatus! So, now that. . .
- the kids rooms have been cleaned out and all of the new toys have found a home
- the laundry is caught up
- the Christmas decorations are down and packed (though not exactly back in the attic)
- I have finished 16 yearbook pages for the kids school and turned them in
- gone to a beautiful wedding of a close friend
- and started that dreadful new year's resolution diet thing. . .
I AM READY TO CREATE AGAIN!
(By the way, if you were to get a Christmas card from me this year the pics above would have been on it. If you didn't get one, don't feel left out - I never quite got around to that this year!)
Labels:
Artist Mom,
Bonnie Hurst,
Bonnie Hurst Paintings
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
A few spots open tonite for Paint! at Memi's!
There are a few spots open for tonite's paint party featuring "Morning, Noon, and Night" paintings. These will be 3 small paintings on artist board. Please call to reserve your spot! Bonnie 303-4843! Hope to see you there!
Paint! Funky Christmas Party at Memi's
Paint one of these - your choice - on Friday November 28th from 6:30 until 9:00. There are only 12 spots available so reserve yours today! You can call me - Bonnie- 303.4843 or Memi's 466.4099. All supplies included. You will be painting on a 12x24 canvas. Cost is $40. These paintings feature some metalic paint and funky Christmas designs. Come and have fun!
Paint! Birthday Party
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Paint with Me at Memi's!
Come and Paint the above 3 (8x8) paintings with me!
Friday November 21st
6:30 until 9:00
at Memi's Pottery on Bank Street
$40 - all supplies included
Adults only
bring your favorite beverage
class size is limited to 12
payment holds your place!
I am very excited about leading paint-a-longs at Memi's! I have 4 more dates scheduled - one for teens - and I will post about those soon! Look forward to seeing you! Come and Paint! with me!
Memi's Pottery
Memi's is located on Bank Street in Decatur. They offer just about whatever you can think of in the way of pottery to paint. I have had a great time making things for gifts or for my home. My kids LOVE going to the pottery classes where they have created some unique pieces that I love to show off around the house. Check out their blog http://www.memipottery.blogspot.com/ and visit them TONIGHT for Decatur's downtown Christmas Open House.
Labels:
Alabama,
decatur,
MeMi's Pottery,
Paint your own pottery
Spike the cocker spaniel
Ahh, to use colored pencils again!
Years ago, my passion was pencil - colored pencil, pencil pencil, pen & ink, you name it. Since I have had children, I have lost a good bit of the patience needed for this medium as well as any chunk of time more than say about 15 minutes to devote to any one thing at a time. Recently, I had such a longing just to "color" again that I purchased a bristol board pad of paper and set to work. I left it in my kitchen and got it drawn out in a couple of days. I then enjoyed working on it off and on for over a week. A little bit here and there. I am generally pleased with my first attempt at colored pencil in over 15 years. There is of course a smudge that will not go away on the side of the piece - hazard of working with my sweet 4 year old sitting next to me, coloring herself. I haven't quite given up on trying to get rid of it. I also haven't resigned myself to the fact that the blue sky may have to get bigger. Ahhhh, such is the life of an Artist Mom!
Labels:
Artist Mom,
birds,
colored pencil,
pencil drawing
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Kenley Collins of Project Runway
Okay, so yes, I LOVE Project Runway on Bravo. I fell in love with Kenley Collins style this season and was inspired to paint some of her runway show dresses. There were some decent still shots on Bravo so it was easy to have the computer as my reference. I have always been inspired by most anything retro and to have the retro with a more modern twist was refreshing to see! Kenley may have been a bit defensive, but I found her confidence refreshing. I have always wanted to dress like a rockabilly and never had the guts. I have to admire that in a girl! I hope she would be pleased to see my painting and not appalled. I am sure it doesn't give her work justice! (p.s there are two more in this series. Of course, if you have followed this blog at all you have to know that I am trying not to give a timeline as to when a work will be done because it never seems to happen the way I plan!)
Just another word about the painting. I enjoyed this subject more than any in recent history. I also left the texture off this time. Like last post, let me know what you think!
Pepper Family
Acrylic on Board $150
I really enjoyed this one. It is a bit more controlled than I have been painting. I kept the texture underneath. I also enjoyed painting with the yellow much more than I thought I would. I have generally avoided this because of its translucent properties and it is easy to corrupt with other colors. Fear conquered. Let me know what you think!
Labels:
acrylic painting,
Artist Mom,
bell peppers,
daily painting,
painting mom
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