"The Life of a Daily Painter"

Young Artists and Hearts

kellywalkerstudios — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:22:00 +0000

This week we painted beautiful abstract hearts as a run up to Valentine’s Day. I love how different they all are. Terrific job everyone!

THe Daily Grind II

kellywalkerstudios — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:59:36 +0000

The Daily Grind II, acrylic on canvas, 12″x12″.

The Tree Out Front

kellywalkerstudios — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:21:28 +0000

The Tree Out Front, oil on canvas, 6″x8″. Available at Delilah’s, $125.

Let there be snow!!!!

Red, Red, Red…

kellywalkerstudios — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:21:06 +0000

Red, Red, Red… , acrylic, 48″x24″, available. Contact kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

Pups at Petco

kellywalkerstudios — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:22:31 +0000

Many thanks to Petco Store Manager Sherry Bailey for allowing us to sell raffle tickets for the Dog Park at Petco on Saturday. Here’s Sherry with one of her many admirers!

We sold lots of tickets but more than that I got to take photos of lots of dogs. Here are some of the scenes of the day:

Here are some kids who came to read to the dogs.

A wonderful therapy dog.

And more kids reading with their friends.

Super cute pup!

Pug pups in a cart!

Five pugs - and they all belong to one couple!

And Tazer, a shelter dog, was looking for his family. He's a wonderful guy that just needs a chance to make you happy.

Most Expensive Art EVER!!!!

kellywalkerstudios — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:25:23 +0000

Reprinted from The Daily Beast:

Cezanne Becomes Priciest Painting Ever

Not so fast, David Choe—you can no longer call your Facebook murals the most expensive work of art, because Qatar has come to the rescue. The oil-rich country has bought Paul Cezanne’s painting The Card Players for more than $250 million, making it by far the highest price ever paid for a work of art. Up until this point, the most expensive painting ever sold was a Jackson Pollock for $140 million in the frenzied pre-recession year of 2006,(check out more about it here) and in recent days the graffiti artist David Choe was reportedly given Facebook stock options for decorating the company’s murals in 2005 that cost mere thousands then but will now be worth some $200 million after the social-network giant goes public. But Cezanne’s small, quietly somber work beats them all—there are four other Card Players in the world, and they are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Courtauld in London, and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. (Be looking soon for another post about the Barnes Foundation. Trust me it’s interesting!)

Dog Park I & II

kellywalkerstudios — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:33:34 +0000

Dog Park I & II are two watercolor paintings that I did about 5 years ago as the first fundraiser for the Off-Leash Dog Park. These pieces were raffled and then we made prints to sell all to benefit the park. Prints are still available at Delilah’s with the proceeds benefiting the park fund.

Hard to believe that we’ve been working on building an off-leash park for that long but we have. The good news is that we are working on our final fundraiser. It’s a raffle also. (We’ve come full circle!) We call it the Westminster Dog Show Raffle because we have tied it to the show coming up February 13-14, 2012. If you want to help just buy at ticket for $10. The number on your raffle ticket will be randomly assigned to one of the 185 breeds showing this year at Westminster. If your dog wins, you win $350. You have a 1 in 185 chance to win.

We will be at Petco in Front Royal Saturday beginning at 10:00 to sell tickets. Stop in and get yours. Or stop by Delilah’s. We have tickets there too. Or contact me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com and I’ll get a ticket to you. When we finish this fundraiser we’ll be ready to break ground. Can I hear a Halleluiah!!!!!

Two Forte

kellywalkerstudios — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:12:30 +0000

Two Forte, acrylic on 10″x10″ canvas, available at the Daily Grind.

Tea Forte, acrylic on 10″x10″ canvas, available at the Daily Grind.

A Green Sock Monkey?

kellywalkerstudios — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:23:32 +0000

A few weeks ago Mia (on the left in photo) brought in a sock monkey that she had gotten. It sings!

We decided to have a photo shoot and took some pictures of sock monkey and painted his portrait. Good job girls.

Poppies

kellywalkerstudios — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:30:40 +0000

I had a great time painting at the Daily Grind on Saturday. Lots of people came by to try the new teas that were introduced.

And many of you came to buy a raffle ticket to support the dog park. Thank you all so much. And I still have lots of tickets for anyone who would like. Just contact me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com