CROW with HEART

6"x6" oil on board. Every crow with a heart needs a friend with one!

This one is new this morning. SOLD!

CROW with HEART

6"x6" oil on board. New crow today. I've been working on new paintings for the Chambers Gallery and also some new small crow paintings. I love it when they wear the heart, they are very loving after all! SOLD!

PORCELAIN BIRDS

3"x4" Black Capped Chicadee

Another little bird this morning. We have these sweet little birds here and I always have them in my garden.

PORCELAIN BIRDS

2" to 4" tall. Birds made of porcelain. Hand built and hand painted.
These happy little birds bare a loose resemblance to a robin, goldfinch and sparrow.
The birds out side my studio door yesterday were singing and scuffling around in the trees and flowers with the blue jays coming by for their usual hand fulls of peanuts. A simply perfect day to be forming and painting a likeness of my charming friends.

BITTER SWEET

6"x6" oil on board
New Crow this morning! He is very festive in his necklace of bitter sweet berries. It's amazing what they will do for attention! SOLD!

CECILE BRUNNER ROSE

My Cecile Brunner Rose is in bloom! All the rain we've had has encouraged this beautiful rose bush to flourish and blossom. Many years ago in my garden I had this lovely little rose cascading over a trellis greeting visitors coming up the walk way. My young daughters placed the sweet little roses in their hair. It makes me happy to think of it and to see how pretty it has become. I want to share it!

BIRD NEST

3"x 1.5" hand built porcelain nest.

Being unglazed this has a different look I think than the others I've made with glazes.The color here is from under glazes, fired into the clay.

I'm working on some others with a red clay and very little paint, more fun!

The birds and un glazed,unpainted nests will be going to "Birds of a Feather" a sweet shop here all about birds and bird related things. You will also find antiques, jewelry and yummy taffy!!!

My paintings of birds and all of my paintings and clay work are available at the Chambers Gallery in Cambria.

Porcelain Birds

New birds this morning. These little birds are hand built and hand painted on porcelain clay. 2.5"x 3.5". I have to say the birds bear a very, very loose resemblance to the actual Junco, Sparrow and Chickadee.
I'm making nests to go with them, unglazed.Working with out the glaze gives the works a soft look .
I'll be making new birds today because these little birds are now SOLD!!

Mom's Window Boxes

I was just at my mother's house and was really taken with her lovely window boxes! She loves pink and blue and a bit of yellow here and there ( very Monet)and not always the same flowers but the colors are usually the same. She does have a favorite though, a big pink and cream rose,Double Delight. That is in her rose garden, today it is ode to the window boxes.

BEACH BABIE'S

9"x12"

oil painting on canvas.

Who doesn't love summer at the beach? Just the thought of it makes me smile.Lots of fun memories racing the little waves and building all manner of things in the sand (mostly we dug big holes and let them fill up with sea water) with shells and drift wood. Looking for shells, sea glass, playing in tide pools and never wanting summer to end!

BIRDS on TRAYS

Little metal trays painted in oil with birds and touched with gold. 6 1/2" x 5 1/2".

I am always looking for a new support to paint on. I found these little trays and thought these would be so fun to paint on. These are the first of 5 until I find more trays!!
I'd like to give my self the credit for the idea of trays but it was my friend Vicki Greene who said "how about painting your birds on trays "??

Love input! Thanks Vicki!!

BIRDS

New birds this morning!! These little birds are 3"x 2" and that varies just a bit. They are made of porcelain clay,one of a kind, all hand built and painted with mat glazes that are fired into the clay. All 3 birds are SOLD!!!

Sculking Crow

New crow this morning! This is a sculking crow if ever there was one! He has his acorn and he is very pleased with him self.

Hand built in red earthenware clay and glazed in black glass glaze 11"x4". This will go to the Chambers Gallery today!

BIRDS

I'm having fun with these little birds. They are made of porcelain and hand built. 2"x 2 1/2".

I have several in the firing right now in different colors. These are painted with pure clay colored pigment, fired and left unglazed,to give a soft look.

SOLD!!

CROW

Made of earthenware red clay this is a new crow taken out of the kiln yesterday. He has an acorn in his beak. He is 4"x 11"long . I have another crow in the firing right now. I can't wait to see him, he is a bit skulkier than this one. I'll post him as soon as he's finished!

SOLD!!

WHEN PIGS FLY!!

Just pulled this little piggy from the kiln yesterday. I love the white glaze.He is 8.5"x4.5". I'm working on birds next, little birds but they will be painted . Back to working with porcelain after working with the earthenware clay. It's all fun!

Paula's Avocados

A trip to Paula Teplitz the wonderful potter.

Gayle and I drove out to the country to Arroyo Grande to Paula's house and studio. Paula had work for her for Gayle's Chambers Gallery here in Cambria. It was a gorgeous day and her home sits on a beautiful avocado ranch .

After business was completed she took us to her back yard that is actually a huge vegetable garden with avocado and several fruit trees.It backs up to enormous old oaks and a forever vista of soft hills, citrus and avocado.

She plucked a big box full of avocado's for us and a big bag of oranges, what a treat!A very fun day, all of Paula's beautiful pottery, her studio and the delightful trip to her vegetable garden.

Thank you Paula and Gayle for a special day in the country.

WHITE EARTHENWEAR SCULPTURE

Wall sculpture 5" wide 24" tall.

A different piece, fun to make and a bit of a challenge!I seem to be doing alot of that lately!

This sculpture is hand built with white earthenware clay and glazed with an all white glaze.

WEDDING 'CUP' CAKE

6"x6" oil on board. Oh I love weddings! Everyone is talking about them right now and there are many family's here who are participating in this ever beautiful event. I am inspired by all the fun and excitement and just had to paint a "wedding cup cake"!

WHEN PIGS FLY!!

6x10"" Hand built pig with wings! Just finished some clay work. This pig has to be fired and glazed but I wanted to put him on. He is made of white earthen wear clay and will be glazed white and as soon as he's fired I will put him back on. I'm concentrating on clay work right now and will be painting again soon. This piece is for Heather's Gallery.

HEATHER'S NEW GALLERY

My daughter, Heather Roddy has opened her new gallery in the Flower Hills Mall in Del Mar California.I just got back from a trip to see it and I am so proud of her! If you are in the area please check it out, it's wonderful! She will be carrying my pottery and sculptures. She offers classes in a really fun setting in a weekly format and I will be doing a workshop there possibly in September.  It is called HART Gallery  http://www.heatherroddyartgallery.com/

WHITE BIRD

hand built earthenware clay 5" tall

Fresh out of the kiln this morning, I made 2. I'm not sure if I will leave them white or paint them! I do like the pristine white glaze but I also like color! Maybe just leave them white for a while and make up my mind........A dilemma!!

ROOSTER

20x24" o/c / It's been a while since I painted a rooster. The last one was on one of my pillows. This was fun to paint, I just love to paint all birds!!

PEARS

5" tall I'm loving the white pears! This is part of a special order for the" H~art Gallery"in DelMar Ca. This is my daughter Heather's new gallery!

CAW CAW CAW

6"x6" oil on board/ He's calling you!!

CHOCOLATE STARS

6"x6" oil on board chocolate cupcake with pink frosting and chocolate stars!

EGGPLANT with FRUIT

I'm experimenting with my new computer and camera this morning and having fun but it is alot to get used to!! This is the only picture to work so I'm posting it! This is the center piece on my kitchen table. I love the color of egg plant andI've combined it with a pear and a small fig from my friend Vicki Green. The red piece is a glass plum my daughter Heather gave me and the platter is by Miller.

I'll be posting new cupcakes as soon as I figure this all out!

CUP CAKE

6"x6" oil on board Pink frosting! Who doesn't love it?? Chocolate and little sprinkles!!

CUP CAKE

6"x6" oil on board Who doesn't LOVE cup cakes? Butter cream frosting? I'm going to be painting cup cakes again and I'm excited! Wish I could eat them too!! Maybe just a bite.

SOLD!!

BIRD HOUSES

Side of the blue bird house and back sides of the blue and one of the green. Today I am sketching new ideas. Bird related or something new? Today will tell! These have been so fun to make and more clay work sounds fun!

BIRD HOUSE

5" x10" Two more bird houses. Yes there is a bird peeking out of one of them ( pretend). They have roses on top and words. All pieces except the chards are hand made. I will post the backs too, I've been asked what they look like. These are weather proof, they have been sealed to protect them in the elements including water.

BIRD HOUSE

10"x5" piqueassiette . I have been working on bird houses for the last couple of weeks. I have 4 done and will post the other two tomorrow. The bird houses are first made in clay and fired then the shards are cut and applied. Then grouted. I have two more that I will post tomorrow!

The green one above the blue and white one is SOLD!

Peruvian Seed Jar

10"x7" This isn't actually a Peruvian seed jar but I got the idea for it when I saw one. The jars had little farmers and vegetables hand made and placed on the jar. They were made of clay and usually terra cotta. Seeds were kept in side the jar and saved for the following year after farming. They were the best of seeds only, like gold, insuring a good crop the following year.

I made the jar from terra cotta and the little people and pieces. Then using terra cotta shards and bits of potterie I mosiaced the piece. Allot of fun, my Peruvian seed jar sits in my garden next to the nasturtiums and lavender.

Humming Bird

6"x6" oil painting on board. Sweet little bird!

BLUE BIRD

6"x6" oil on board. They can spot their dinner from 130 feet away! Curtains for an insect of any type. They aren't fussy!

Spring Bloom

My friend Annette gave me plants for my birthday several months ago and this is a brand new bloom for Spring! It has rained so much and the winds have been so wild the little tag that was on it is gone! I don't know the name of this plant? Do you? Anyway, I love it and it grows beautifully in a big terra cotta pot on my deck.
I'm taking a short break from painting and spending much needed time in the garden.
The geraniums, yellow daisey's and lovely blue and violet rosemary are all taking over the yard! I Love Spring!

Humming Bird

6"x6" oil on board. When I was looking at photos of humming birds I was astonished at how many varieties there are. Amazing! I had such choices , the light on this one shown a beautiful lavender and I just had to paint that!
They are attracted to the color red so plant some red flowers in your spring garden! SOLD!!

Dark-eyed Junco

6"x6" oil on board. Little juncos. I paint many of these little guys because they are very popular here along the coast. I have allot of them on my deck since the squirrels keep knocking my bird seed about. They love to go along the ground and eat, they are seed eaters, so there is plenty of nourishment there for them!

Black Phoebe

6"x6" oil on board. An insect eater that prefers to nest near water. He will nest in a bird house!

DEL MAR ART GALLERY

This is my Daughter Heather Roddy. She is opening her first ever art gallery in Del Mar California in the Flower Hill Promenade. It will be named Del Mar Art Gallery. It won't be open for several weeks but when it is Heather has asked me to give painting workshops there.

I will be going back to my roots. San Diego is where I started. I have to comment too that so many years ago when Heather was a baby her dad and I would take our three little ones ,put them in a play pen and sell our paintings out front of the old Del Mar Hotel . How funny life is, to bring you back to the start in such a different way!
I'm so proud of you Heather, congratulations and I can't wait to join you in your exciting new endeavor!

PINK FLORAL

20"x24" oil on board. This painting is one I did some time back and I've probably posted it but I wanted some color up here!! I will be painting some new works soon and I'm wanting to get back to my loose florals. They are so much fun!