Once upon a time, lesli devito was an actress living in new york city. Now she is a self-taught artist raising her family an old country farmhouse. She shares her adventures in parenting as well as her efforts to create a beautiful home for her family to live. With her imagination and a passion for decorating and making over old houses, she takes you into her world, the good, the bad and the old, with sometimes humorous results.
Here are the BARNS in my latest Gallery Show!!! “OLD RED”16″ x 20″ “BIG BLUE”30″ x 30″ “SUNNY”30″ x 30″ “Waiting”16″ x 20″ THE Colors are better and more accurate in this photo below… …and here is the secret deal. FIRST – sign up as a follower of THIS blog THEN – Let me know… Read More MY BARNS – and a SECRET DEAL for Followers!!!
You know HOW I LOVE to do makeovers of rooms in my house. And you know that it has been a while since I have done a good makeover. The last BIG one, besides the kitchen cabinets, was my Daughter’s 13 year old Birthday Bedroom Makeover almost a year ago. HERE I have been… Read More THE DINING ROOM MAKEOVER!
It was just a matter fo time. I have been so consumed with my paintings that I have not had time to obsess about the house, change colors…
We are at the Beach for Spring Break. we have been here for 2 days and and I have written no blog posts and have taken few pictures but I have read 2 books I have taken 5 naps and I am incredibly relaxed. Charlie loves the beach…because we are always around him… I feel like… Read More BEACH
“GRACIOUS”16″ X 20″$290 When I was 11-I was Horse Crazy. It all started …not because I was obsessed with horses, but because my best friend Alison Burnett was. Alison was from England and even had a bit of an English accent. Her Dad was was in the military and she moved about as much as… Read More GRACIOUS
I DID IT! The show is UP! It was like one of those “Top Chef” or “Work of Art” episodes where it is down to the wire and some last minute “loop hole” is thrown in to confound the process…in my case it was the realization at 9:30, after 3 paintings (of the total 16)… Read More ANOTHER OPENING – ANOTHER SHOW!!!
HERE are two more of the NEW paintings which will be in my show: “Gregory” and “SUZANNAH”
Consider this an open invitation! I hang the show tomorrow morning and the gallery opens at 11 am! The “Lillys” are perhaps my favorites of the paintings I do multiples of…I have done now 7 versions of this painting, and each is special in it’s own way and each of these very special cows I… Read More Fridays Painting: "LILLY ANNA"
It all started with the DRESS. and now… These flower girl dresses are dedicated to my sweet Nieces. “NINA”20 ” x 20″acrylic on canvas “HALEY”20″ x 20″acrylic on canvas These are my nieces, Nina (left) and Haley. They are big girls now, (15 and 16), but this is how I always picture them. Adorable, 15… Read More Thursday Paintings: NINA and HALEY
“SUNNY”30″ x 30″acrylic on Canvas
