lots of DESIGN lately

I have been on my computer more lately-- researching shows to enter, applying to shows, updating my website, working on t-shirt designs, and 2 new website designs for my dads two websites

one website is done: www.dandeecases.com
the others I will post soon

and here is the t-shirt design it is to raise money for a trip a bunch of girls and I are taking to Uganda, to an orphanage called Watoto, we are going to be working with Baby Watoto and I am designing this shirt so we can raise money for the $1,000 donation each of the women on the team has to make straight to Watoto because we are going.

two verse paintings

two more commissions last week, both with scriptures...

recent commissions

a piece I made to thank our sweet sweet friends, Nathan and Christy Nockels
for singing at our wedding...
"by our love" is one of their songs

i just love doing wedding photo commission paintings... the photos are always so nice that it would be hard to mess it up, plus since I just got married its still fun to do wedding related things!

valentines day commissiona mirror commission with just abstract colors, refreshing...
this photo was obviously before the mirror was in the frame

some of these are not exactly "recent" but I have never shown them on the blog or my website, which I am in the process of updating in a major way.




all of the kids & grandkids gave this to grandparents for Christmas, I thought it was so sweet

A fun new twist on mirror commissions, she sent me some of her favorite polaroids and I put them on a mirror and added her favorite quotes...

this family has a heart for Missions and commissioned me to do a piece on top of an old map which was fun...

the last six women

and she was brought to her (pharaoh's daughter); 57" X 24"; $700

For the last few years I have been working on a series of paintings of Women of the Bible called "Embody"... many of them have sold and I have begun a new series entitled "Spills and Coverings"... only 6 women from the Embody series still spend time with me in the studio... :)

she removed her widows garments and covered herself with a veil,
wrapped herself and sat in an open place (Tamar); 48" X 24"; $500

their father said, 'let me bring them out to you and you can do with them as you wish'
(Lot's daughters); 48" X 48"; $900

but she treasured all of these things, pondering them in her heart
(Mary with Jesus); 48" X 24"; $600

he did not recognize her for she had covered her face (Tamar); 24" X 18" ; $300

he noticed a woman of unusual beauty and sent someone to inquire
(Bathsheba); 48" X 24" $500

you can view the rest of the series Embody on my website

"A Common Thread" Memphis Theological Seminary

in an effort to catch up a little bit, here are photos from my most recennt solo show
"A Common Thread" at Memphis Theological Seminary March 10- April 2

it was nice to have another show with my series "Embody" of all the women in the Bible paintings as this series comes to a quick close and pieces sell.

one of the newer works for the show, "she was not forgotten"

they had a beautiful table decorated with great food and desserts for the opening, they were extremely welcoming and the opening was so nice

I said goodbye to Jochebed, some really sweet people bought this painting during the show.

only a few pieces from this series remain... that leads me to the next post