I now have a .com I am so happy

Today I got a .com, I have been thinking of this for years, and finally I decided to go ahead and get it, ... it was so easy, I really didn't believe that I got it.
Now that I am a real person/business with a .com, I have to decide what to do with it, that'll take months of reading and studying, investigating etc, etc. to find out how, when why to go ahead and become a business/person with a .com/
Yes I believe I shoud tell everyone what my .com is... It is oceanfrontporch.com wow, that looks so professional. but if you go to it, it may not even show anything, or it may, but there will be nothing there except the oceanfrontporch.com Oh this is so great, I need about 3 days to figure it all out...

Altered ART

Cottage living is about the best of the best! I enjoy doing the collage type of art, using the old photos and pictures, adding the other embellishments just adds to the fun, this one is for sale on ebay. check it out.

Custom Order

This painting was a special order, it is a lot larger than the original one I did, I just love the way it turned out, so pretty with the ocean in the background.

Summertime is on its way!!!

I think my favorite type of painting is the seascape, i just love the beach, ocean, boats, and sand dunes. It brings back fond memories of wonderful summers spent at the beach in Ocean Bluff, MA. Here are a couple of recent paintings (sorry they are sold).

More photos by Rachel

Ocean, rocks, shells, all my favorite things.

Photo's by Rachel

my grand daughter Rachel has been studying photography for about 1 year, she is in her first year of collage. these were taken last year with my little nikon digital camera, I cannot make my photos look like these.!! boy she is good. check out her work.. Check this out, I got a picture of her getting a photo..

Picture of Jeep!!!

This was supposed to be with the picture of the surf boards...will try again!! Please notice the bird's nest in the first pic under the boat roof it is incrediable.

summertime is on its way!!!

This is one of the best sights in the world, especially if you live in the northeast, cannot wait until good old summer. This picture was taken in a little town called Duxbury, MA Check out the cute Jeep with the row boat for a roof, pretty cool huh??

So Far So Good,

Well, I have managed to get my post on my blog. That is an accomplishment. Now I have to conquer the picture and placement part. I know how boring this is, but I cannot think of anything other than getting this thing going. I promise once this part is conquered my blog will be one of the most interesting ones on blog heaven.

Why????????

Well, I guess I will try one more time to conquer this blog thingy. I completely deleted half of the last post i added and was so bull that i just left it and said maybe later that was about 3 weeks ago. now its "later".
I sell my paintings and mosaics on Ebay and Etsy, I have met many many wonderful people, as well as meeting so many challengers learning to use the computer, understanding Ebay with all their changes, if it ain't broken don't fix it, that is not their motto. Now my latest challenge, the blog, I never knew what a blog was never mind have my own. All this aside I am anxious to get started and meet many other bloggers.

Reverse glass painting

This form of painting is called reverse glass painting, and as its name, is painted on the reverse side of the glass, all the things in the foreground are painted first, let dry, then the next layer of painting, and finally the last layer, which would be in a landscape painting the background, grass, sea, clouds, sky. Unlike the tinsel painting, the reverse glass painting is done in opaque oil paints, where the tinsel in painted with transparent oils. This type of painting was used on clocks, mirrors, cabinets, and to add a painting to nice old picture frames. The last 3 pictures I have added, and the steeple clock have been done in reverse glass.

Reverse glass paintings

tinsel paintings

This top picture of the two panes is done in tinsel painting medium. I will post the other picture of the entire transom window. I just love it. This is truly casual elegance.

Tinsel paintings

This is another wonderful old type of painting on glass. You paint with transparant oils on the reverse side of the glass. When the painting is completely dry, (in the old days they would take the tinsel that came from decorating the Christmas tree) and lay it on the reverse of the glass on top of the painting,(today you can just crinkle some aluminum foil). Flip it over and frame it. I have a couple different pictures I will add to show how pretty this is.
One if a painting of an antique doll, the other is a transom window from an old house, I painted different flowers in each of 4 panes.

Third try never fails...

I am new at blogging, I think I like it, although I can't seem to get beyond the first page. Blogs are usually interesting and informative, my goal will be to make mine the same.

Let me tell you a little about myself, I started painting over 30 something years ago. I have tried all mediums and love each and every one of them. My first was a very old lost art called "Wingcraft" it was done on toleware (old tinware) trays, apple trays, candlesconces, clocks, and even some very fine furniture. Wingcraft is a 4 step process that entails many hours of painting and waiting (drying times between layers). The first step was to paint a very small part of the design with copal painting medium mixed with lining powders, these powders came in differend shades of gold, copper, chrome, white gold etc. while this was tacky you dab on a coarse powder and let dry, hours later it is time to shade your design with transparent oil paints, the colors were usually done in earth tones of ocher, umber,sienna etc. again hours sometimes days later it was time for the final step of a fine shellac, then a pumice rub. When completed these were beautiful. I have added a pic of an apple dish.

my first blog.