Back in April I posted about the Anniversary painting that I did with the elementary schools and that I had given the sample painting to the County to hang at the government center. (Read more here.) I said then that I would get some photos to post of how it turned out so while I was at the Center this week I snapped a couple of shots.
It hangs at the entry to the Planning office. I am amazed at the number of people who tell me they have seen it there.
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There are very few days that I don’t actually paint. Yesterday was one of them. I spent the afternoon riding around the county taking photos of animals for an upcoming workshop that I will be attending on “Painting Animals”. I’m very excited to be taking the workshop. It’s my birthday do-over since I was sick on my birthday this year. A good do-over, huh?!
These are some of the photos that I got yesterday. A good friend was kind enough to let me come to his place and get some Llama shots. I have been wanting to paint one so here is my chance. Just look at that FACE!!!
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A few days ago I wrote about PaintTheParks, a group of artists who are painting parks around the world and giving a portion of their sales to support parks foundations. I am continuing to build my PaintTheParks page and adding paintings I have already done of National, State, and local parks. I hope to get out “en plein air” and paint a new one this week. We are lucky to live at the northern entrance of the Shenandoah National Park, a real treasure in the national park system. There are so many beautiful scenes there to paint.
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Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City Royals
Number 19 in the series of 30 is Kauffman Stadium – home of the Kansas City Royals. The stadium is known for having the largest privately funded fountain in the world, a 322 foot fountain and waterfall on display before and after the game and in-between innings.
All the paintings in this series are acrylic on canvas measuring 18″x24″.
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Pat Paints Cows
Sam’s first lesson painting
Kid’s class paint florals
Logan with the Lighthouse
Over the last few weeks I have been posting Art Camp student’s art and today I wanted to share my art class students latest works. Several have finished some really nice paintings and I wanted to show them off. Here is some of their most recent paintings:
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One of Kelly’s paintings at Dickey Ridge Overlook in the Shenandoah National Park
I am very excited to share with you today that I have recently joined a wonderful group called “Paint the Parks“. Their mission as artists is to paint scenes from our wonderful parks all over the world and share them with collectors.
As their website states, ” The idea of Paint The Parks is to visit protected park lands and paint them ~ in your home area and all around the world. What is a “Park?” Any nature reserve set aside for conservation and public use qualifies as a “Park.” We want to preserve these precious places for future generations. Artists can paint the parks en Plein Air (on site), or in the studio. But only list the paintings of places you have actually visited. There is no substitute for experiencing the majesty of the out of doors, and being in nature’s temple. The energy and soul of a place has a visceral effect on your entire being.”
Kelly painting en plein air with Jed
When a painting is purchased a percentage of the sale goes to a park foundation. I am very pleased to be a new part of this movement. I hope you will take a minute to visit their website and see what Karin Leonard, the artist with a vision to help save our beautiful parks, is doing through this project.
I have added a Paint the Parks page to my website that I will dedicate to park paintings so it will be easy to go to one place to see them all. I have many more paintings to add to the page and will get them all listed soon. Thanks for looking and for anything you can do to help preserve park space.
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“Van Gogh’s Chair”
Tanner concentrating on her work
Conner and Brigid putting on some final touches
A really nice thank you note
We wrapped up the last day of Art Camp with Van Gogh’s Chair. The young artists painted a large version and did a fabulous job. This was a delightful group of kids who are really good painters.
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Blue Dog is one of the favorite paintings we have done in the Art Camps this summer. We talk about George Rodrigue and his unique style. The kids love this….and so do I!
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Art Campers Paint Van Gogh
Yesterday’s Art Campers painted a beautiful Van Gogh painting. We learned more about color mixing and blending colors. GREAT JOB!
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Art Campers Paint Cassett
We started the final week of Art Camp this summer by studying Mary Cassett, one of the few female impressionists of the time. The young artists did a marvelous job with the extraordinarily difficult painting. Keep in mind they did this in just one session! Great job everyone. Can’t wait to see the rest of your good work this week.
Mary Cassett’s Lydia Seated in Garden with Dog
1880
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The Studio 