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This is my new buddy – Allie.  Her mom is JoJo who has joined the Delilah’s co-op and has beautiful fine silver jewelry.  Stop in and see it.  Allie helped us Saturday at the festival.  She is a great saleslady.  And didn’t she look cute with her painted face???!! She is also a great painter.  [...]

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Saturday was a beautiful day for a festival and we had a great one downtown Front Royal.  The Wine & Craft Festival brought lots of people to Main Street and many stopped by to see us at Delilah’s. And I worked on several paintings that day.  I even had a couple of children who helped paint [...]

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The Fenced in Barn is an oil on canvas panel.  This is a piece that we did in art class recently.  There are many lessons to be learned on a painting like this from color mixing,  shading, perspective, etc.  We try to choose ideas that allow the student to gain increased knowledge so that they [...]

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Shenandoah Valley View is an oil on canvas panel measuring 12″x24″.  This is a piece I started several years ago and while we’ve been weathered in the past few weeks I’ve taken the time to dig out a few old starts and get them finished.  This one is now framed and on display at Delilah’s.  [...]

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From time to time I go through older paintings that I have stacked up in the studio and decide to rework a piece.  Mainly it involves taking a good look at the painting and deciding what it needs to make it better. That is what happened with this one.  I started this one painting on [...]

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Vineyard I, II, III, & IV are each 12″x12″ acrylic on gallery wrap canvas.  They are currently on display at Philip Carter Winery where my show is still going on.  The paintings will be there until the end of January so if you have time for a ride out that way, take a look.

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One thing that I hope to do with this blog, “Life of a Daily Painter”, is to honestly describe what it is like to be a full-time painter.  Today’s post will describe preparing for a show and reception. Yesterday was the opening reception for my daily art show that is currently underway at Philip Carter [...]

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Vineyard V is an acrylic abstract on gallery wrap canvas measuring 30″x40″.   The colors of this painting invoke colors of vines and grapes and bottles and wine.  And I really like wine. Don’t forget that we will be having wine at the Opening Reception at Philip Carter Winery of Virgina on Sunday at 3 p.m.  [...]

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Peaceful Valley View is an 8″x10″ oil painting.  It is a restful scene.            

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The Weimaraner is a beautiful grey dog, often called the Grey Ghost.  This watercolor painting of the handsome pup is currently on display at Philip Carter Winery in Hume.  The Opening Reception for that show will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 15th.  Please mark your calendar and join me for wine and cheese.  [...]

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