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Pet Portraits

Posted in Animals, Paint Party, Pet Portaits, tagged , , on November 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »

 

We painted some beautiful pets yesterday….but we can’t share them all as some lucky people are getting them for gifts this year.  Yeah!

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Holiday Bus

Posted in daily painter, Holidays, Paint Party, tagged on November 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »

VW BusL DKtJoin us on Thursday, November 29th at 6 pm to paint this cute little VW Bus all decked out for the holidays.  Click here to register.

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Kids Paint Landscapes

Posted in Art Class, Landscape, tagged on November 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »

20181115_080242.jpgWe had two new students yesterday so we painted a nice little landscape.  Great work!

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Record Sale for Hopper

Posted in Little Known Facts, tagged , , on November 14, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Hopper Chop SueyEdward Hopper’s 1929 painting, Chop Suey, sold for a record $91.9 million yesterday.  WOW!  Known for his paintings of 20th Century life his previous high went for $40 million.  Read about the sale and see more here.

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Record Sale for Hockney?

Posted in Little Known Facts, tagged , on November 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Hockney Pool record sale A record may be broken this week as one of British artist David Hockney’s Pool paintings goes up for auction. The estimate is that it will go for about $80 million ! Take a look here for more details.  And you can read and see more about an exhibit of Hockney’s work I saw in NYC at the Metropolitian last year by clicking here  and  here.

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Bold Expressive Portraits

Posted in Art Class, Paint Party, Portraits, tagged , on November 12, 2018| Leave a Comment »

 

We had another session of Bold Expressive Portraits yesterday and everyone did beautiful work.  Portraits scare most people but if you approach them with the wild abandon of Expressionism you just can’t go wrong.  What fun!!!!!!!!!!

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More with Georgia…

Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged , , on November 11, 2018| Leave a Comment »

 

More with Georgia O’Keeffe….and the amazing show at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.

We saw several of her paintings that we hadn’t seen before and they were wonderful.  I especially like the figure one and the Evening Star.

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Georgia O’Keeffe in Raleigh

Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged , , , on November 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »

 

Yesterday I had the chance to see a delightful exhibit at the North Carolina  Museum of Art in Raleigh. 20181110_074039.jpg

It was unexpected and such a nice experience.  I will share some of the images with you all over the next few days.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

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Print Making at Art of the Carolinas

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged , , , on November 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »

 

I’m back in Raleigh for the 2018 Art of the Carolinas and last night I tried something new….Print Making. I took a workshop with Amy Nack, a print maker from Boise, Idaho.  We did Fine Art Nature Printing.  It was fun and very different from anything I have done before.  Fun to try something new.

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Portraits and Pie

Posted in Paint Party, tagged , on November 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

 

We have two really FUN Paint Parties coming up.  First, this  Sunday, November 11th at 1 pm we will do Bold Expressive Portraits.  (Click here to register.) You send a photo and we’ll have the canvas sketched and ready to go when you arrive!  What could be easier or more fun than that?!  Next, we have Pie!  Yes, PIE!  We’ll create these delicious paintings on November 18th at 2 pm.  You choose which you prefer, pumpkin or cherry.  And this one is good for most ages.  Click here for more info and to register.

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