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Expressive Daffodils

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Expressionism, Flowers, Paint Party, tagged daffodils, Expressionism, Expressive painting on January 12, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Express 4.png Beautiful Expressive Daffodil paintings!

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Sweet Judy Blue Eyes

Posted in daily painter, Pet Portaits, tagged cat, Judy on January 3, 2020| 1 Comment »

Judy Blue Eyes 1 This is Judy…better known as Sweet Judy Blue Eyes. She showed up at Allen’s warehouse years ago and adopted him. She had some health issues with skin cancer toward the end of her life and he took such good care of her. We lost her the day after Thanksgiving…so I painted this for him for Christmas. He loved the gift.

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Little Vacation in Jamestown

Posted in daily painter on December 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »

We try to get away the week between Christmas and New Year for a little vacation. We used to go to the same place but now we venture out. This year we decided to stick closer to home and visit Jamestown, Williamsburg, and DC. It’s been such a relaxing time rather than rushing to somewhere far away. Jamestown was terrific. I hadn’t been there since I was in the 4th grade! That trip had influenced me to major in history in college….I’ve always loved it!

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Gracie

Posted in Commissions, daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged commission, Gracie, pet portrait on December 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Gracie from Memphis I always love it so much when someone I have painted a commission for in the past contacts me to work for them again. This year I heard from Sam from Memphis who I had painted two of his dogs for before and he needed a portrait of Gracie….a rescue they had recently lost. Here is what he told me about her: “As I know you like some background on the dogs you paint here is Gracie’s story. We found her. Late one night Charlotte thought she saw a coyote, but it ran away quick. The next morning our next door neighbor called to tell us there was a dying dog on their porch, I don’t know if the coyote and Gracie were the same animal or not, but believe so. Well this dog wouldn’t let anyone get near her but me…..and only because I got on my belly to crawl up to her. I took her to the vet where we found out that she was near starving to death. We took her home and nursed her back to health, never thinking we would keep her as we had 2 dogs already. Charlotte named her Gracie, saying that all but the grace of me that she would be dead. Well it turns out that we found a girl that wanted her, with two small kids. She needed surgery, she was pregnant and had a ruptured spleen, either from abuse or a car, and the vet said she had to remain quiet for 6 weeks, which meant she couldn’t go to the home with kids, and would have to say with us for 6 weeks. You guessed it. After 6 weeks we Gracie couldn’t give her up. Maggie, the blonde lab died a year or so later. Hawthorne died 4 or 5 years later. So Gracie was queen of the roost by herself for the next 10 years….she lived to be 16. She was a pretty mellow dog. Always wanted to be in the same room as us, or if we were outside she wanted to be outside. Was as sweet a dog as you ever want to meet, but wasn’t really affectionate. I bet in 16 years she only licked me 2 or 3 times. Very well behaved and socialized. Can’t remember her getting into trouble……unlike Hawthorne who was constantly in trouble. She too wore a colorful color like all our dogs, but she had so much hair you can’t see it. Well hopefully this gives you some idea of her personality.”

Then yesterday I got this nice email from Sam…”We love it!!!! Charlotte cried. She thought you captured her likeness very well. And the red is great. We will hang it tomorrow and I will send a picture. Thanks again so much. ”

I love a happy ending!

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Snowman with Friends

Posted in daily painter, Paint Party, tagged snowman, Snowman with Friends on December 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »

We will paint “Snowman with Friends” as our first painting of the year on Sunday, January 5th at 2 pm. Click here to register and bring a friend!

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Snowman with Mail

Posted in daily painter on December 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Great snowmen ladies!!!

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Our Stitch & Bitch Gang

Posted in daily painter on December 4, 2019| 1 Comment »

We had so much time with this wonderful group of creative ladies at Shenandoah River State Park.

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Stitch & Bitch Retreat III

Posted in daily painter on December 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

We are back at Shenandoah River State Park for our third Stitch & Bitch Retreat. Barbara made a cute Kitty quilt and Denise made an adorable totem bag…and Sandy made deals online!

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Miniature Winterscapes

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged Landscape, winter on November 23, 2019| 3 Comments »

Worked up some 4″x4″ mini landscapes yesterday. We should have a mini Paint Party scheduled soon. A few more options coming….

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What is Open Studio?

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged Open Studio, Open Studio Friday on November 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Lately I’ve been asked about Open Studio Friday. Every Friday from 10 am to 1 pm we have Open Studio Friday at The Studio at 105 E Main Street in Front Royal. It is a time you can come work on any project you may want to bring in. The fee is just $10 for the 3 hours. We find that sometimes you can get more accomplished when you are working in the company of other creative people. And now through Christmas, if you missed a paint party that you really want to do, or if you have a gift idea you need some help with you can do it during Open Studio. Just contact Kelly and let her know which image you want to paint so she can prep it for you and she’ll send you the link for payment and then you can come in and have your own “private Paint Party”. How fun is that?! So take a look at all the things we have painted in the last few years and choose one to do.