And Your Little Dog, Too! By K. Henderson

And Your Little Dog, Too, 28 x 22,  oil on linen

I don't know about the weather where you live but we are expecting the usual spring winds:  50 mph this week. 

Time to watch The Wizard of Oz again.

 
The title of the painting comes from the line in the Wizard of Oz "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" spoken by the Wicked Witch of the West.

Shining Star by K Henderson

Shining Star, 10 x 8, oil on Board

This is the first in my most recent Old Maid Cards trilogy. The theme of these three is Cowboys and Indians.

Available

 

Cowgirl Clarabelle by K Henderson

 

CowGirl Clarabelle, 10 x 8, oil on board

This is the third painting  in my most recent Old Maid Cards trilogy. The theme of these three is Cowboys and Indians.

Available

Corny Cowboy by K Henderson

Corny Cowboy, 10 x 8, oil on board

 

This is the second  in my most recent Old Maid Cards trilogy. The theme of these three is Cowboys and Indians.
Available

 

Flight by K Henderson

Flight , 10 x 8, oil on board

 

This Trompe L'Oeil painting is from My Old Maid Series

Available

 

Coca Cola Cowboy by K Henderson

Coca Cola Cowboy, 30 x 30, oil on linen

With that title, of course it has to have a Coke Bottle in the painting. I've had this bottle for some time now and finally got to use it in a painting. Wow! Definitely more complicated than I expected but I'll be painting it again.   

Available

 

Orbit by K Henderson

 

Orbit, 20 x 30, oil on linen

Here's my latest Trompe L'oeil painting in my Vintage Board Game series. This game was manufactured by Parker Brothers in 1959.

My Orbit game is in pretty good shape. Fortunately, I have 2 very beat up Monopoly games that I used for inspiration for the tape, dents and dings.


Available

Flying Aces by K Henderson

 

Flying Aces, 24 x 48, oil on linen

This is my my most recent painting from my Vintage Board Games series. FLYING ACES No.72  was published by Selchow & Righter Company , New York, NY. 1940. Artwork by William Longyear.

Fortune telling Cat by K Henderson

 

Fortune Telling Cat, 24 x 30, oil on canvas

Who can resist a cat that can tell the future? I really like these vintage fortune telling cards because they look like they were hand painted.

The Black Cat is against a green background, winking as though he holds all your secrets in his hand.

The transparent tape keeps the box together. 

Batman Puzzle by K Henderson

Batman Puzzle, 30 x 36, oil on linen

 

Basic puzzle:  pieces are intended to be put together in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution.

British engraver and mapmaker, John Spilsbury, created the first jigsaw puzzle in 1700 when he mounted a map on a sheet of wood which he then sawed around each individual country.  Spilsbury used his product to aid in teaching geography.

My Batman Puzzle was manufactured by Milton Bradley in 1966.

The Batman Cookies (also a puzzle since they are pieces put together in a logical way) were baked by me last week.

Available

 

Barbie Queen of the Prom by K Henderson

 

Barbie, Queen of the Prom, 24 x 36, oil on linen

All the the Vintage Game Board paintings I've been creating recently have been 'Boy' games (Cowboys, Indians, Super Heroes). I decided it was time to do a 'Girl' game. And what could be more Girly than Barbie, The Famous Teenage Fashion Doll?

My favorite barbie accessory is the Cat-Eye sunglasses. This game includes Boyfriend cards and  Formal cards among others. And what teenage girl could live without her Telephone?

This game has a copyright date of 1960 from Mattel. In this game you are Barbie. You win if you are the first player to be crowned Queen of the Prom. But in order to win you must have a steady boyfriend, a prom dress and be elected president of a school club.

Straight Arrow by K Henderson

                                     Straight Arrow, oil on linen, 30" x 40"

One of my favorite board Games! I grew up in an era where kids played "cowboys and Indians".

Available

Robot Sam The Answer Man by K Henderson

Robot Sam The Answer Man, 36 x 30, oil on linen

Here's my most recent Vintage Game oil painting. Robot Sam is an electric quiz game made by Jacmar Mfg. Company in 1954. It's a battery operated game with question and answer cards. You touch a wired probe to the question and try to match the answer using the second probe . If you answer correctly a small light glows.

This yellow and red box with the image of a happy robot has taped corners.

Detail

 

Tek- No- Krazy

 

Tek-No-Krazy, 30 x 30, oil on linen

Here's another game that I had to paint once I saw it. The game is small, about 8" x 8" and I thought it deserved to be seen BIG.

I'm not sure of the exact date this game came on the scene but, obviously, it was when we were still in awe of outer space, robots and flying saucers. Some of us still are.Available

The Mouse by K Henderson

                                                The Mouse, 24" x 24", oil on canvas 

This Mickey Mouse card game was manufactured around 1946 and was included in a 'six pack' of other card games. The box measures 2.75" x 1.875".

I love the old yellowed tape and the beat up edges. Mickey Doesn't mind. He just keeps on smiling. Did you know that Mickey Mouse had his 96th birthday in 2024?

Available

 

One Lonely Night by K Henderson

One Lonely Night, 40 x 30, oil on linen

I love pulp fiction. I love the hard boiled detectives, the femme fatales and the witty dialogue. Mostly I love the cover art of the books.

This well used book cover decorates a crime novel written by Mickey Spillane. It features his most famous character,detective Mike Hammer

Available

 

The Case of the Sulky Girl by K Henderson

The Case of the Sulky Girl, 24 x 18, oil on linen

The Case of the Sulky Girl is  Erle Stanley Gardner's second Perry Mason novel. It was written in 1933.

I loved painting the packing tape on this painting. And if you look close on the painting you will see that all the Plain Brown Wrapper packages are addressed to fictitious detectives. This one is address to Miles Archer, Sam Spade's partner. (Sorry, you can't see it is this detail)

Available

 

Mickey Paints by K Henderson

Mickey Paints , 18 x 24, oil on cradled board

 This is another painting that is all about color. The bright colors of the vintage paint box against the  squares of watercolor make for a happy painting.

Available   soon!

The Case of the Drowning Duck

 The Case of the Drowning Duck, 24 x 18, oil on linen

The Case of the Drowning Duck was written by Erle Stanley Gardner in 1942. I love the title of the book. It's about "a chemist who drowns ducks and becomes a murder suspect.".
The Book Cover Woman looks like she's trying to claw he way out of her Plain Brown Wrapper. 

Available

Maltese Falcon by K Henderson

 Maltese Falcon, 36 x 30, oil on linen

 The Maltese Falcon is a 1929 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue.In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Maltese Falcon 56th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. 

Available  for purchase

 

Summerfall Winterspring by K Henderson

Summerfall Winterspring, 36" x 30", oil on canvas

Summerfall Winterspring is another of my contemporary realism oil paintings featuring my vintage toys and ceramics. The main figure is the Indian Princess marionette,  Summerfall Winterspring, from the Howdy Doody television show. Also included is a vintage scarf, a chalk figure (the kind you used to be able to win at carnivals) and a mule from an 1800’s mechanical toy.

 

Available  for purchase

Cauldron by K Henderson

                            Cauldron, 24" x 24", oil painting

I love these old wooden "alphabet blocks". The worn corners on the carved wood shows craftmanship that you don't see in toys today.

This painting is Available  for purchase to brighten up your home.

 

 

Love Me Tender by K Henderson

                                            Love Me Tender, 16 x 20, oil on cradled board

Who doesn't love Elvis? Those dark good looks, those swivel hips, that lip curl! Oh yeah and the singing. *swoon*

And those Conversation  Hearts say it all. Did you know that these heart candies have been around since 1866? 

Available

 

Clue by K. Henderson

                                            Clue, oil on canvas, 12" x 16"

Clue is a murder mystery game devised in 1943. Who dunit?

Was it Colonel Mustard  in the conservatory with the knife?

I love this game. How about you? 

Available  for purchase

 

 

Dorothy and the Tinman by K Henderson

 

Dorothy and the Tinman, 12 x 12, oil on cradled board

I've watched "The Wizard of Oz"  more times than I can remember. I've tried to put all the elements of the movie in the trompe l'oeil painting.

How many of the objects can you from the movie can you identify? 

This is Available  for purchase

Diner oil painting by K. Henderson

                                            Diner, 16" x 20" oil on Linen

In this painting I'm trying to capture the nostalgia of a 1950's diner. 

The checkerboard  table has syrup, sugar, salt and pepper and napkins.

This is Available  for purchase

 

 

In the Wind by K. Henderson

 In The Wind, oil on cradled board, 20 x 16

This is a Trompe L'oeil painting. Trompe-l'œil (French for "deceive the eye", pronounced [tʁɔ̃p lœj]) is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.

The 'frame', (not a real frame but painted onto the board) encircles a photo of an early aviatrix, an airmail envelope, parts from aviation games and more.


Available