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Completed Painting from Peebles

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Peebles Painting 5Earlier this week I wrote about painting at Pebbles last Saturday.  (Read about it here.)  I finally got a few minutes to touch up the painting and get it closer to a finished work.  Here it is.  I have been invited to hang my work at a new winery in Hume, Winding Road Cellars so I am working on some vineyard scenes for that.  I hope to take them out there next week.

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Painting at Peebles

Posted in daily painter, Tips for Better Painting, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Carley, my helper

Carley, my helper

Doing Grandma's make-up

Doing Grandma’s make-up

Making progress

Making progress

Adding the wine

Adding the wine

Putting in details

Putting in details

I get invited to paint at special events from time to time.  A good friend of mine is manager at Peebles here in town and invited me to paint there for a special promotion they were doing last spring.  They had me back this weekend.  I painted a larger version of a small painting (Virginia WIne I, see it here) that I did a few weeks ago and I enlisted a helper.  Often, when painting on location, I invite kids to “help” me.  And usually they jump right in.  This little girl was  so much fun.  She helped me paint for a while and then she did her grandmothers make-up at a table they had set-up for people to try out some new things.  Adorable.

Virginia Wine II, is acrylic on canvas, 18″x24″ and is almost finished.  I still have a little more to do to it but we got a great deal done at the event.

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Winners Announced

Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged , on September 22, 2013| 2 Comments »

RIBBON_AWARD (2)Yesterday the winners were announced in the “Best of Awards” for 2013.  I am thrilled to be named Best Local Artist!

Thank you to everyone who voted.  I appreciate your support so very much.

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Stacy’s Tree

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged , , , , on September 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Completed painting of "Stacy's Tree"

Completed painting of “Stacy’s Tree”

Reference Photo for Stacy's Tree

Reference Photo for Stacy’s Tree

I took a short break yesterday from painting Ball Parks to paint one of my favorite trees in my neighborhood.  I have taken several photos of this Weeping Cherry over the years thinking I would paint it and just never took the time.  But yesterday I made myself paint it because I want to give it to Stacy, whose tree it is.  Stacy was a life saver to me a few weeks ago when I couldn’t walk because of my knee.  She’s a physical therapist and wonderful neighbor.  On the day that my knee pain was the worst and I didn’t know what to do she took out time from walking Willie, her cattle dog, to look at my problem; talk me through what I should do; and even went home and brought back crutches for me to use.  And then over the course of the next several weeks while I was hobbling around she checked on me to make sure I was making good progress.  She was such a BIG help and made me feel as if I were not going crazy.  So today when I return her crutches I wanted to give her something to say thanks.  I thought this little painting might be good.   I call it Stacy’s Tree. It’s an acrylic on canvas measuring 6″x8″.

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Virginia Wine

Posted in daily painter, Tips for Better Painting, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »

"Virginia Wine" complete

“Virginia Wine” complete

Step 1 - A sketch and laying in the sky

Step 1 – A sketch and laying in the sky

Step 2 - Adding distance with mountains and meadow

Step 2 – Adding distance with mountains and meadow

Step 3 - Adding middle distance - vineyards

Step 3 – Adding middle distance – vineyards

Step 4 - Adding the foreground - a table and glass

Step 4 – Adding the foreground – a table and glass

I did this painting that I call Virginia Wine for a special request this week.  It is an acrylic on 6″ x 8″ canvas.

As I painted it I tried to take photos because several of you have told me that you enjoy seeing how the paintings develop.  So here you are:

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A Finished Dock

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on September 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Commission Dock 3 Finished the commission painting of the Dock yesterday.  Here it is!

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A Dock Commission

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on September 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Commission Dock 2 I have been so busy painting ball parks that I haven’t let myself paint much else over the last few months.  Yesterday I decided I needed a break from the ball diamonds to do something else.  I started a nice little painting of a dock by the river that is a commission piece for a lady who is having it done for the owner of the property.  I am painting in oil on an 8″x10″ canvas.  I got a good start on it.  Maybe I can finish it up today.

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The Llama

Posted in Animals, daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged , , , , , on September 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Llama painting with reference photo

Llama painting with reference photo

A few weekends ago I took an art workshop in Staunton at the Beverley Street Studio School.  What a neat place!  The workshop was all about painting animals.  So, of course, the week before I went to the workshop I took photos of animals I have been wanting to paint  — like a llama.  I have some friends with all kinds of animals and they allowed me to come and take pictures.  This Llama, I think his name is Tony, was a real character.  He kept photo-bombing every time I tried to take a photo of the other llamas that were there, especially the baby llama.  He and the other two adults did  not want me to photo the baby.  So long story short, I got lots of cool photos of Tony but no good ones of the other three.  Here is the first painting of Tony.  It’s a 6″x8″ oil on canvas.  It is available at Delilah’s or by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com

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Showhouse to Raise Money for Hospice

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, Small Town Life, Travel, tagged , , , , on September 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

wpid-CAM01476.jpgSeveral weeks ago I blogged about painting on location with a group of artists to help with a fundraiser for Blue Ridge Hospice.  Read about it here.  The Winchester Show House and Gardens opens this Saturday and I hope you will plan to see it.  The photos in the article in The Northern Virginia Daily and on their website does not do the house justice.  Go see it.  It will be a wonderful outing and you will be helping a very good cause.  Thanks!  Here’s the article:  http://www.nvdaily.com/news/2013/09/winchester-showhouse-and-gardens-fundraiser-honors-headley-homes-history.php

 

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Collecting Art

Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged , on September 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Art in Bedroom

Art in Bedroom

Art in Living Room

Art in Living Room

Art in Studio

Art in Studio

Yesterday I was thrilled to meet a delightful couple who have been collecting my art for a couple of years.  They live in Maryland but have a second home in north Georgia which gave us lots to talk about since I am from Georgia.  When they told me they were going to be in the area this weekend we made arrangements to finally meet.  And I am so glad we did.  It was great fun to hear how they have been following my blog and where they are hanging the pieces they have bought from me as well as other painters that they have collected.  They are subscribers of the Daily Painter Movement and collectors of local art.

I love hearing people talk about buying what they like.  When people ask me about collecting art that is what I always suggest.  Don’t try to predict the future and what may be of value down the road.  Buy what you like.  Buy what you want to live with and look at now.  Buy what gives you enjoyment.  And mix it up.  Group art and fill up the walls.  You don’t have enough until your walls are sagging from the weight of it.  (At least that is what I think.)

I buy art from painters I admire.  I buy art in order to study their technique and learn and hopefully become a better painter.  The art I hang in my bedroom is often what I like best because I see it first thing in the morning and last thing at night.  And I can sit and look and study it, which I often do.  And I move art around, rearranging it from time to time in order to be able to study other pieces.

So collect original art and buy what you like.  And meet the painters if you can.  If they are like me they will enjoy hearing your stories and sharing theirs.

 

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