{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 really like the Noda Garden Shed painting.
Her paintings are just lovely! I would be pleased to win any of them…thank you for the opportunity! The Twisted Tree really caught my eye!
I love the Landscape Abstraction.
My favorite of the three beautiful paintings is “The Garden Shed.” Thanks so much for the opportunity to participate in this fun giveaway!!!
Blessings,
Haven
All are so beautiful but I particularly like The Garden Shed.
Connie is very talented. The Garden Shed is one of my favorites.
Ohhhhhh……. I love the twisted tree painting. Have a place ready for it in mtpy office. Thanks for the give a way.
All of the paintings are beautiful. I like the The Garden Shed – love the colors! Thank you for the introduction to this talented artist!
I like the Noda Garden Shed one!
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They are all just lovely–I especially like the Quiet Street–and the Garden Shed…
Oh my what a generous giveaway! The Garden Shed just makes me want to stroll down the path and see what’s around the corner.
Ooh, I’m looking across my living room, eying the perfect little spot for The Garden Shed!
I love all of the work of this artist!!!!
What a lovely give-away! I actually found two paintings over on Connie’s site that I really liked – “Cherries,” and “Renfro Hardware.” I thought “Cherries” was just really striking and different, and I travel to a lot of small towns so the hardware store really appealed to me!
Winged Haven Garden……..
she has some beautiful paintings on her site! I have to say that I enjoyed reading the comments below each one….it is hard to pick just one to like because I am partial to La paintings:)…
Lavender House, Key West is my favorite! I would love to own an original painting!
Beautiful! Connie is so talented. I especially love the Wing Haven Garden.
I love the Window at the Mint!
All her painting are gorgeous. My favorite of the three is Wing Haven Garden. I have the perfect spot for it. Photos of my kids will just have to go somewhere else…. 🙂
wing haven garden is my favorite!