Cuckoo Craze

There is a mysterious broken cuckoo clock sitting over my work table.  I always imagine painting it's light brown exterior in white with accents of pastel pink, blue, and minty greens.  Finally after years of staring at it dreamily, I started googling cuckoo clocks online and to create a series of small paintings of clocks on paper. The first few were enthusiastically painted...

   I don't have a lot of acryllic paint but I do have a little left over from when I painted Puppy's rosy cheeks and blue pants.  Just perfect!!! The next have become a little more refined...(click for enlargement) My husband suggested a teeny brush might heighten the charm...

and I soon realized I could capitalize on this nostalgic feeling to encompass other objects like say this phonograph...

I am really looking forward to some quiet time tomorrow to listen to 'Heidi' on tape and make as many more as I can before leaving for Christmas when the cuckoo spell may be broken.