Happy Easter walk....

Me & my FunnY BunnYs.......OH!!?? What a beautiful day for a walk!! This year I am so LoVin' the Spring greens....and Red Bud lavendar/fushia color....

Do you just LoVe the color of Red Bud trees???

A shy lil' Spring visitor..."Trout Lily" a wildflower I hope to see every Spring...they are so short lived...I was just reading the Iroquois Indians ate  the leaves to prevent conception...isn't that amazing?? The leaves are what give its name ...mottled like a trout...they grow in colonies ...there are colonies scattered thru' out the woods by the creek....

We begin the Easter walk...view down my road...Finnegan's our leader!! :)

Nature truly inspires me!

I do so LoVe Fairies...I even designed this for one of my birth certificates...I must paint some with trout lilies??

Closer view....I think the fairies tie vines to the flowers and ring them ...to call their children home...and maybe their turtles and toads?? :)

a future bobbi becker painting...hmmmm ...what shall I paint in the creek or on the rocks???

bobbi becker/Quote Queen NEW frames

Had a VERY inspiring day in the workshop today! Recently have added my hand sponged frames to my line & today I was looking at them & decided to add quotes to the frames...I adore hand lettering and quotes!! My son calls me the Quote Queen!

           "Good Clean FuN"  5x7 a friend of mine  said this quote recently & I LoVe it with this print ...playing in the mud is ALwaYS better shared!! :)...{Sorry bout the yellow glare on the pic}

"Fairy Boy on Toad" 5x7...since I live in the woods am very inspired by my "woodland" visitors...yes, I Love toads also :)...this quote I made up as I was designing these...was thinking bout my sons who LoVe playing in my woods...

My New Quote Queen frames....sponged lt. green or dove gray on white and then I hand letter the quote...

"Blowin' Dandelions" 5x7 this print was inspired by my youngest son out in my garden blowing dandelions when he was small...now he is graduating from college...sweet memory!! {sorry bout the glare on the pic}

"Fairy Girl on Turtle" 5x7 wouldn't it be nice to take a ride on a turtle? I have them in my woods and love them!! :)

"Catchin' Fireflies" 5x7 one of my FaVoRiTe childhood memories...truly a "jar of delight" ~full of lighting bugs!!

"Fairy Kissing Turtle " 5x7 I think I mighta' mentioned I LoVe turtles...this is another FaVoRiTe saying

bobbi becker helping Easter Bunny

Look what the Easter Bunny brought!! 

                     

bobbi becker bunnies

My dear friend Carol, and business partner, muse, at  Foxxy Moxxy suggested the bunny & moon...dear Cheryl , a customer visiting the shoppe while I was painting it came back & bought this sweet egg  when I finished it....then bought another for a girlfriend!

 The Easter bunny stopped by my workshop and dropped off some eggs for me to paint :)...Too much Fun!!

oooh you lil' lamb!!

I LoVe pansies...do you???

bobbi becker bunny pillows..so sweet to add Spring to your couch or bed!

NeW bobbi becker  frames for Spring!

They are paper mache' ...about 41/2" long...loved mixing the colors, sponging them ...then painting spring designs on them....they are $15 each ...available at Foxxy Moxxy , my shoppe in Gettysburg, located on the square, next to the Gettysburg Hotel, or be happy to ship them to you.....fill  your Easter basket with bobbi becker FuN!!

Sunday blogging with my Webmasta'

  I spent the afternoon,Sunday, updating my blog with my good looking, wonderful webmasta' son, Abe!!
LucKy me!!
We are truly "magic" together as we design , bouncing ideas off of each other to get the right 'bobbi becker" look......

It was snowing pink at Abe's house!!

Let the magic begin! My "webmasta'"  doing his stuff...so talented....Typical woman I just want the right colors!! :)

Our lovely meal at O'Donnells in the Kentlands...one of the BeST crabcakes...roasted red beet salad with goat cheese(one of my favorites!!) and steamed shrimp...FabULouS food!!  Starving Artists!!        

Let the chips fall as they may....

Blue Tortilla Chip Heart

This came rollin' outta the bag of blue tortilla chip bag

...how lucky am I??

 I took it as a good sign cuz'  I LoVE hearts...

have found leaves and stones shaped like hearts 

but this is the best one by far....I hope I don't eat it by mistake??

Life is a canvas....throw paint on it!

   

  I have started something NEW!! Painting on canvasses!! I saw a canvas at TJMAXX I really liked but thought ....I could do it better!!... so I bought some canvases and am totally inspired by a new creative outlet....I LOVE sayings and collect quotes....now I am illustrating them ...I am on fire!!


  Was so tickled we had snowy days as I got to stay home all warm and cozy with the woodstove & cookstove fired up and created ..music playing and Finnegan laying at my feet....paradise!!...I moved my paints down to the kitchen table in front of my french doors and windows so I could watch the snow & the birds as I was painting.......One of the canvasses I came up with...

"Whatever You Can Do..." --Goethe saying
18"x24"
Light gray blue background
Orders taken-$78 + shipping

"One Must Dare....Vincent Van Gogh saying
8x10
$38+ shipping
I painted this for my youngest son's birthday gift....one of my favorite sayings
Life is all bout' daring!!



"I Believe That Something"...found this in a magazine...yes it is my mantra :)
8x10
$38 +shipping



"Shoot for the Moon"
5x7
$38 + shipping
I painted one  of these for two of my sweet neices, who had a graduation party together

"Love Not What You Are."...Michael De Cervantes saying
8x10
$38 +shipping
It is another of my favorite sayings....so very true...
it is the season for hearts.
..although I am a big heart lover anytime of the year

"Love is ....from Corinthians
16x20
$98.+shipping
I did this canvas for a good friend  of my son's weddding gift

"Love Not What.....
same saying as above"
...just wee :)  this is 4"x4"

"Take Your Place....
18"x24"
$98 +shipping
I did this for my oldest son's birthday
I was so delighted ...after he opened it he promptly hung it on the walll!! ( It was his nugdging to put these canvasses on the blog....He thought the very 1st one above was a masterpiece.
"Whatever  You Can Do")
  ....Really?????
I am so lucky to have such encouraging sons!! They know I'm crazy and love me even more!!

Did you get a bobbi becker for Christmas??



"Lucy Playing in the Leaves"

Did you get a bobbi becker for Christmas?....these were some of the special orders I did for this Christmas season  I thought you'd enjoy ....and if you are very very good....who knows what Santa will bring next year ???

Jessica got an early bobbi becker Christmas gift!

She loved my "Jumping in the Leaves " and asked me to paint her beloved "Lucy", a French Bulldog,with THE cutest face....

playing in the leaves....too cute and such fun to paint!!

Two of my very favorite people recently had their 1st grandchild....and asked me to create a very special Birth Certificate for him...how lucky am I to be part of the JOY!!!??

Their son and his family live close to the beach and have a dog...so we brainstormed and came up with this design....

"Blake's Birth Certificate"

Another dear customer wanted a special birth certificate for her brother's 1st baby....The parents had a beloved bulldog named Winston, who I imagined as a "stork" bringing the baby to the new parents...soooo much fun to create...oh I do love silliness...and so did Heather and Todd! YAY!!

"Raymond Covert V
birth certificate"
How cool is that??? Number 5!!???
I was so off on it...
how often do you see a fifth generation with the same name?
---love doing this!! Lucky me!!

The sign I created for their Yoga Studio...

Mike called me and asked me to make a sign for the door to his wife's and daughter's yoga studio he was redoing for them for Xmas... I asked him....so what does she like??? Oh! He says she really likes Red-Tail Hawks...(all I need is a theme...its like planning a party!!) And he said the room's colors are purple and navy blue...I was already thinking purple for some reason,....Mike and I were on the same wavelength!

Matt stopped by and wanted to get a special gift for his wife for Christmas....a painting of their beautiful home....It just so happens that Matt is the son of the man I bought the stone from for my house. Dick had a barn that had ,sadly, burned down and I asked him if he wanted to sell the stone from it...he said yes but he wanted some of the stone,too for his son to build his house...how cool is that??... painting a house with our  shared  stone!  I was honored... 

It just so happens that lately in my "moon watching" there has been a ring around the moon and I have been fascinated by it ...so somehow that came out in this painting...I decided I LOVED the blue of the sky and made the trees darker(usually my paintings have a dark blue sky ...but I wanted to feel the moon's glow on a cloudy night )...the shadows of the trees on the snow...I could feel the snowy crisp night!?! I think this is one of mt best pieces of the year...I shoulda' paid him...it was effortless to paint as I listened to classical music in my studio...painting is such pure joy for me!!! FaaLaa La La Laaaaa

This is an original I did....somedays??? the faces just appear...like magic....I loved the expression on the lil' girl's face holding the basket....