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Pups at Petco

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged Dogs, Rescue dogs on February 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Many thanks to Petco Store Manager Sherry Bailey for allowing us to sell raffle tickets for the Dog Park at Petco on Saturday. Here’s Sherry with one of her many admirers!

We sold lots of tickets but more than that I got to take photos of lots of dogs. Here are some of the scenes of the day:

Here are some kids who came to read to the dogs.

A wonderful therapy dog.

And more kids reading with their friends.

Super cute pup!

Pug pups in a cart!

Five pugs - and they all belong to one couple!

And Tazer, a shelter dog, was looking for his family. He's a wonderful guy that just needs a chance to make you happy.

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Most Expensive Art EVER!!!!

Posted in daily painter on February 4, 2012| 4 Comments »

Reprinted from The Daily Beast:

Cezanne Becomes Priciest Painting Ever

Not so fast, David Choe—you can no longer call your Facebook murals the most expensive work of art, because Qatar has come to the rescue. The oil-rich country has bought Paul Cezanne’s painting The Card Players for more than $250 million, making it by far the highest price ever paid for a work of art. Up until this point, the most expensive painting ever sold was a Jackson Pollock for $140 million in the frenzied pre-recession year of 2006,(check out more about it here) and in recent days the graffiti artist David Choe was reportedly given Facebook stock options for decorating the company’s murals in 2005 that cost mere thousands then but will now be worth some $200 million after the social-network giant goes public. But Cezanne’s small, quietly somber work beats them all—there are four other Card Players in the world, and they are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Courtauld in London, and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. (Be looking soon for another post about the Barnes Foundation. Trust me it’s interesting!)

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Two Forte

Posted in Cup of Joe/Tea Time, daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Forte, Tea on February 2, 2012| 1 Comment »

Two Forte, acrylic on 10″x10″ canvas, available at the Daily Grind.

Tea Forte, acrylic on 10″x10″ canvas, available at the Daily Grind.

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Make a Trip to Buggy B’s in Strasburg

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged Buggy B's, daily painter, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Strasburg VA, Virginia Artist on January 24, 2012| 1 Comment »

I’m thrilled to have my work in Strasburg, VA, at Buggy B’s, a great little shop with furniture, flowers, and finishings! It’s at 239 E. King Street. Stop in next time you are in Strasburg or better yet, make a trip over to see the store. It’s worth the trip.

You can see part of my “Big Fruit” series in one photo right above the wine. Did I mention they have wine?! 🙂

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Tammy’s Otis

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Poodle, Poodle mix, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 18, 2012| 1 Comment »

Tammy’s Otis, acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas. This little beauty is a rescue that belongs to my friends Tammy and Tim. He’s a lucky fellow because I think she treats her babies as good as I do. 🙂

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Fancy, the German Short Hair Pointer Pup and Jade!

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Dogs, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, Dogs, German Shorthair Pointer, GSP, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 17, 2012| 4 Comments »

Meet Fancy. She’s a German Shorthair Pointer pup that belongs to some friends. I met her yesterday and you talk about cute!!!! She oozes cute.

Now meet Jade. Fancy is a member of her family and she wanted to paint a picture of her for her mom. We met yesterday for a lesson and she came up with this terrific painting! Great job!

And while Jade is only 7 years old, she is such a sweet and mannerly girl that she brought me a wonderful thank you note before we even started our painting. Adorable!

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Workshops Scheduled for 2012

Posted in daily painter, tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, daily painting, flowers, Virginia Artist on January 13, 2012| 2 Comments »

I often hear from people who say they would love to come to art class but their schedule just won’t let them do it during the week and would I please offer a weekend class. So I have put together the 2012 schedule of workshops that will be held on the weekends.

Take a look here at what is planned (or click on the 2012 Workshop tab above). We will do everything from floral to pets to abstract to Plein-air painting. Choose one or come to several. Let this be the year you develop your artistic abilities!

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The Saba Home Entrance

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on January 9, 2012| 1 Comment »

The Saba Home Entrance, acrylic on canvas, 8″x10″, commission.

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Many Thanks for a Great Year!

Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, statistics, Virginia Artist on January 7, 2012| 2 Comments »

My 2011 Blog Statistics are in and it was a very good year. This blog was viewed about 35,000 times in 2011.

In 2011, there were 280 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 668 posts.

The busiest day of the year was August 24th with 1,065 views. The most popular post that day was About Kelly.

The top referring sites in 2011 were: chickensintheroad.com and facebook.com.

There were many highlights for me this year: The Bark for the Park Show Opening and Westminster Winner and the 175th Anniversary Art Residency with the Elementary Schools and showing their work at the Community Center. They were so proud!

Many thanks to all of you, my friends, who follow my blog, offer encouragement and collect my art. Thank you for helping me continue to make a living as an artist! I am eternally grateful.

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A Cottage in Maine

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, cottage, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Maine, Maine cottage, Virginia Artist on January 6, 2012| 1 Comment »

A Cottage in Maine, acrylic on matboard. This is my brother and sister-in-law’s place in Maine. It’s lovely and sits on a gorgeous lake. They spend time there in the summer. I gave this painting to them as a Christmas gift and I think they liked it. 🙂