This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley on portrait canvas.   I wanted to paint Dogwood and Lilies together but when I started to do it the Lord told me to put a cross in the painting so therefore I did not have room for the lilies. I will do another painting later with lilies in it.

Luke 14:27 "And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple."

This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley on Gallery Wrap Canvas and the size is 14x11. I wanted to paint a small church among all the trees and the large one in the foreground and put the light so it would focus on the church.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life."

This is an original oil painting of a Border Collie that I did for my brother.  He has worked with them for several years.
Border Collies are a sheep herding dog but also to get the geese off of the public water ponds and lakes because they make a mess especially on the sidewalks.

This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley on canvas. I was inspired to do this painting since my parents had a print of the Portrait of Christ that was hanging in our home when I grew up.
This one is a little different because I wanted to use red and purple in the background colors.
The scripture for this artwork is from Matthew 28:20 "And behold, I am with you always even until the end of the age."

John 6:35 "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never go thirsty."

This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley of "Corry" for my brother and sister-in-law. This dog has been dead for a while. It had heart problems and had to take medication.
It was a very good dog and my brother and sister-in-law miss it very much and never did get another dog.

"The Lion and Lambs"

I had the inspiration to do this painting after I had a friend at an art show ask me if I have ever painted a Lion and Lamb.  I told her I did not but I was going to.
I wanted it to look like an African scene with the Lion and the Lambs and added the two trees on the left where the Lion is laying down with the lambs.  I also wanted to have lions in the background to tie it all together and the trees in the background are like the ones in the foreground.  They are native to that part of the country.  I also wanted to add the trees and mountains in the far background for
added interest.

Isaiah 11:6 "The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and young lion and the
fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."


"Glade Creek Grist Mill"

I was inspired to paint this grist mill because I do like to paint old barns and grist mills.  This grist mill is very old and located
in the Babcock State Park in West Virginia.  There have been many photographers as well as artists who have viewed this
old grist mill and viewed by many people.

I had a lot of photos of this grist mill and made a composite so I could do it a little different than most of the photos I have seen of this grist mill.

Psalms 24:1" The earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwelleth therein."

Until next time, I will be working on another painting and thanks for viewing my art and my newsletter.
I have several paintings in mind that I want to do.

I had several photos of this Glade Creek Grist Mill and decided to do a composite and make it a little different.
This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley.
This grist mill is located Babcock State Park in West Virginia and many photos have been taken of this particular grist mill as well as artist
painting it too.

Psalms 24:1 "The earth is the Lords; and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwelleth therein."

This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley.
I had a friend ask me one time at a art show if I had very painted a Lion and Lamb, I had to say no. The scripture for this painting is from

Isaiah 11:6 "The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall live down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."

"Northern Cardinals"/ Mating Season

The Cardinal's identification has its crest, big conical bill, and black face set the male apart from any other red bird.  The brown
female always has some patches of red and a very conspicuous red bill.  Young are like females but may be darker (little or no red) and
have a darker bill.

The habits of this bird is at home in any habitat that includes dense thickets and tangles near open areas--field edges, woodland
borders, stream banks, open swamps, parks, and residential districts.  It is a non-migratory, but individual birds wander extensively, and
in many sections it is gradullay local residents.

The voice of the Cardinal is a rich, powerful, and pleasantly musical.  The song which often starts softly is a repetition of short,
whistled phrases in which some notes are usually run together.  After a few phrases on one pitch the bird generally changes to another.
A common song is written wet-year, wet-year, weet-weet-weet-weet, another wburty, wburty, wburty, wburty.  Call note is a sharp
clink.

The Cardinal is West Virginia's state bird and I also read that during the courting season the male will feed the female during their
courtship. 

"Cone Flowers"


I was inspired to paint these flowers from viewing some at a neighbors house that had some growing. They are interesting
and grow tall.

Cone flowers are native to Eastern and Central North America.  This virtually foolproof perennial offers gardeners little besides
reliability until recently.  In the last few years, however, plant breeders have released the beauty hidden within these rugged
wildflowers, creating double-flowered coneflowers, fragrant coneflowers in an astounding palette of new and vivid colors.

You can also view my art at www.Ruth-Housley.artistwebsites.com.  This is originally at Fine Art America.

I did not have my third painting that I was working on finished so it will be in my next newsletter.
Hope you enjoy these paintings.

This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley.  I was inspired to paint these Cardinals since I have them in my back yard feeding every day.  Since I put out a bird feeded I have
had Blue Jays, Cardinals, House Finches both male and female as well as a Brown Thrasher.  I have not seen a Brown
Thrasher before and it was such a pretty bird.

The Cardinal's identification has its crest, big conical bill, and black face set the male apart from any other red bird.  The brown
female always has some patches of red and a very conspicious red bill.  Young are like females but may be darker (little or no
red) and have a darker bill.

The habits of this bird is at home in any habitat that includes dense thickets and tangles near open areas---field edges, woodland borders, stream banks, open swamps, parks, and residential districts.  It is non-migratory, but individual birds wander extensively and in many
sections it is gradually local residents.

The voice of the Cardinal is rich, powerful, and pleasantly musical.  The song which often starts softly is a repetition of short, whistled phrases in which some notes are usually run together.  After a few phrases on one pitch  the bird generally changes to another.
A common song is written wet-year, wet-year, weet-weet-weet-weet-weet, another wburty, wburty, wburty, wburty.  Call note
is a sharp clink.

I also read in a bird book that the male during courting season will feed the female during the courtship.