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Best Part of Plein Air Painting

Posted in Dogs, tagged Dogs, Shenandoah Valley on June 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Almost always the best part of painting in plein air for me is the dogs I meet (and their people). Thursday when I was at the Dickey Ridge overlook I met Adobe. Turns out I had run across Adobe before. Six or seven years ago I did a series of dog paintings for a show. The sales from the show went to benefit the Humane Society of Warren County.

This was the painting I did of Adobe, now 15 years old, with McKinley. McKinley isn’t with us any more but his mom told me Thursday that they were glad they had the painting of the two of them. I’m glad too.

Here are some of the other new friends I made there that day.

I love the “people” I meet when I paint outside.

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A Little Gem

Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on June 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Several months ago some friends who do wonderful work with German Shepherd Rescue stopped by Delilah’s with their latest rescue. She doesn’t look at all like a German Shepherd!

This little Gem is the cutest thing. She was bashful on her first visit but let me snap this photo. I couldn’t resist painting it.

She came back to visit a few weeks ago and has grown a little and is more outgoing and a little less skittish. And she is definitely a daddy loving girl. Her dad has salt and pepper hair and a beard so they even look a little alike.

A Little Gem, acrylic on canvas, 16″x12″, available at Delilah’s or by contacting kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com .

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Jacob and Buffy

Posted in Art Class, Dogs, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, Dogs, Golden Retriever, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on June 26, 2012| 1 Comment »

This is Jacob. He is one of my private students. He’s 6.

A few weeks ago I asked him what he wanted to paint next and he said Buffy. Buffy is his old golden retriever. Buffy is almost twice as old as Jacob and you can tell he loves her.

So we painted Buffy. It took two lessons and he did a terrific job. I love helping young artists paint their pets.

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Casper

Posted in Books, daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged dog, mural on June 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Casper is done! I like it. We have one more full day of painting ahead of us. I’m anxious to see it finished.

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Casper Goes on the Wall

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Farm Animals, Pet Portaits, Travel, tagged acrylic, dog, Dogs, mural on June 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

This morning I am painting my favorite subject matter – dogs! Casper is a sweet, sweet yellow lab mix that loves us being here. I am working on him this morning then maybe Linda and I will take a break and go on a big garden tour in Charleston this afternoon.

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Lincoln and Dixie

Posted in Dogs, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Landscape, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on June 6, 2012| 1 Comment »

Lincoln and Dixie, acrylic on canvas, 14″x18″. Dixie is a dog in our neighborhood that loves to come visit us…usually without her parents permission. She is quite the escape artist. We welcome her visits as Lincoln loves her. You can read a little more about Dixie here.

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Fence Going Up in Dog Park

Posted in Dogs, Small Town Life, tagged Dog Park, Dogs, Small Town Life on June 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The first fence post in the Warren County Dog Park went up last week. And the building continues. Woo Hoo!

It shouldn’t take long to get it finished now that we have begun so we can expect the park to open this summer. Yeah! Woof!

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The Dog Walker

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, painting, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on May 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The Dog Walker, oil on canvas panel, 14″x11″.

A few weeks ago while down at the river painting I turned around to look behind me and there was this gentleman walking his buddy. I had to take a photo quick before they were gone down the trail. I just love they look.

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Mara and Max

Posted in Art Class, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, art lessons, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs on April 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago we had our Kid’s Pet Painting Workshop (See all about it here.) and Mara got away that day before I got a photo of the finished painting. Here it is. You did a great job Mara!

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Work Begins…

Posted in Dogs, Small Town Life, tagged Dog Park, Dogs on April 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I rode down to Eastham Park yesterday to take a look at what was going on. The closest space to the parking lot is being graded. That is where they are putting some soccer fields for the kids. I didn’t see anything further back where the dog park is going to be yet but I didn’t have time to walk all the way back. But this is definitely a good sign. Work had begun. Woo Hoo!