October 28, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
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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October 27, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
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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October 26, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
The Young Painters class did this Halloween painting yesterday. Great job guys! Boo!
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October 25, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
Pat has been painting with me on Wednesdays for several years now and she does a terrific job! Here she is with a Santa painting she just completed. Then she started right away on a beautiful fall scene with a covered bridge. Way to go Pat! Keep making beautiful art.
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October 24, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
MeMaw, oil on canvas, 6″x6″.
This is MeMaw. She showed up at Allen’s warehouse about 3 years ago with three little yellow kittens. She was tiny and thin and, of course, Allen took them in and started feeding her and eventually the three boys as they got bigger. They were wild but he spent time working with them and now they all are tame with him. They have a good life at the warehouse with Allen. This little painting was Allen’s birthday present. (You can see Bob, one of the yellow kittens all grown up here.)
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October 23, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
Today is Allen’s birthday. He treats his birthday as just another day. We keep telling him that it is his special day and we should celebrate. We want to celebrate all the things that makes him so special – his caring ways, his fun personality, his dry sense of humor, his love and caring for me and the dogs, his love for his cats (all 6 of them!). He’s a good, good man and we are lucky to have him in our lives.
So Happy Birthday Allen! We love you!
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October 22, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
Yesterday afternoon we held the “Celebration of Dogs”, a grand opening event for our dog park. There were well over 200 people and who knows how many dogs there! It was great. The marvelous vendors had great give-aways for everyone. We got a whole tote bag full of goodies. 
And Mamie got a new stuffed toy to de-stuff! 
It was a fun, fun afternoon!
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October 21, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
I’m thinking this morning of Truman and Jefferson, the two dogs that I had when I first wanted to build a dog park in our community. Tru and Jeffie really needed space to run off the leash. That is what got the whole thing started. And today we are having a “Celebration of Dogs” at the new dog park as a grand opening event. The park has been officially open now for about 6 weeks and it’s a wonderful place for dogs to run and play and exercise.
The three dogs I now have – Jed, Lincoln and Mamie – love it. Their favorite time of the day is early morning when we go to the park for our exercise. I know Jeffie and Truman would have loved it too!
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October 19, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
The Young Artist’s painted Fall in class yesterday. The colors outside are so beautiful that we wanted to capture that on canvas. And they did just that! And a great job too. Way to go guys!
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October 18, 2012 by kellywalkerstudios
Come to the Dog Park on Sunday afternoon from 3 – 5 p.m. for the “Celebration of Dogs”, the grand opening event for the park. We will have over a dozen vendors with great give-aways for everyone who comes. We will also have the dog park merchandise available – hats, fleece jackets and tote bags. Be the first to get yours and help us add an agility course to the park.
Hope to see you there with your socialized dogs!
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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. 
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