Friday morning I woke up and realized I really had not made any plans for my birthday on Saturday. So I decided to go to DC for the night. I love Washington, especially the National Gallery of Art so I booked room at the Hyatt Regency, one of the closest hotels to the gallery. It [...]
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Kelly’s Birthday Adventure – Part I
Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged birthday, capital, dalai lama, Washington DC, world peace on July 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Serendipity in Crochet
Posted in crochet, Serendipity, tagged crochet, daily painter, Virginia Artist on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is why I love to crochet. This little angel is holding a bunny that her aunt purchased for her at Delilah’s. She loves it. And I love the photo. Thanks for sharing it with me Auntie.
Conservation Research Center
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, Small Town Life, tagged Conservation Research Center, National Zoo, Smithsonian on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the really cool things that I get to do from time to time is go somewhere unusual to take photos that I might eventually paint. Yesterday, the unusual place that I went was right here in our own backyard, Front Royal. I was invited by Jessica Kordell, one of the animal keepers, to [...]
The Truck is finished!
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Old Truck, Virginia Artist on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since yesterday’s post I added in the grass and some details. And finally the finished painting! I like the way it turned out. It is an oil painting on canvas panel measuring 12″x16″ and is available by emailing me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com . And you can see [...]
The Old Truck
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Old Truck, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am working hard on the Old Truck. I don’t know why I love it so much but I do. It has so much character!!! The longer I look at the reference photo the more I see. Here is the beginning of my painting with the photo. I hope to finish it in the next [...]
Serendipity Begins….
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Old Truck, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Several months ago I posted the photos I took while driving around the farm in West Virginia where our cabin is located. I ran upon this old truck and just loved how it looked. Finally, I am making an attempt at painting it. Doing something like this requires much more drawing than I am accustomed [...]
Serendipity
Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, Small Town Life, tagged Old Truck, Virginia, West Virginia on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the questions I get asked most as a daily painter is how do you find something to paint everyday. And the answer is fairly easy. I live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley and am lucky enough to have a little cabin in the mountains of West Virginia on an old apple orchard so [...]
