Meet July's Artist of the Month from TeamHAHA

Say Hi to Pat of the Sunflower Cupboard! 

Pat is a self proclaimed "bit of a Gypsy" having lived in New Jersey, Washington State, Utah, Wyoming, Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia and now Minnesota, as her family is there and she hopes to stay and watch her family grow.

She has been married for almost 40 years (Anniversary in August) and has two sons and two granddaughters (so far.)

Pat is a decorative artist who works primarily in acrylics. She creates items in both seasonal and year-round decor. She loves to garden-Flowers,Fruits and Veggies. Also enjoys reading and knitting and would love to learn painting with watercolors! She says her mind is always crowded with new ideas and items. She has an antique lunchbox that is nagging her to be painted and lots of other ideas jumping. (We can't wait to see more of Pat's creations!)

Pat is mainly self taught and once took an Adult Ed course and had a one day private class with Ros Stallcup, which was on her bucket list.

Pat has been selling her items since 1986. She is inspired by the work of: Ros Stallcup, Helan Barrick, Lynne Andrews, Cynthia Erekson, Terrye French.

You can see her work at the following: Please visit and follow her!

• www.facebook.com/SunflowerCupboard
• www.facebook.com/thesunflowercupboardpatterns
• www.thesunflowercupboard.com
• www.etsy.com/shop/TheSunflowerCupboard
• www.pfattmarketplace.com

Pat Now designs her own patterns and has been published in both "Painting E- Zine" and "The Pixelated Palette." Try some of her patterns!

Pat says: "Painting for me is "therapy" and find I am peace when I am in my studio working." She keeps a sketch pad near her when watching TV and when inspiration hits she sketches an idea for future reference. Her advice to other Artist's: Don't be afraid to try different techniques-stretch your abilities."

Here's a great recipe from Pat: "This was one of my Mother’s "Go To" recipes and I made it often for my kids and still make it for family and friends

Cinnamon Orange Cake

 

Ingredients:

Yellow Cake Mix (substitute orange juice for water).

Bread crumbs

Topping

1 stick butter (melted)

1 cup sugar mixed with 1/8 cup cinnamon or more depending on taste.

Follow cake mix instructions substituting OJ for water. When batter is mixed, spread it in 9 x 13 pan that has been sprayed with canola oil. Sprinkle bread crumbs on batter before baking. Bake in the oven according to cake mix directions. When out of oven and cool, sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top of cake and then pour melted butter over the cake as evenly as you can. The butter and cinnamon sugar form a frosting of sorts and the yellow cake with the orange juice really compliment one another.

Pat says: "I look forward to getting to know as many of the people as possible on this new, wonderful team."