Pet Portrait Metamorphosis

It all started with a photo of Valerie from The Pink Pony blog...

A colourful chair for her to sit on...
A sketch...
A small painting for approval... then the sketch is enlarged...
Paint is applied...
"Valerie" is complete!
If you have a photo of your family pet... or should I say "your furry loved one"... and you don't like the background... NO problem... Send me the photo of "furry" and the background you desire... and Voila... YOUR IDEAL PORTRAIT! Simply contact me... let's get started!!!

Don't Forget to come shop at "Fifiby's Art Auction" on TOMORROW... starting at 12:00AM PST until 11:59PM PST... Flower themed artwork will be up for auction... grab your number paddles... I've got my gavel!

Bronte's Garden...

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For those of you ... me included... experiencing stay-in-doors weather... I thought I would bring you to an amazing indoor garden... the NYC apartment of a woman named Bronte...

This is Bronte... does she look familiar... yes... this is the set of Green Card...

Her garden extends outdoors to a rooftop garden...I thought with such dreary weather Bronte could use a dress like this to brighten her day while gardening... watering... of course she has practical garden boots... Such a lovely greenhouse... perfect for dining...
Won't you join me... a little red wine... mixed field greens with warm fried goat cheese and a lovely champagne vinaigrette... crusty French baguette... along with an apple tartlette for dessert...Stay as long as you like enjoying the gardens... the wine (yes... I have a few bottles)... and the sounds of Enya (from the movie soundtrack)... BUT... you must promise to pop over and visit Beverly of How Sweet the Sound to see what all the PINK girls are up to on this PINK Saturday!

Paintings in this post are for sale... and they are also available as prints and frameable notecards.

Don't Forget to come shop at "Fifiby's Art Auction" on Tuesday... Flower themed artwork will be up for auction... grab your number paddles... I've got my gavel!

Weekend on its way...

I'm walking on air... ooh what A Beautiful Life... it's the weekend... what to do...Time to limber up to dance... Ride a bike... although the skirt is soooo tight... walking the bike is a better idea...
Head to the orchards to pick fruit...
Walk the dog... Belette, is that you and Lily?
Sing while lying on a grand piano or paint a singer lying on a grand piano...

What will you be doing this weekend? Maybe coming along with Fifi on a VIRTUAL trip to??? Whatever you do... ENJOY your Beautiful Life! Now pop over and visit The Inspired Room's goals for A Beautiful Life!!! And while you're popping over there... why not pop over to visit Hooked on Houses... you saw all the things I'm hooked on for the weekend... see what Julia is Hooked on this Friday!

Photo inspiration via Vogue

Trust Me... Good Chemistry...

On January 26th tune in to TNT's Premiere episode of Trust Me @ 10pm(ET/PT)...The chemistry of this cast is great! The premiere episode is very viewer friendly... each character's name is type on the screen when they first appear.

I must say I was excited to see this show... loved Eric McCormack in Will & Grace and Tom Cavanagh in Ed... their new characters Mason (McCormack) & Conner (Cavanagh) are very likeable as well both on screen and off screen...

This "drama" includes a lot of laughable moments between the main characters...

Monica Potter as Sarah a fellow ad copywriter supplies a nice female counterpart to the zany two... this scene is classic...
I ADORE theses two junior creative teamplayers Tom and Hector played by Mike Damus and Geffory Arend... their characters are scene stealers for sure!
Remember this is a drama... so there are so tense moments between the two very different characters... married versus single, serious versus zany...
But what is that old saying... opposites attract... and these two characters make the best of friends for a hit show!
I must say I enjoyed the premiere episode, but I truly LOVED the second episode... "TNT, I will be tuning in!

A NEW SEASON of The Closer begins January 26th @ 9:00pm ET/PT before the premiere of Trust Me. I am not a follower of this show, but I watched the Season opener and it was a very interesting show... I love how the mysteries unfold, and this show too has a great cast. I would be happy to watch it again.

A last look at Italy (for awhile)...

Les Cotrions' photo from Lucca... Winner of my last Ooh la la Giveaway... the photo turns into a SOLD painting...

Paul of Kitchen and Residential's photo from Ravello gardens... becomes "Ravello Garden Ballerina" SOLD painting...
Let Fifi Flowers turn your favorite photos into paintings! Recaptured and treasured moments!
These paintings are AVAILABLE as prints and frameable notecards!

Tuesdays @ Fifi-by's Art Auction

Hello Art Lov-ers... I'm going to try a NEW FEATURE to my blog... Tuesday @ Fifi-by's (like Sotheby's) Art Auction. I will display a few of my ORIGINAL PAINTINGS and you can bid on them... bidding will start at 15.00 (shipping will be added to the final bid... 5.00 USA... 10.00 EVERYWHERE else) Bidding will be ONE DAY only... beginning at 12:00 am and ending at 11:59 pm. Purchases will be via Pay Pal.

If you are bidding on any of these paintings... keep checking back so you don't lose out on YOUR PAINTING!

If these paintings do not appeal to you... PLEASE suggest paintings YOU WOULD LIKE to see on the auction block! I'm sure there is a PAINTING FOR EVERYONE!!! "Tuesdays @ Fifi-by's Art Auction" will be a REGULAR FEATURE ON MY SITE thanks to KATHLEEN ELLIS' fabulous mentioning of my site along with her many suggests and great advice... be sure to visit her regularly!!

Let's Start today off with a trip to Italy...

Tuscany Picnic
3.5" x 8.75" acrylic on archival paper

If you would like to bid... leave YOUR BID AMOUNT in this comment section... opening bid 15.00... please increase the bid by at least 1.00... Good Luck!

CLOSED WINNER IS Petunia

Uffizi Bicycle
3.5" x 8.75" acrylic on archival paper

If you would like to bid... LEAVE YOUR BID in this comment section... opening bid 15.00... please increase the bid by at least 1.00... Good Luck!
CLOSED WINNER is Renae

Pisa al Fresco Dining
4.25" x 7" acrylic on archival paper

If you would like to bid... LEAVE YOUR BID in this comment section... opening bid 15.00... please increase the bid by at least 1.00... Good Luck!

CLOSED WINNER is Mama

Amalfi Coast Tulips GIVEAWAY...

Brought to YOU by popular DEMAND... seriously... BY DEMAND... some bloggers are very pushy ;)... I made a comment that I was going to paint the PINK tulips in my Pink Saturday post, but I ran out of time... and I got DEMANDS that I MUST paint them... so I didn't want anyone crying or yelling at moi... so I complied with the demands... BESIDES... I really was dying to paint them... so here they are...

Pink Tulips on the terrace of "Lil Bee's Honeymoon Villa"...

Pink Tulips up close and personal in "Pink Tulips at the Capri Boutique Hotel"...

These paintings are AVAILABLE... as a print or frameable notecards!!! I'm HAPPY I painted them! If anyone else would like to DEMAND I paint something... send me a link! Who knows... it might inspire me to paint it!

Fifi Flowers has entered The original painting "Pink Tulips at the Capri Boutique Hotel" in a GIVEAWAY!

You can be the winner of this painting! All you have to do is leave a comment and the winner will be drawn randomly on February 12th @ 10am PST!!! This GIVEAWAY is open to EVERYONE AROUND THE WOLRD! Learn more about other giveaways by clicking on the globe above! GOOD LUCK!!! Tell you friends!!! Make sure I can contact you via your blog or email!!!

Don't Forget "Fifi-by's Art Auction" house opens TOMORROW... Italian themed artwork will be up for auction... grab your number paddles... I've got my gavel!

INTERESTED in seeing MORE of the AMALFI COAST.. pop over HERE to see more photos of Ravello!!! ENJOY!!!