happy halloween~

{studio companion, adler, dressed as a "sweet green pea"}

from the studio, wishing all a

hAppy hAlloween

filled with lots of

sUgaR!

let's talk about hAiR!

it has only taken me 10yrs (ha!) to find "the" salon in nAshville, and i am sharing the secret with you! a chance meeting on a flight out of nASHville i met Shawn and the ensuing conversation lead to the discussion of occupations . . . a few weeks later i am walking out of his posh salon with a sassy new bob and color! eXceptional service from everyone, and did i mentions the luxurious back massage included with the hair wash! . . . i am a loyal client now!

check out their website here!

papaw's sheep

(acyrlic on canvas, 2011, M.Elliott)

i am always reminded of my papaw's "farm" when i around barnyard animals. as a child i loved visiting my grandparents in north alabama and getting to go to work with my papaw. after retiring from the real estate business he opened a feed store, that wasn't much more than a dusty old four sided building with bags of feed stacked on top of crates sitting on the floor, an occasional litter of puppies or kittens out front and a barn in the back that housed chickens, sheep and goats, rabbits and from time to time a horse,

. . .but to me it was a farm full of imagination! i know my papaw would be pleased to see me painting sheep!

three sheets-

(Three Sheets, acyrlic on canvas, 2011, M.Elliott)

When you’ve lost faith in yourself,

Let me l i f t the weight of sorrow,

Blow wind into your sail.

-copied

A big "thank you" to my dear friends

for rescuing me in the middle of the night.

darn spIders! got the best of me, but

got a little wind back in my sail.

SOLD!

("Graciousness", acrylic on canvas, 2011, M.Elliott)

how precious is GOD's grace

. . .

on a day that seems to rattle every laSt nerve,

experiencing affirmation and grace from the

ONE who is faithful, is restoring!

clearing and spinning-

(acyrlic on canvas, 24"x48", M.Elliott)

clearing and "spinning plates" that is . . .

its the turning of SEASONS that seems to aGitate a certain state of balance. the steam of hot summer days is slowly giving way to cooler fall winds. this subtle shift becomes a tension between the longing for the l o n g summer days to never end and an eagerness for that first crisP fall morning. its the anticipation of change.

its the clearing of a good Midsummer's feast,

spinning and turning plates, awaiting the haRvEST of fall.

Dilly Milly

(Dilly Milly, acrylic on canvas, 2011, M.Elliott)

i met sweet and curious miss "dilly milly"

on a farm in nashville, tn. i was reminded of her as i spent 8hrs in the car this weekend driving to and from oxford, ms enjoying the scenery of grazing COWS and goats; i have always loved l o n g car rides that follow along side pastures of grazing cattle and farm crops. this was a particularly great drive because not only was there lots of farm land and grazing cattle, but a number of pickup trucks full of fresh SUMMER produce for sale, including.....watermelon...and nothing is better than farm fresh watermelon on a hot summer day!