Sleightholm Folk Art

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  • Christmas Card Design~ The Bird Guardian

    I just finished this little Christmas painting the other day, The Bird Guardian. I don’t know why, but I connect snow scenes with birds so often in my paintings. They’re just such lovely spots of color during a colorless season I suppose. And we must remember to help the little birdies, when pickins are slim,…

  • A Friday Curiosity

    I feel very fortunate to have my art for sale in a local antique shop that is full of the most magical and yes, sometimes strange, treasures. Like this rocking horse. It looks so real doesn’t it? That’s because…it’s made out of a horse. Yes. Horsehide and mane, at any rate. It is one of…

  • Tattered Yellow Roses

    I’ll tell you a secret. I don’t really like yellow. But there is something about yellow roses that I’m willing to make an exception about. They’re just so buttery and lovely. I made this yellow tattered fabric rose corsage the other day. It was sort of my template on the whole idea. I really love…