{Giveaway is Closed}
Can I just say how much I admire artists. Those who can pick up a paint brush, touch it to paper or canvas, and come up with a beautiful flourish of pretty strokes!  I do not have that ability and when I see someone who has a talent for painting, I really admire that.
Connie Snipes, from Charlotte, NC, has been painting a long time. In fact, in my emails with her, I found out she used to teach at the Walker School here in Marietta and is now retired. I went to the Walker School way back when it was Sprayberry High School, so it is indeed a small, small world.
Connie paints every day, painting plein air (meaning outside) or in her studio using photographs. She majored in art and studied at The Art Student’s League in NYC, Rhode Island School of Design in Rome, courses at different universities during the summer, and numerous workshops since she has been retired.
Connie has a pretty blog showcasing her paintings at Connie Snipes. You can see all her lovely smaller sized paintings, of places she has been and paintings that bring back those memories. From the coast, to the mountains and country, there is a little something for everyone in Connie’s paintings.
She also has her paintings in an online gallery, Daily Paintworks, and you can see more of Connie’s work. I adore original artwork and own a few pieces myself that I’ve been fortunate to find or have given to me. Those are pieces that I will never get rid of. It doesn’t matter if they came from an estate sale, yardsale or thriftstore, I will treasure those originals.
So, original artwork is not just for the wealthy. You can afford these originals!
Connie is offering up to one of my readers ONE of her original oil paintings and the winner can choose from one of these 3. They are all around 8 x 11 in size.Â
The Garden Shed
Wing Haven Garden
Noda Garden Shed, Charlotte
Connie let me choose a painting for hosting the giveway and here’s the one I got and it is so pretty. I can’t wait to find the right frame for it.
Twisted Tree Garden Tour, New Orleans.
I love it!
To win one of Connie’s 3 paintings above, click over to Connie Snipes and tell me your favorite painting that she has listed on her site.
Do you love original artwork?
I think you will see that Connie’s work is affordable and definitely beautiful!
Leave a comment and I’ll choose a random winner in a few days.
I love Landscape Abstraction and The Pond at Squirrel Park. Beautiful!
I’d be thrilled to win any of the three! What an incredibly talented and gifted artist. This would be the perfect addition to my wall of beloved things! Fingers crossed!
Beautiful paintings, Connie is such a talented artist. I love all the paintings featured, but ‘Wing Haven Garden, Charlotte, NC’ stood out. I think it’s the lovely pink blossoms.
I love original artwork and Connie’s paintings are wonderful! I especially like her Sunday Afternoon at Reedy Park. Too bad it’s sold.
Thank you for the chance!
Love Window at the Mint
Yes, Connie is very talented! I particularly like “The Garden Shed”.
What lovely paintings and I especially like the fact that so many of the places are familiar to me because I live in Charlotte.!
My favorite is probably Renfro Hardware in downtown Matthews because that is such a beautiful little town and one I visit often. But the Lavendar House really catches my eye too. I’m a sucker for any shade of purple.
Thanks for offering such a wonderful giveaway!
I love the Twisted tree garden. Beautiful colors..
What a wonderful giveaway. I visited Connie’s site and I absolutely love her work….Living in South Carolina now, I love the shrimp boat. Although I would be thrilled to win any of the three that is included in the giveaway!
Connie’s artwork is beautiful & I will be bookmarking her page! Somehow, I am especially drawn to “The Garden Shed”, but the other two paintings are gorgeous also. Thanks for introducing Connie to us!
Wing Haven Garden and Beautiful Afternoon Weather (those blues!) are my favorites!
Nods garden shed! Love, love, love! Thank you for highlighting a wonderful southern artist!
I LOVE the painting Wing Haven Garden. I have a room that I would put it in. Not to be too over sentimental, I will say that my sister had cancer and died in this room while on hospice.a year and half ago. I have recently redone the room but it lacks any art. The serenity of the picture would please her and it would be a beautiful addition to the room and to her memory. Thank you.
I love into the woods!
Oh! She is so talented and I love her paintings. Definitely my style! I love your blog Rhoda and I am sorry I don’t tell you more often. I look forward to every post!!
Those are so beautiful! I love the colors she uses, they’re all the colors I have in my house that make me happy. It would be really hard to choose, but I think my favorite is the Garden Shed.
Connie is a very talented lady…I love The Garden Shed it has my favorite colors, greens, blues, and oranges.
I love her paintings and her unique style. I love the colors in the Garden Shed ( walkway leading up to it and the tree overhanging that path). Thanks to Connie and you for the giveaway.
My favorite is Blue Porch Ceiling. It represents something so uniquely southern — have to have the ceiling painted blue. I remember telling my husband about the tradition when I asked that the ceiling on our porch be repainted and he thought we should change the color. Now when he sees a southern home without the blue porch ceiling, he makes a comments that they should paint it blue. (Actually he is not from GA so he was clueless.) I got so carried away by the Blue Porch Ceiling, I forgot to mention the one I like best out of the three: Wing Haven Garden.
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Love the Garden Shed and would love to see it hanging in my home soon!
Regards