Golden Spike Decorative Painters

 2020 November Newsletter

Hello Ladies,

Can you believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  Where did the year go?  I certainly miss painting with the group.  This has been a hard year for everyone. 

Art has always been a reflection of society and what society is going through (boy, I can't wait to see how people have expressed themselves during this pandemic.)   Online classes have become popular.  I saw that Jillybean, Donna Dewberry, and other artists have been offering online courses as well as the Society of Decorative Painters (SDP).  Online is a good option, but there is nothing like taking a course with other artists. 

Until then, stay sane and pray 2021 is better!!!

Helen

A big thanks to everyone who have shared their pictures with us. We would love to see what the rest of you have been doing. So email them to us so we can post them in the next newsletter.

I know many of you have done little or no painting for any number of reasons, but we would like to hear from you. So drop me a email or text to let us know how you and yours are doing and we will post it next month. It's not the same as being together, but it will help keep us closer.

Nancy C.

Steve and I are doing well. That's because we haven't gone much of any place since this Covid thing started, not even the grocery store. I have my groceries delivered. Haven't even seem our family much, so I am getting really board, but at least we have stayed safe.

I haven't been doing any painting. My painting room as gotten kind of a mess, so I am starting to clean it up and so I can start working on some of my projects again. Hope we can get together to paint soon, until then stay safe everyone.

Carol D.

I have been crocheting shawls. Did a paint by number. Everyone is doing well here at the center. Hope all is well.

Gloria E.

Don and I are doing fine, thought Don is getting a bit unsteady on his feet and  a bit more forgetful. That big wind storm really hit hard here. Lots of trees and branches down. I lost a big limb in my walnut, but fortunately it got hung up in the tree and did not do any damage. We were lucky, even if we were without power for about a week.

Haven't done any painting. That raccoon did a number on the ceiling of my paint room and I haven't been able to get it repaired what with all the Covid stuff going on. I really miss everyone and hope to see you soon. If we can't get together before then, have a happy and safe holiday season. 

Pat R.

As the rest of you Bob and I are staying in and bored. We did scoot off to Flaming Gorge twice with our daughter and her girls and totally enjoyed the beauty of the great outdoors and animals. I am painting a Jillybean Santa right now and will post when finished. I haven't painted since Feb so this is refreshing for my soul. Bob was in hospital this weekend with pancreatitis so my second eye surgery had to be rescheduled to the end of Nov but will be ok. He is home on a liquid diet. Doing much better and I still have him so life is good. Love and miss you all. Stay safe and healthy out there my dear friends

Sandy R.

Doing fine here. I haven't done much painting since out last paint-in in February. I finished painting the mirror, but haven't antiqued it. I did get a few of trips in this summer, a couple to Idaho to see family and a trip along the Columbia River. It was really nice, but pretty much everything was closed due to Covid. I will be very glad when this year is over and hope next year will be better. Take care all.

Seeking Decorative Painter

Hello,

I Googled toll painting and discovered the Decorative Painters Society and located your email. We live in Salt Lake and my wife and I will be celebrating an anniversary soon.

Many years ago one of the craft projects done at craft stores was to glue very thick wood letters together forming individual's names. We have five children and I don't recall whether my wife did this object or whether a friend did, but we have all of our children's names in wood letters stacked on top of each other and it has hung in our home for many years.

At first it was toll painted and only had four names. Then a fifth son arrived and we could not leave him out so we added his name on top. But the toll painting was covered up. Actually, the toll painting style back then was just decorative paint dots.

I would like to pay someone to decorate the object as a surprise for my wife. It has a very sentimental meaning for her. The letters are about an inch and a half thick and it measures approximately twenty inches square.

Do you feel you could recommend someone I might approach? Do painters specialize in certain styles?

Best,

Dennis Lawrence

801-201-2673 cell

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