Harpeth Pres Silent Auction

This is from a while back and I never posted it until now. My church in Franklin, TN, Harpeth Presbyterian has a silent auction every year. This year, I was asked to put a piece in and gladly painted something for them!

It went for $100!

Here's a picture of the side of the canvas. No need to frame!


And there's my piece over to the far right!!
A closer look to some of the detail on the side of the frame.

And tada! This is the final piece. I believe it was a 9x12"?

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY LONGER!!!


So I'm changing the course for the blog. Not sure if it's going to be just for this post, or if I'm going to add to it a lot more often now with inspirational pulls within interior design. I can't help it! I spend all of my free time (and lots of work time too) on stumbleupon.com and all these great other blogs that are all DIY.

I'm addicted to shabby chic. Well...we could put it in MUCH broader terms.

Shall we say "French Country/Shabby Chic/Sophisticated yet fun(?)
I'll probably add to that list of styles in a good 5 seconds flat.

So...this picture is not worth a thousand words...but a bajillion feelings everything I love!
(EXCEPT ONE MAJOR CHANGE WOULD HAVE TO BE THE OLE MISS SCHEDULE INSTEAD OF ARKANSAS...YUCK!)

Favorite aspect of this interior: the drawer pulls. It's my problem solver! I've been on the search for 8 pulls with the interior being 3.5" wide for over a year because the one I had was missing some. And I searched and searched, thought I found the perfect ones at Anthropologie, (the website even said they were 3.5" between screws!), to find out that they were 1/4" short. Ugah!

So this solves it! Just gotta find some awesome fabric (maybe scarves?) for the pulls now!

I'll post my new desk that I painted later! (And I just got a coffee table that I'm going to paint at Vet Thrift for $10 today!!) So definitely more to come!


Etsy Bound!

So I'm on Etsy now! For those of you not addicted to Etsy yet like I am, it is a site where people can sell and buy original artwork.


So please shop and stay a while!


"You Wish Goldfish" 2x2.5" in 7x9" frame

"The Old Man Is Snoring" 2x2.5" in 7x9" frame

"Hydrangeas in Mint Julep Cup" 2x2.5" in 7x9" frame

Double Decker was a HUGE SUCCESS!

Thanks to everyone who came out and supported my first art show!
I had a great show and SOLD OUT! Definitely a wonderful learning experience for me.
Double Decker on the Oxford Square April 25th
(They had to change it to Sunday because of weather--there were 40+ tornados in Mississippi on Saturday!)

My little set up on the ground in front of Mom's awesome paintings :)



"My Mascot" 3.5x5" mixed media

"Grove Girl" 3.5x5" mixed media


"My Saturday Spot" 3.5 x 5" mixed media




"His Truth is Marching On" Frame mixed media
acrylic, oil, paper
Close up!


"My Memories" 4x6" mixed media
paper, watercolor, oil

Spraying before

"Dixie Dress" frame mixed media
paper, acrylic, oil


5x7" "My First Grove" mixed media
paper, acrylic, oil, marker



Less is more?


This is a new collage that I just did.

I'm really liking the small canvases these days. Maybe less is more?

Double Decker-Oxford, MS April 24th


I am so excited for this year's Double Decker Festival in Oxford, MS on Sat, April 24th!

My mother (Streater Spencer) and I will have a tent filled with artwork set up in front of Downtown Bar & Grille.

Here are just a few of the many paintings I'll be showing.

"My Mascot" ~4x6"


"Perfect Saturday Setting" 4x6"




"His Truth is Marching On" 7x9"

"Emma Jean's Halloween Trick"

These are the illustrations for the book "Emma Jean's Halloween Trick." This is the first book of the seven part series that I am currently illustrating.

Reminder: I am going to watercolor them once I get all seven books drawn out!

ENJOY!