Cowboy Troubadour :: Nursery

December 15, 2013

Recently I was contacted by my friend Kim to create a piece of artwork for their baby boy's room. The nursery designed for him is absolutely adorable, all it needed was a portrait of the family dog to display! I loved creating this piece for such a sweet family, and I know they are going to enjoy that baby boy when he gets here!

Also a BIG thank you goes out to my awesome mother for playing with baby Gabe so I could finish this in a timely manner!!

Here he is, Troubadour in all his glory:

Troubadour

24 x 36

Acrylic on Canvas

Artwork by Lauren Spindle on www.spindlelife.net

Dining Room Painting

September 18, 2013

Our dining room was in desperate need of a painting! I had found this interesting frame last year at a thrift store in Houston for $12! Preston and I decided a loosely painted landscape would be a good compliment to a kitchen that can be very busy at times.

I created this 18 x 24 piece with acrylic paints on watercolor paper.

Botanical Drawings :: Living Room

September 18, 2013

Preston and I finally decided on the style of artwork we wanted in our living room! After getting our sofas and coffee table in place, we decided on some simple botanical drawings to hang over the dark leather sofa. Our living room is getting pretty cozy, it will be a perfect place to watch movies and drink hot chocolate when the weather gets cooler! I also found a fiddle leaf ficus on sale at Home Depot that I just could not pass up, so it has joined the family.

I created the botanical drawings with watercolor pencils and acrylic paint. They are 16 x 20 on watercolor paper.

Let's not forget Preston's awesome Elk Sketch hanging over the fireplace!!

Poppies for Beth's Kitchen

September 10, 2013

My sweet mother-in-love needed some artwork for her beautiful kitchen that was remodeled last year! We found a painting in a store we liked so we used the same concept to create this piece to match her kitchen better! I hope you enjoy your poppy painting Beth!

Below we have Beth with her painting. I also showed some beginning stages of the painting process and Nana Libby modeling with the piece!

Beginning stages, adding texture and layers of paint!

Turtle Sunrise :: Illustration

March 21, 2013

I am so thankful for the opportunity presented to me earlier this year by my sweet and talented friend, Ann Higginbottom. Ann had been dreaming about the creation of this book for years and I was so honored when she asked me illustrate Turtle Sunrise. Illustrating a book has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl! I love how God is constantly placing people like Ann in my life to help me glorify Him and take me on new adventures. I hope you enjoy Ann's story of three turtle brothers and their journey to the sea!

You can purchase Turtle Sunrise here!

Thank you for taking the time to view some of my work :)

Darcy: Pet portrait

January 13, 2013

Darcy

8" X 10"

Acrylic, charcoal pencils on watercolor paper

In the collection of Sunni Clements

North American Wildlife

January 8, 2013

I was recently asked to create two paintings for a pediatric dentist's office in Texarkana, Texas. The theme was North American wildlife and I could not have been more excited to begin working on these paintings! When I was a little girl I was constantly drawing wild animals in my sketch books so getting to create them for children on such a large scale was really fun for me. Thank you Preston Spindle for taking these photos of me with my latest paintings and putting up with my big painting messes in our little home!