Paintings by Jill Saitta

Last night was the Project Grace auction. This is a charity for uncompensated care for Seattle Children’s Hospital.  It was a beautiful event.  I was very touched by this charity.

A mother of a child at Children’s Hospital stood up on the small stage and told her story while images of her baby showed him and his illness.  Her son illness is a rare disorder.  She is a mother like so many of us and a brave one!

It was also Beautiful to see actual paintings from children on the tables up for auction also.  Next year I hope more people donate.

I told them I will be donating every year as this charity makes painting for me as an artist so rewarding!

As anyone of us, or some of us could, or have went through a situation where our children are really sick.

God Bless these women who have started this charity and really made it a Success!

These are the two painting that sold at auction for the Project Grace Charity.

I got asked a week ago to have my paintings up at Steve’s Coffee – Zoka’s!

This was really exciting for me!

I was also a little nervous about it as I’ve only shown my work on Ebay and my blog.

My son and I went to put it up he is my helper. It looks very nice up on their walls.

The paintings will be up there for the month of June.

Steve is trying to show support for the artists in our area. This is a great thing he is doing; I’m truly Thankful and Grateful to Steve for asking me!

Had a great time ringing in the New Year this year with my family.

My New Years resolution is to paint more , love more , and give more.

What I hope for others is to express your artistic abilities because we all have them!

You just have to try fear is what stops us from our true selves.

We all have some form whether we paint ,draw , sculpt , or just do crafts.

You just have to try you just might love it!

Painting Christmas presents is one of my favorite things to do!

This year I only did two paintings.

I just love the fact that I can give someone a gift from my heart and soul. Art is one of those gifts that keeps on giving.

My children and I over the last few years we go to Michaels to get materials to make a Christmas ornaments to go on the Christmas Tree . When they get older and move on as an adult they will take the ornaments with them to put on their Christmas Trees to share with their family!

This is what Christmas means to me , the gifts of love and sharing that with our children and loved ones .

As a child we’d make Christmas cookies and frost them . Some of those cookies were burned but, that did not matter ! My mother always also made her clam chowder soup and garlic bread!

We’d then finish the evening off at church at midnight to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus .

These are traditions of love are ones I still do with my children and always will!

It’s is funny how time goes by , us as artists are always changing .

Looking back at when I first started drawing was as a little girl I never remember not drawing .

My youngest daughter is following in my footsteps ! I’m very proud of that ! I’m grateful to see this !

She is drawing these pretty little girls with so much design in them . She reminded me of when I first drew Garfield and did bubble letters for my friends book covers .

Art is so much a part of my spirit and soul ! Art is the one thing that no matter how much time goes by I can’t live without it !

On this day August 6th , 1994 was the day I married my husband !

He really inspired me to really become an artist !

He saw my gifts before I did and I love him for that !

I’m really grateful that he is in my life ! He is not only my husband but my best friend !

All great gifts are the ones that money cannot buy , but ones that capture our soul !

This group of lighthouses I’m working on are different beaches from different parts of the world . I always love the different colors of the sunsets that these lighthouse scenes are in . Gosh the one I’m painting right now is a beautiful purple color sunset. Sunsets are never the same and there are so many different colors that appear in them . That is the great thing about it . As artist we are so lucky to be able to have that choice !

This is a painting in progress and I just wanted to share with everyone. It is part of a vineyard series I am doing from across the world.

This week for me has been a little hard I got some bad news from a retina specialist. My eyesight of partial distorted blindness is permanent . This a little challenging to me as an artist! I will still paint no matter what! Painting is in my soul ! It is the greatest form of emotional expression to me !

This has taught me that my pain will make me persevere even more no matter what !

I love to do my paintings in groups of two’s . Right now it is lighthouses by the sea with sailboats . This is enjoyable to me as there are so many in the world . Some of my greatest memories are as a child going to the beach with my mom and dad ! My father lived in San Francisco for a while before he met my mom .

We’d go there as a family to the beach a lot . We would rent bikes and stroll through Golden Gate Park !

I truly miss it !