Just Around the Corner.....

Spring is just around the corner. I can feel it.
This framed original painting is newly listed in my Etsy shop

This is a nice little photo of a mushroom amongst the burning bush foliage in our garden this past fall.

New in the Shop

These prints are now available from my online shop. There are blank note cards and original paintings too! PatriciaMonkey.com

Thank you so much for looking,
xo Patti

There is a Whale in the Garden

I just finished a new painting. It will be on display at The Rehoboth Art League through August.
I love the idea of things being askew and a whale in the garden is just that. He's not sure how he got there....but he likes it and so do all the garden creatures. Thank you so much for looking at my work.
xo, Patti

a whale in the garden by patti backer. all rights reserved.

I'm so excited to announce that my work will now be available at Bungalow Love in our pretty little hometown of Berlin, Maryland. The shop is owned by Heather Layton and is full of amazing goodies. I will be there this coming Friday. May 11th from 5 till 8 with lots of new furniture and paintings. It's also Ocean98 Mayday Playday. A lineup of awesome local music and fun stuff.  I still have small one of a kind paintings on wood available at Berlin Coffee House. Art makes a great original gift!  It's going to be FUN! I hope to see you there.

our beautiful old magnolia tree

this is our antique magnolia soulangiana. (saucer magnolia)
for the last few weeks it's just been beautiful.
we thought we might lose the blossoms to the snow, but thankfully that didn't happen. hooray.

we have also removed all the ivy from it's trunk. i'm sure the tree feels so much better.
now it is covered in bright, juicy green leaves. i love to be in the second floor of our house because it feels like we are in the top of this tree.
do you have a favorite tree? i don't think i could narrow it down to just one.

snake in a tree

yesterday was beautiful! actually hot. we were unloading our new lawnmower when i saw something shiny in a nearby tree.
it was this really pretty black snake.

 he was about 9 feet up and just swaying in the wind. we think he had just come out for the season and was trying to get as close to the sun as he could.

jason was super excited :)

2011 philadelphia flower show

the garden of Mary Shultz and Carl Goldhagen, Girdletree, Maryland - my aunt and uncle.

i'm really really looking forward to the philadelphia flower show this year. it's in early march.
i love walking in and being softly hit in the face with the smell of dirt and hyacinths. the theme this year is -springtime in paris- ooh lala