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Ethan’s Front Royal Caboose

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Front Royal Caboose on October 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Last week at art class Ethan painted the Front Royal Caboose. Really great job Ethan! Young artists, ages 7-12, have class on Thursday at 4:15. Why don’t you bring your young artist to paint with us?

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Red Sox v. Cardinals

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged Boston Red Sox, Busch Stadium, Fenway Park, Major League Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals on October 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Busch Stadium
St. Louis Cardinals

Fenway Park
Boston Red Sox

We have a World Series! It’s going to be the St. Louis Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox. Who do you think will win?

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Artist Reception at Buggy B’s

Posted in Small Town Life, tagged Buggy B's, Diane Furlong, Strasburg VA on October 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Kelly and Diane
photo by Sandra Patterson

Last night Buggy B’s, a wonderful little gift shop on King Street in Strasburg, VA, hosted an artist reception for the artist they represent. If you haven’t been to Buggy B’s you should stop by to see them. They have a beautiful gift selection as well as local arts and crafts. And their resident florist, Barbara Plitt, makes beautiful arrangements with fresh or silk flowers.

It was a nice event and even gave the artists time to get to know each other better. I enjoyed talking with Diane Furlong, a terrific pastel artist from Strasburg. You can see her work here.

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The Bing

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, baseball stadiums, Bing Crosby Stadium, daily painter, daily painting, Front Royal Cardinals, impressionism, Landscape, Painted Diamonds, The Bing, Virginia Artist on October 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Bing Crosby Stadium
Front Royal, Virginia

I couldn’t paint all those ball parks over the last six months and not include our very own “Bing Crosby Stadium”. So number 31 in my series of Painted DIamonds is The Bing, as it is affectionately known in Front Royal. It opened in April of 1950 and is the home to the Front Royal Cardinals, a collegiate summer baseball team.

There are many variations to the story of how the stadium got its name. Here is one:

In 1948, while serving as Grand Marshall of the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Bing Crosby came to Front Royal at the invitation of Senator Raymond R. Guest to help with a fund-raising campaign for a new ball park. He contributed $1,000 to the effort. In 1950, Mr. Crosby returned to Front Royal for the premiere of his movie, “Riding High”, and made another contribution of $3,572.92, which completed the fund-raising campaign.

A plaque at the stadium reads as follows: “The stadium was dedicated on April 1, 1950. It was erected by the people of Front Royal and Warren County in sincere appreciation of Bing Crosby’s assistance in promoting recreational facilities for the youth of this community. “

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A Poster of Painted Diamonds

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged daily painter, MLB Ballparks, MLB Stadiums, Painted Diamonds, Painted Diamonds poster, poster, Virginia Artist on October 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I’ve spent the last couple of days preparing the layout for a poster of the Painted Diamonds series. It went to print last night. Woo Hoo! This is part of the Kickstarter rewards. Pledges at the certain level will receive a poster. Others will get a print of a certain field and at the higher level pledge some will receive an actual painting.

We will also have posters and prints available for sale beginning next week as well as the original paintings that have not already sold.

If you have a baseball fan in your family this is a great gift idea for Christmas. Something unique for the person who already has everything!

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“Local Artist Successful”

Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, Small Town Life, tagged baseball paintings, media, Painted Diamonds, TV3, TV3 Winchester on October 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

TV3 Winchester did a short piece yesterday on the news about the completion of the Painted Diamonds project. You can see the video and read their story on their website by clicking here or on the photo. (You may see a short ad before the story.)

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Another Vineyard Painting Underway

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Vineyard, Virginia, Virginia Artist, Virginia Vineyard, Virginia wineries on October 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Step 1 – The Sketch

Step 2 – Sky and Distant Trees

Step 3 – Middle Ground

Step 4 – Foreground

Last Saturday we had the Festival of Leaves in downtown Front Royal. Even though it was a rainy day we had people coming by Delilah’s to see all the new work we have by the wonderful artists who are there. I set up outside in a tent and started a new vineyard painting. Here is the start of it.

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Yankee Stadium

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, Virginia Artist, Yankee Stadium on October 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Yankee Stadium
New York Yankees

I finished the last ball park painting in the series of 30 last night about 10 pm while watching a great ball game on TV. This wrapped up a 6 month project and I have to say I felt relief to get it done. Now to prepare for the exhibit and the opening reception on October 23rd from 6-8 pm at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. Please plan to attend and see all the paintings.

This is the final MLB painting in the series: Yankee Stadium – home of the New York Yankees, winner of 27 World Series.

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Virginia Vineyard Along the Road

Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist, Virginia Vineyard, Virginia winery on October 13, 2013| 2 Comments »

I’ve been working on a few vineyard paintings in between painting Baseball Parks to prepare a few pieces for a new winery, Winding Road Cellars, that will be hanging my work. Here is one I just finished.

Vineyard Along the Road, acrylic on canvas, measuring 24″ x 30″.

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Festival of Leaves

Posted in Small Town Life, Travel, tagged Festival of Leaves on October 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The Festival of Leaves is today in Front Royal, Virginia. Main and Chester Streets will be closed with lots of vendors and fun. Come by Delilah’s Art and Gifts at 105 E. Main. We will have sales on everything and artists will be demonstrating. I plan to paint, of course. Come see me!