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Unusual Sky

Posted in daily painter on March 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »

I am away from the easel for a few days but have been taking some reference photos. This morning while driving in South Carolina I saw the most unusual clouds in the sky.

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Wildflowers Along the Road

Posted in daily painter, Flowers, Landscape, Workshop/Retreat, tagged impressionism, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist, wildflowers on March 14, 2015| 1 Comment »

Wildflowers Along the Road, acrylic on canvas

“Wildflowers Along the Road“, acrylic on canvas, 8″x10”.

Reference Photo by Suzanne McMinn, www.chickensintheroad.com

Reference Photo by Suzanne McMinn, http://www.chickensintheroad.com

This is a demonstration painting for an upcoming retreat that I will be teaching in West Virginia that’s theme centers around wildflowers.

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Still Daily Painting

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Farm Animals, tagged art lessons, chicks, daily painter, Dogs, farm animals, fruit, hen, Rescue dogs, Shenandoah Valley Artist, still life, Virginia Artist on March 7, 2015| 5 Comments »

An idea for an upcoming Retreat painting that is just sketched in

A Pet Portrait commission in progress

An art class demo that needs just a little more work

I get questions all the time about “daily painting”. The most often asked is “Do you paint every day?” And the answer is “almost”. When I first joined the daily painting movement I did paint every day. And I completed a different small painting everyday….for a long time. I did this for about 4 years. Then I started working on larger paintings and while I painted every day I didn’t complete one each day.

But then I started offering other types of classes besides painting so it required me to create in other formats (like crocheting, multi-media, etc.) to prepare for classes so now my answer is that I create something everyday. It may not always be a painting like it was in the beginning but I do something creative each and every day.

Right now I have a couple of paintings that I am working on that still need a little work to be finished. Here are a couple. You will hopefully see the finished paintings soon.

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Throwback Thursday

Posted in daily painter, tagged gin on March 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

I had fun looking at some older paintings. Here’s one for a Throwback Thursday. This weather is going to drive us to drinking these! This painting originally posted in 2010.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted in Abstract, daily painter, Holidays, tagged heart, valentine, Valentine's Day, Valentines on February 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Bright Poppies

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, poppies, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Shenandoah Valley Painter on January 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Bright Poppies

Bright Poppies, acrylic on canvas, 18″x24″, available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com

This was a painting that I started as a demonstration painting for two students last week. (You can see them here.) I went back to it this week to finish it up.

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The Gulfstream

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Gulfstream. Gulfstream jet, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on January 1, 2015| 2 Comments »

“Gulfstream”, acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas

I painted this view of a Gulfstream that Brother flies as a Christmas gift to him. I don’t write about family much so you may not know that Brother is a retired Army aviator and now flies for a large US company’s CEO. He was an instructor pilot for Gulfstream for many years before going to work for a private company. He has flown since he was in his mid-teens so it has been really cool to see him do something as a career that he has always enjoyed.

Original Reference Photo for Gulfstream Painting

When he was in Virginia on a work visit this past summer I met him at Dulles for lunch and that is when I got the photo of the new plane he was flying and I loved this composition so much that I thought why not paint it for him.

I gave it to him yesterday and I think he liked it!

Happy New Year!

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A Gift of Golf

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, golf, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on December 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

This is a painting that I did for Allen for Christmas. It’s on an 8″ x 24″ canvas in acrylic. I forgot to take a photo after finishing it so he took this shot with his phone for me. Hopefully I will take a another photo to post soon.

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The Cutest Apron

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Embroidery, tagged Dogs, embroidery, hand embroidery on November 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »

On my quest to embroidery everything I see (LOL) I found these cute aprons recently at Target and of course, I thought the apron bib was the perfect place for a little embellishment.

Here is one with a Mamie look-a-like.

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Next Paint Party Painting

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Paint Party, Shenandoah Valley Artist, The Studio, The Studio-A Place for Learning, Virginia Artist on November 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The next 1st Saturday Paint Party is December 6th at 2 pm. This time is an hour earlier than usual as this is the same day as the Christmas Parade so we need to start early as the streets will be blocked later in the day.