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4 Lincolns

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Virginia Artist on June 9, 2011| 1 Comment »

This is what I call 4 Lincoln. These are the two paintings of Stinkin’ Lincoln that I did for the Bark for the Park series. They are both 12″x12″ acrylic on canvas. The green one sold at the reception for Bark for the Park and the teal one is hanging in my living room with the portraits of all the dogs I have had. 🙂

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New Southerlands Artists

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, impressionism, Virginia, Virginia Artist on June 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I had a delightful time yesterday painting at The Southerlands with three lovely artists: Annajean, Charlotte, and Inge.

They created beautiful landscapes during their first lesson with me. And what a good job they did. I’m looking forward to next week’s session!

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Wonderful Day at National Gallery of Art

Posted in Travel, tagged daily painter, DC, museum, National Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Travel, Virginia Artist, Washington DC on June 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I love going to Washington DC. The first time I went was as a child of about 10 years on a family vacation. I fell in love with the history, the museums, everything about it and I think that was the start my love of history and the reason I majored in history in college. (Yes, history, not art.)

Yesterday, my cousin Linda, who is visiting from Georgia, and I spent the day at the National Gallery. There are so many wonderful exhibits there now that we couldn’t see it all.

However, we did get to see the Gauguin: Maker of Myths exhibit. It was the last day and terribly crowded but worth it. You can see more here. We also saw the Small French Paintings exhibit which is a permanent exhibit that I’ve seen many times but I love it and always enjoy it so.

This Boudin is an example of the beautiful paintings in that collection and you can read more that collection here.

But the most amazing thing we saw was the Chester Dale collection. What a stunning collection of art. And what an interesting couple they were. Well worth a trip to the NGA. Go if you haven’t already. The Dale’s left a generous endowment as well as a tremendous collection of work from impressionism to modern art to the NGA. This huge collection is a must see. Read more about it here.

Any day spent viewing art with a good friend is a perfect day. And when the art includes dogs ….

well, need I say more!

(This is Toulouse–Lautrec’s Fleche)

(Renoir’s dog)

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The Wedding Dance

Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia, Virginia Artist, wedding dance on June 3, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Several months ago I got a commission for a painting as an anniversary gift from a man for his wife. It was a photo of their wedding dance. But he also wanted it to reflect a favorite book that they had.

So I worked to incorporate the two. This is the beginning.

After working on it for a while, this is what I had.

Eventually I made a few more changes to make them each stand out more.

And this was the final painting. He loved it. I hope she did too!

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“New” Artists at The Southerlands

Posted in Art Class, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, seniors paint, Small Town Life, The Southerlands, Virginia Artist on June 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I spent a very pleasant hour painting with these beautiful “new ” artists at The Southerlands And didn’t they do a fantastic job on their paintings?

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Young Artist Honored

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged 175th Anniversary of Warren County VA, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on June 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The young artists, 4th graders, from all five elementary schools who participated in the 175th Anniversary Art project were honored last night at an Opening Reception of their work at the Community Center. Their art will hang there until the end of July when it will return their schools as a permanent display.

Many students and parents turned out to see the five collages. And so did the TV station. Three of the students were interviewed for a story that ran last night on TV-3.