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Scattered Rugs

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, Travel, tagged colors of fall, daily painter, Fall, fall leaves, falling leaves, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on October 28, 2012| 3 Comments »

I grew up in Southeast Georgia. It’s really low and flat there and our falls never had colors like we see here in Virginia. My mother loved the colors so we always traveled to the “mountains” in the fall to enjoy the season. We usually went to the Great Smokey Mountains. The colors there are a lot like here.

Several years ago Allen and I took his 90-year-old aunt, Honnie, over to West Virginia to visit her other nephew at his mountain house. This is the view from their deck. Honnie called this painting “Scattered Rugs” (oil on canvas, 18″x24″). And she wrote a poem about it. I’ve searched everywhere for where I put the poem and when I find it I’ll post it here for you all to see.

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Plein Air Completed

Posted in Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Plein Air, Virginia Artist on October 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago I painted outdoors at Glen Manor Winery. You can read about that here. When painting in plein-air I generally get a painting to a point where it is about 85-90% complete. Then I take it back to the studio where I put on the finishing details.

This photo shows the completed painting still on the easel with the reference photo.

View of Glen Manor Winery, oil on canvas, 8″x16″, available for purchase by contacting kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com

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Morning at Glen Manor Winery

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Glen Manor Winery, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, painting, Plein Air, Plein Air painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist, Virginia wineries on October 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday morning I had the opportunity to paint at Glen Manor Winery on the Browntown Road out from Front Royal. It’s lovely out there.

Painting on location, or en Plein Air, is different from any other kind of painting. First you must have different equipment. Then you have to narrow down the subject. That is often the most difficult part for painters.

And usually you get to a point, about 85% complete, where you have to stop and then complete the painting back in the studio.

This is where I got with this piece yesterday. Now I will work it a little more to finish it out.

And in the meantime I will think about lovely Glen Manor and try to find a time to return soon to paint another lovely scene.

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Blue and Orange

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on October 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

This is the time of the year that we really see lots of complementary colors of blue and orange in the Shenandoah Valley. The mountains so blue and so much orange and gold in the trees. I will paint with some plein air painters today out near Browntown and hope to have some wonderful views to capture. Enjoy the scenery today as you drive around. These two abstract impressionist paintings, Blue Ridge V & VII are oil on 4″x8″ canvas and are available at Delilah’s for $35 each. Contact kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com to purchase or for more info.

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Plein Air Painting at Camp Shepherd

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged Camp Shepherd, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, painting, Virginia Artist, West Virginia, WV on September 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Even though I taught nine hours each day at the Retreat I did find a little time one morning to paint a little scene in Plein-air. This lovely little scene was right behind my cabin.

Here is the progress I made in about an hour.

And here is the final painting, Camp Shepherd Morning, oil on canvas panel, 8″x10″, framed and available for $195.

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3 Paintings of the Dickey Ridge View

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, Travel, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Dickey RIdge, Dickey Ridge View, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah National Park, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on July 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Last Thursday I painted at Dickey Ridge. Often when I paint on location I paint at least one painting and sometimes start a second. This particular day I did that plus started a third. Many painters paint multiple canvas of the same subject. Think Monet’s Haystacks and his Cathedrals.

Here are the three paintings I completed from that plein-air outing.

Overlook View from Dickey Ridge I – private collection

These paintings are available by contacting kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

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Painting the Mountains with a New Friend

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on July 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday morning my friend Linda and I went up to Dickey Ridge Visitor Center to do a little plein air painting. This was my set up and view to paint.

As often happens when I paint on location, curious onlookers will ask questions or comment on the painting. And yesterday I met a really nice family from India, now living in Dubai.

Their daughter, Kiara, was very interested in what I was doing so I showed her and even asked her to help. She took the brush and help put a little paint on the canvas.

Kiara’s parents watched. Her grandmother was there too. They had flown into Canada and were touring the U.S. for a month. What fun! I’m glad they stopped at Dickey Ridge while we were there painting.

And then they were gone. I had to finish the painting all by myself.

So Kiara, here it is. Our painting almost done.

Anyone interested in purchasing this or any painting can contact me at kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com . It was a great morning of painting outdoors. (And thanks Linda for snapping the shots of me and Kiara.)

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Plein Air at Dickey Ridge Visitor Center

Posted in daily painter, Plein Air, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Dickey RIdge, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah National Park, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on June 29, 2012| 2 Comments »

Yesterday was Plein Air Thursday. But I didn’t have time to go to the location where the group was painting so I decided to go up in the Shenandoah National Park to the Dickey Ridge overlook and paint for a few hours. It’s such a lovely drive and so hard to believe that it is only 5 miles from my house.

This is the view I selected for the painting and the start of the piece.

And these next few shots are the progress I made throughout the next hour or so.

By the time I left I felt as if I were about 90% done with the painting. I will touch it up a little and then it will go down to Delilah’s where hopefully someone will see it and want to take it home.