Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: Colonial America

  • Journey to Jamestown

    Journey to Jamestown

    One of the most memorable places I visited in Virginia last fall was Historical Jamestown. It was the day I was flying home, but I wanted to make time to visit this important American site- the site of the first permanent English colony, founded in 1607. Ever since I as a little girl, early American…

  • New Art: Colonial Lady

    New Art: Colonial Lady

    Good morning- For the past few months, I’ve had Colonial America on my mind. I’ve been working on some exciting projects that involve Colonial Virginia, the first of which was this painting, “Colonial Lady.” Starting last year, we are reaching the 250th anniversary of many of the colonial “Tea Parties”, which began with the Boston…

  • A Colonial Epiphany Tea

    A Colonial Epiphany Tea

     Happy New Year, friends!    It has been frosty and cold here in Oklahoma, and from what the weather man says, its only going to get colder. In other words, the perfect weather to settle in with a good book and some hot tea!    We ended our holiday season with a 12th Night/Epiphany tea and…