Dragonfly on Wood Type by Duane Keiser, oil on board, 7″x6″
About 10 years ago I read an article in USA Today about a Virginia man who started the “Daily Painting” movement. Duane Keiser was bringing art to everyone by making small paintings each day that were affordable and easily accessible online. At the time I was trying to decide which direction to take….either work again in the non-profit world or paint full-time. The concept of daily painting was intriguing to me so I decided to give it a try. I started daily painting the very next day and soon after started the blog, Life of a Daily Painter, and have been doing it ever since. That was in 2006…and it’s been a terrific journey that has led to The Studio. I continued to follow Keiser’s blog. He started painting much bigger pieces and less of the small paintings but from time to time he still does small pieces that he offers through eBay. And while I have bid on them in the past it is only recently that I acquired one…..and I am thrilled to have it. This is a terrific example of his small works.
Today would have been Truman’s Birthday. He was a good ole boy! And we miss him. But he had a wonderful long life and we think of him often and smile. His full name was Truman McCain Perot….he was politically correct. LOL! He would encourage everyone to VOTE today. Happy Birthday Truman. We miss you!
We had an awesome Birthday Paint Party celebrating Kim’s day at The Studio and our little friend, the snowman made a reappearance.
Everyone created beautiful mountain landscape scenes at yesterday’s Paint Party. Nice work!
Here’s Rudolph! He’s made of paper and paint just like our Frosty the Snowman piece we recently posted. (
Every once in a while we allow the kids to choose what they want to paint. It’s called Make-up Day. Yesterday that is just what we did. They selected from some paintings that we have done over the last year that they may have missed. They did a great job!
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