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Remembering Truman and Jefferson

Posted in Dogs, tagged Dog Park, Dogs, Virginia Artist, Warren County Dog Park on October 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’m thinking this morning of Truman and Jefferson, the two dogs that I had when I first wanted to build a dog park in our community. Tru and Jeffie really needed space to run off the leash. That is what got the whole thing started. And today we are having a “Celebration of Dogs” at the new dog park as a grand opening event. The park has been officially open now for about 6 weeks and it’s a wonderful place for dogs to run and play and exercise.

The three dogs I now have – Jed, Lincoln and Mamie – love it. Their favorite time of the day is early morning when we go to the park for our exercise. I know Jeffie and Truman would have loved it too!

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Painting Fall

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on October 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The Young Artist’s painted Fall in class yesterday. The colors outside are so beautiful that we wanted to capture that on canvas. And they did just that! And a great job too. Way to go guys!

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A Celebration of Dogs

Posted in Dogs, Small Town Life, tagged Dog Park, Dogs, Virginia Artist on October 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Come to the Dog Park on Sunday afternoon from 3 – 5 p.m. for the “Celebration of Dogs”, the grand opening event for the park. We will have over a dozen vendors with great give-aways for everyone who comes. We will also have the dog park merchandise available – hats, fleece jackets and tote bags. Be the first to get yours and help us add an agility course to the park.

Hope to see you there with your socialized dogs!

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Morning at Glen Manor Winery

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Glen Manor Winery, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, painting, Plein Air, Plein Air painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist, Virginia wineries on October 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday morning I had the opportunity to paint at Glen Manor Winery on the Browntown Road out from Front Royal. It’s lovely out there.

Painting on location, or en Plein Air, is different from any other kind of painting. First you must have different equipment. Then you have to narrow down the subject. That is often the most difficult part for painters.

And usually you get to a point, about 85% complete, where you have to stop and then complete the painting back in the studio.

This is where I got with this piece yesterday. Now I will work it a little more to finish it out.

And in the meantime I will think about lovely Glen Manor and try to find a time to return soon to paint another lovely scene.

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Blue and Orange

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on October 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

This is the time of the year that we really see lots of complementary colors of blue and orange in the Shenandoah Valley. The mountains so blue and so much orange and gold in the trees. I will paint with some plein air painters today out near Browntown and hope to have some wonderful views to capture. Enjoy the scenery today as you drive around. These two abstract impressionist paintings, Blue Ridge V & VII are oil on 4″x8″ canvas and are available at Delilah’s for $35 each. Contact kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com to purchase or for more info.

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Beautiful Colors

Posted in Travel, tagged fall. fall colors on October 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I rode over to West Virginia yesterday morning and saw so many lovely scenes like this one. I took plenty of reference photos for painting. You’ll see this one soon.

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Kid Class Paints Pumpkin

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, fruit, impressionism, Virginia Artist on October 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday we painted a pumpkin in the kids class at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. If you have a young artist, ages 7-12, that would like to paint with us, contact kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com for information. We would love to have them join us.

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Fall is Here

Posted in daily painter on October 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Fall is here. This is a painting that I did as a demonstration at the festival last year. Come down Saturday and check out the artists at Delilah’s. We’ll be there all day. Who knows what we will be demonstrating this year?

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Fall Scenes and The Festival of Leaves

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Festival of Leaves, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on October 10, 2012| 5 Comments »

Shenandoah Fall I, oil on canvas, 6″x8″, available for $145.

The leaves are changing so that means it is time for our Fall Festival. The Festival of Leaves is this Saturday from 10-6 on Main Street in Front Royal. Stop in Delilah’s to see all the new artists who have joined us. The shop looks great!

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Sewing Nap Pads

Posted in Dogs, tagged Dog bed, Dogs, Nap Pad, sewing, Virginia Artist on October 9, 2012| 1 Comment »

The last few days I have been sewing instead of painting. I am making Nap Pads for the shop in time for the big Festival of Leaves this weekend. (The Festival is Saturday from 10-6 on Main Street. Come see us!) The inventory was low and I have needed to do this for sometime. I had some help for a while but then my helpers pooped out. Here are Mamie and Lincoln demonstrating how one works.