Posted in Little Known Facts, Travel, tagged Copyist, copyist at National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Travel on June 10, 2014| 1 Comment »
Copyist at the National Gallery working on a “Monet”
While visiting the National Gallery of Art a few weeks ago to see the wonderful Wyeth and Degas-Cassatt exhibits I had time to walk through a few of the permanent exhibit galleries. There were several copyist at work. I have seen some there in the past and often wondered if I could ever have enough courage to do that. Maybe one day.
You can see more about the copyist program at the NGA here.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crocheted owl, owl, owl blanket on June 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
“Who Wants a Nap” Owl Blanket. This cute crochet blanket is available at Delilah’s.
Posted in Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Landscape, Paint Party, Rowboat on June 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Rowboat Paint Party
We had a terrific group at the Paint Party yesterday who painted Rowboats. Great job!
The next Paint Party is a “Paint Your Own Pet Portrait” party on June 21st at 3 pm. Sign up soon to join us.
Posted in Dogs, Serendipity, tagged Dog Park quilt, Jackie Bourque, Quilting on June 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Jed Chasing the Train Along the Park Fence
Water Dogs with Stick
Dachshund
See Saw
Park Bench
Tug-of-War
Here are more pictures of the beautiful dog quilt that Jackie Bourque just made for me. I LOVE IT!!!!
There are so many cute expressions and details that I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite but of course, if I had to do it, I would choose the view of my Jed chasing the train along the fence at the park. That is his favorite thing to do and how wonderful that Jackie added this to the quilt pattern.
Notice the Corgi standing on the back-end of the Bloodhound to see the other dogs on the bench better. LOL!
And look at the expressions on the faces of the dogs on the See-Saw block with the big puppy weighting down the 3 little ones!
And the rope toy that the Tug-of-War pups playing with in that block.
Again, I hope to have this quilt on display soon for you to see up close. It really is an amazing work of art. And just to let you know, Jackie takes special orders. If you would love to own a quilt like this or even a wall hanging of one of the blocks from the quilt Jackie can make it! Let’s put her to work. 🙂
Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, Serendipity, tagged Dog Park, Dog Park quilt, fabric art, Jackie Bourque on June 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Jackie Bourque with “The Dog Park” quilt
“Frisbee Dog” block
“Treeing the Squirrel” block
“Merry-Go-Round” Block
close-up of Dizzy Pug on Merry-Go-Round
“Great Dane” Block
During the Christmas holidays my friend Jackie Bourque, an amazing fabric artist, emailed me about a dog park quilt pattern she had seen and thought she would like to make. Would I be interested. WOULD I BE INTERESTED???? Are you kidding?
Seeing the pattern, a McKenna Ryan creation, I couldn’t believe Jackie would want to do something so intense. And to say it turned out amazing would be an understatement.
We piled together the fabrics we both had along with some we ordered and a few embellishments and Jackie went to work. She showed me the first block when she finished it. After that she asked if I wanted to see each as she finished them or wait for the finished quilt. I am glad now I waited for the finished product because it is JUST EXTRAORDINARY!
I am going to share some photos with you here. And tomorrow I will share the rest. It is just too much to take in so I will break it into two posts. (And I am sure I will share even more over the months to come because I can not believe how lucky I am to have this wonderful work of art.)
Please click on the photos so you can see larger versions of them. You will see that every dog has about 20-30 pieces in them. The eyes, the nose, the shadowing….all different little pieces of fabric!
Beautiful! Amazing! Ingenious! Splendid! Fascinating! Charming! I don’t have enough words to describe this quilt. I hope to have it on display somewhere soon so that you may come and see the amazing quilting skills of Jackie Bourque. She is a brilliant fabric artist and a wonderful friend. Thanks Jackie for such a beautiful piece of art. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!!!
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crochet pup on June 5, 2014| 1 Comment »
Earlier this week I posted about a crocheted pup that I had completed (read about that one here) and said I was working on another style pup.
Well, here he is! I will be taking him to Delilah’s today.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged Art Camp, Summer Art Camp for Kids on June 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Tanner concentrating on her work
Have you signed your young artists up for art camp? If not, time is fast approaching. The first session begins in just a little over 2 weeks!!!! Be sure to register now to hold a space for your artist.
You can see more about Art Camp and see the schedule here.
Or download the flyer and registration here: Flyer for Kids Summer Art Camp Final 2014.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crocheted blanket, crocheted sheep, Virginia Artist on June 3, 2014| 1 Comment »
Counting Sheep Blanket
30″ x 32″
I have been trying to get this one finished for some time now. Just couldn’t find time to sew the sheep on. I call this “Counting Sheep” and it measures 32″ x 30″. The blanket is crocheted with crocheted appliques of sheep sewn to it.
I love how the little sheep show up on the Iris Blue background. This one is available at Delilah’s or by contacting me directly.
NOTE: SOLD!
Posted in Art Class, Paint Parties, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley on June 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Emily’s VW Bus
Kids Paint Florals
Dr. Who Paint Party
The students have produced some fabulous work over the last few weeks. Here are a few that have been completed recently. You can learn more about our weekly art classes here.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crocheted dachshund, crocheted dog, Dogs, Virginia Artist on June 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The Studio 