Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: family

  • Back from Sweden (In Kansas)

            You know you’ve found someone who really loves you when they’ll indulge you in your quirky passions. Or drive you 4 hours across the state line so that you can bask in the glow of all things Swedish Christmas. I am happy to report I have that kind of love!   …

  • Savoring Christmas

       Getting out all the Christmas decorations have always been one of my favorite parts of the holidays. Even when I was a kid. I remember my mom would get down the box of ornaments from the attic and I would spend hours carefully unpacking them, sorting them, and finally declaring which one was ‘the…

  • Saint Nicholas

          Today I am happy to share with you a special painting I just finished– it’s St. Nicholas, in his more traditional form, with a group of little children outside a snowy village. I painted this piece as a gift to my church for the approaching St. Nicholas festival. Saint Nicholas Day is…