Latest ANTIQUE Paintings for Sale & a Angel Sighting

Long time no blogging here. Many reasons, will not bore you all with them. I wanted to show you a few antique paintings I bought to re-sale this weekend, and then tell you of a angel sighting my son and I had later. the painting above is a 1860-70's oil on canvas of a wealthy Southern widow. Love her jewelry. It is mourning jewelry from back then. all of these can be found on my ebay site here.

Nice antique landscape of birch trees and pond, circa late 1800's in shabby gesso frame.

Very cool antique folk art handmade American picture frame with star corners.

Hauntingly beautiful oil on wood French portrait of young girl with long hair. The dealer I bought this from said it came out of a home in Charleston, SC. It was supposed to have been included in the estate sale he was organizing there, but it was left behind in closet, so lucky me. Now it is for sale on eBay here.

Great one of two vintage oils I bought of attractive black women, circa late 1940's Jazzy Big band.

The larger of the two black women portraits, circa late 1940's, Big Band hairdo, outfit.

Antique Oil on board of man in boat on river, gold gilt frame. I will be  listing this

 soon.

Wonderful vintage oil of woman in soft pink dress and bonnet, circa 1940's time frame. She is listed on my etsy site here.

Now let me tell you what we saw/experienced at the antique show this weekend. My young son was with me, helping me and shopping a bit himself. I walked up to him after I had been paying for some artwork, and he had a small car in his hand. I asked him if he wanted to buy another car ? He says the man gave it to him. I fish around in my purse, looking for a dollar to give the dealer, as I turn around and look for him...I notice he is in a wheelchair.

He only has one leg.

He is overweight, and does not look in good health.

I offer him the dollar, handing it towards him.

He shakes his head , waves his hand no, and touches a button on his throat to speak. He raspily says ' No, he can have it, I have boxes of them."

I asked him if he was sure, he waves his hand again and tells me yes, and I smile at him, he smiles back.

I thank him, my son very quietly thanked him, and we walked off.

I told my son, " Can you believe that man, he has nothing much, missing a leg, can't speak without a special larynx box button, yet he was kind enough to give you something for free. Just for the pleasure of seeing you happy."

I then told my son, " Out of all the beautiful antiques and artwork we have seen out here, his actions, he himself was the most beautiful thing we experienced."

My son looks down walking, considering what I said.

I tell him ," He was like an angel."

Then we walk in another building and look for me more paintings.

My son and me outside of the famous Husk restaurant in Charleston, SC last month

He is my size now, we were eating lunch on a sweltering day in July at the famous Husk restaurant in Charleston in the above shot. Quick re-cap of what's what with me, my oldest daughter is having a baby this November( yeah!), and it is a very exciting time. Still working and selling online with my paintings and antiques, and also letting my hair grow in naturally, no more color. So a nice silver and dark brown showing up, seen a bit in the above shot. A big deal for a woman these days as women feel forced to color their hair until eternity in the hope of looking young forever. BTW-won't work. Now when I see women who color their hair that are my age, also  younger and older, the color always looks like it doesn't 'go' with their face( to me). The darker colors look too dark usually, the blonds looks too yellow. And now I notice the ' fake ' look to many colored hairdos. Though I realize it is too each person to decide whether they want to keep coloring or not. I decided to go against the flow of modern culture, and just be me. I hope I set an example for younger women( and my own age) I know, of allowing a woman to be attractive and gray/silver, and not try to look 25-35 forever. A losing battle from the get go.

I decided to get off that train( the hair color train), and be authentic , just as I am. It so far is not easy, but I am plugging away and not giving up.

So very slowly, ever soooooo sllllllooooowwwwly, you'll see me become a silver sista of sorts. Will be back with a garden entry next.

Many blessings,

Gina

Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness. Proverbs 16:21

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Vintage Portrait Oil Paintings

Here are some recent vintage portrait paintings I have for sale. Circa 1930-70's time frame. The above are a set of hand-painted oils over photos, 1950's. They are being sold separately, and both have bids at present.

 Mr. Handsome cool guy was SOLD last week. Late 1930's.

 Retro 1980's small oil, will be put on my site soon.

Fab late 1930's oil of a too handsome man .

Beautiful nude 1940's portrait of confident nude blond woman.

Hobbyist oil portrait, late 1950's, of a woman with a sash on her dress.

Great vintage 1960's oil on board, Italian woman.

Wonderful Impressionist portrait of woman in white, circa 1940's.

 Another 1960's oil on board of woman in burgundy.

Witchy woman with cat, 1960's oil on board.

 1960's great Impressionist woman with large cross portrait.

 Retro , space age, futuristic vintage portrait of punk woman , circa 1960-80's time frame.

1960's hobbyist portrait of redhead, Impressionism oil on artist canvasboard.

Precious 1960's oil on canvas of brother and sister, looks like Dick and Jane from the primer books.

All and many more can be found here,  or here on etsy if they have not sold yet.
Thanks for looking,
Gina
AntiqueARTGarden

Antique ART Garden NOW at SLEEPY POET Antique Mall in Charlotte, NC

I wanted to let some of my East Coast shoppers know that I am now in Sleepy Poet Antique mall in Charlotte , North Carolina. If you click the link above , it will tell you all about it, the hours and days etc., and driving directions. 55,000 S.F. of antique shopping! The picture above is sort of the beginning of my booth there...

I will be bring items in, probably every week or every 10 days or so. Many items I brought from my site on ebay to here. My booth is located next to the drink and snack area. You can't miss it, large sign above it...that if you lean your head back as far as you can, and get a crick/spasm in it...then you will see this up top...

A absolutely, undoubtedly ' handmade' sign by Mrs. AAG herself. That is my dealer code too, but you can just ask up front where Antique Art Garden is or where Gina's booth is with all the paintings and hopefully someone can direct you.

Hollywood Regency pair of armchairs, circa 1950-60's in front for sale, young son crouched between them is already SOLD ( he's mine).

So much to do there still, more artwork, my husband is building me a shelf for more smalls...have to fill up a booth you know. My husband and my young son helped me move in yesterday. My son  was happy, my husband half-happy and half-grouchy as he was the one on the really tall ladder hanging my artwork. I was mainly annoyed at myself for not bring more artwork, it was hard to gage how much I needed, and we do not live in Charlotte. So I couldn't just run down to the mall and measure. etc.

Please stop by and shop, if not in my space...any of the hundreds of venders booths, you will really enjoy yourself. It is my favorite mall, full of the nicest employees around.

I'll be in touch with more( and better pics), when I get my booth more filled up.

Bless you all,

Gina

AntiqueARTGarden

Some More GREAT Vintage Portraits For SALE :

I decided to show you guys some more vintage portraits I found, most of these are for sale in my eBay store, a few may be sold. On my search statistics, these postings( about vintage portraits) are at the very top under Charleston gardens and art. So I decided to throw another on. All of this artwork and more can be found  here .

 The one above is a 1940's oil on canvas board portrait. Very Latin/Italian chic.

Another 1940's oil on board of a terribly beautiful woman. For sale.

Close up, very Hollywood Glam

Another one by the same artist, 1940's oil on board. I sold two others, these are the last three left of that grouping.

1950's Peruvian oil portrait.

Close up, this portrait is oil on canvas, and has a companion oil of a woman in ethnic South American, Peru, garb on. For sale.

Awesome late Art Deco 1940's large oil of handsome black man, SOLD.

Very large oil on canvas, 1960's woman in pink beret. For sale.

Little army cadet boy 1960's. SOLD.

Large vintage nude on canvas, for Sale.

Large oil on canvas of woman in peasant gypsy garb 1940-60's. For sale.

Victorian , 1800's oil on canvas, Madonna and Jesus, for sale.

Close-up.

1920's precious little girl portrait, SOLD.

Beautiful woman in roses hat original oil on canvas 1920's. Needs some restoration, for sale.

1940's original oil on canvas by artist Helen Seydel . Gorgeous painting.

1940's Vintage nude oil on artist board. For sale.

Antique Victorian Portrait Blond woman in pink chiffon w/ rose, Listed artist C.A. WHIPPLE, dated 1906 in period frame. For sale.

All of these ( except the sold ones), can be found here. Once you get to that page, click the headings to the left under vintage portraits, antique portraits or vintage nudes to find these and more.

Thanks much for letting me share a few of these with you all,

Gina

More 1950's Vintage PORTRAIT Paintings & Antique Landscapes & What-Nots

Here is a gorgeous 1800's oil on canvas, romantic landscape of a woman in the woods, remembering love, that I have listed on Ebay.

Rich colors, expertly painted, highly detailed. It can be found here.

A pair of English Victorian landscapes, oil on canvas, late 1800's. They can be found here, when you find one, go through my store and you can find the other.

Unusual, rare large size Art Deco 1930's wedding portrait. She can be found here.

Let me show you some more vintage portraits...

1950's blonde beauty-SOLD.

1930's oil on artist board, actress Constance Bennett , this can be found here.

I bought all these together, I have sold the two on the sides already. Movie starlets from the 1930's.

1940-50's large Original oil on canvas Still life with Violin, books, masterfully painted. Look at how even the lace/crochet is painted with intricate detail.

 It can be found here.

Vintage 1950's oil on artist board of woman with cup of tea. This is on auction now.

Another 1950's oil of woman, Society lady with mink. She can be found here.

Small French tapestry done in the Art Nouveau style with Mary and Jesus, and angels. It can be found here.

Antique French gilt over bronze candle mirrored sconces. Great condition. They can  be found here.

1940's oil on canvas of attractive brunette , signed. She can be found here.

1950's oil of brunette, SOLD.

1960-70's original oil Impressionist style woman. She can be found here.

Super fun 1950's oil of woman in pink. SOLD. More portraits that ARE for sale still can be found here.

Antique, early 1900's Waterbury late metal clock with decorative woman and peacock. It can be found here.

Thanks again for letting me show you a few paintings, portraits, and what-nots I have found.
have a nice, peaceful evening,
Gina