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Yes, We’re Open!

Posted in Small Town Life, The Studio/Classes, tagged Open on May 19, 2020| 1 Comment »

Over the past few weeks, especially this last one, people seem to be anxious to re-open, to go back to work, to return to the way we did things before we were all hit by the pandemic. It is essential that local economies begin to open, to save our community and our livelihoods. It is crucial that it be done safely…with empathy and understanding for those who are concerned about their physical health as well as those concerned about their economic health. Many people have said that the economic part of this isn’t as important to consider or that it is greed that causes us to want to open but if you are one of us who have no income without your business then you have no idea. It is not greed….it is survival! Be understanding. As we begin to get back to our normal daily lives let us be compassionate. Take it slow. Do what feels right for you! Apply what you have learned from reliable sources. Try not to be judgmental toward those who must work in order to survive. If you are lucky enough not to have experienced a financial downturn during this time, help those who have…not the big box stores but rather the small locally owned shops….the ones who have helped you each time you have asked for donations to your causes and your kid’s causes over the years. These shop owners are the ones who have suffered both financially and by the judgement of those who continually berate them for wanting to get back to work. Understand that many of us have no choice. We are at the point of losing everything. Just because our businesses were shut down our bills still had to be paid, our mortgages came due, none of the expenses came to a stop…just our income. Try to keep that in mind. We know these are most unusual times. But if you feel comfortable venturing out, The Studio is resuming our schedule with regular weekly art classes on Wednesday and Thursday for adults and a variety of Paint Parties with limited number of painters and heightened sanitation of our space. The schedule is here. We hope you will attend an event with us soon…or if you aren’t ready to come out perhaps commission or purchase a painting. You can see some of what is available here. We are just trying to be here when the dust settles but that is looking less likely all the time. Until we do see you again, stay healthy.

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A Family Cabin

Posted in Commissions, daily painter, Landscape, tagged cabin, Cabin in Virginia on May 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »

A family cabin in southern Virginia was the subject of this watercolor commission that just got finshed this week. If anyone is interested in having a commissioned piece done please contact kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com . The Studio is still suffering through this shutdown and we would appreciate any work we can get.

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Reggie

Posted in Commissions, daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged German Shepherd, Shepherd on May 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Just completed another commission….Reggie. He’s gone home to live with the other commissions I did recently…Buddy and Bo. Reggie is a beautiful Shepherd that serves as a service dog for his dad. He’s amazing!

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Family Paint Session II

Posted in Art Class, Dogs, Flowers, tagged sunflowers on May 15, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The family group returned yesterday for another session of painting and once again, they did great! They painted the family dog, a big sunflower and a big abstract flower. Very nice work!!!! They are going to have nice pieces to take back home to Kentucky.

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Button Sunflower

Posted in Art Class, Flowers, tagged button sunflower, buttons, sunflower on May 14, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Wilma made another sunflower this week…this time in buttons. It’s beautiful!

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Family Paint Session

Posted in Animals, Art Camp, Art Class, daily painter, Landscape, tagged giraffe, Kentucky, silhouette, Virginia on May 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »

We had a private family session yesterday as a regular client of The Studio hosted her grandchildren from Kentucky for a private “art camp”. They did a great job painting and were so enthusiastic about their work. They’ll be back for another session later this week. It’s fun when family members paint together!

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Train and Station

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Landscape, Paint Party, Small Town Life, tagged Depot, Train, Train Depot, Train Station on May 12, 2020| Leave a Comment »

We had a great time painting the Train and Station a few days ago at The Studio. This group has been painting local scenes. Can’t wait to see what they do next!

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Register for Kid’s Art Camp Now

Posted in Art Camp, daily painter, tagged Art Camp, Van Gogh on May 10, 2020| Leave a Comment »

FB Header Camp I The first week of Kid’s Art Camp is fast approaching. Don’t forget to register to guarantee your young artist has a seat in the session. Click here for info and to register.

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Spring Barn Rescheduled

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Paint Party, The Studio/Classes, tagged barn, Spring, Spring Barn, White Barn on May 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Barn Spring 2020 We have rescheduled the Spring Barn for Sunday, June 14th at 2 pm…it’s one of the Four Seasons barns we are doing this year. (Click here to register and for more info.) If you missed the first one (Winter) we will have a session to make up the ones that you might miss. Come on and join us. It’s time to get back to painting at The Studio!

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Maggie

Posted in Commissions, daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged Cocker, Cocker Spaniel, Maggie on May 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »

This is sweet Maggie…a beautiful Cocker Spaniel that was Denise’s pup years ago. She asked me to do a portrait of her recently so she could hang it with the portraits of the other two she has had…Luke and Sadie. You can see Sadie here.