The Studio

Warren County Middle School

September 19, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

I am posting photos of Warren County Middle School today because I am painting with Middle Schoolers today on a project that is part of the 175th anniversary of Warren County. The project is sponsored by Target! Tomorrow I’ll show you their paintings!

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Penguins!

September 18, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

Wednesday and Thursday Young Artists painted Penguins!

Great job everybody.

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Butting Heads

September 15, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

Butting Heads, acrylic, 9×12. This painting is from a photo that my cousin sent from their farm. I still have a few touches to put on it but it’s almost done.

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Red Flower or Virginia Tech Side Tables

September 12, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

These two wooden hand painted side tables are available for $65 each. They can be seen at Delilah’s at 105 East Main Street in Front Royal, VA. If you are interested email me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com and I can give you more info.

And don’t forget the Fall Sale continues. Click the tab above or here to see more.

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Under the Tree

September 10, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

Fall Sale continues….

Under the Tree, acrylic, 8″x10″, SOLD. Thanks Kim.

There’s more…..Click the Sale! Sale! tab above for more great sale savings. New items added daily.

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View at Sylva NC

September 8, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

A month or so ago I went down to Sylva, NC to visit with an aunt and cousin that I hadn’t seen in about 25 years. It was great seeing them. And it was good to see the differences in their mountains and ours. Here are two quick 5×7 paintings that I did when I got home. And stay tuned, the big annual sale starts soon.

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Plum Jelly

September 6, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

After a delightfully restful weekend at the cabin, I came home with loads of plums, all very ripe and ready for jelly.

I love making jelly as it reminds me of both of my grandmothers. Granny had some of the best plum trees in her yard and so did Big Mama. They both made jelly and I learned much from them both.

You can see more about the process here from a post I made a few years ago during my jelly making. Last night I made 15 jars and have enough juice squeezed to make about that much more!

I love the equipment you use to make jelly especially the little funnel cup in the lower right of the photo that belonged to Big Mama. 🙂

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Relaxing Weekend

September 5, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

Spent a relaxing weekend at the cabin. No painting, no planning for art classes, no nothing but reading and hiking with the boys.

They loved it too. Jed and Lincoln have chunked up lately because we haven’t been able to go out there to hike.

We all got a jump-start on our exercise plan this weekend.

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Sugar and Beulah Petunia

September 2, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

All the while we are painting the huge mural with all the farm animals in the middle of the room for Suzanne McMinn we are also working on a few little side paintings.

This is Sugar, one of the 10 or so cats that live at the farm. She is just too cute.

And this is Beulah Petunia, the milk cow. She is painted on the wall leading out to where her pen is and where she gets milked. If you could see through the window on the door you would see her out there.

And if you ever watched Suzanne milk “BP” you would understand the reasoning for this composition. She puts a bucket of corn and grain in front of her and she continuously eats while Suzanne milks her. The chickens come from all around because BP drops some of the corn and they want it too!

Linda painted this nice vignette above the stove. It really adds so much to the kitchen area. Great job Linda!

And here are Linda and I with our host, Suzanne.

I think Suzanne really loved the final result, especially her beloved BP!

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The Painting Begins

September 1, 2011 by kellywalkerstudios

I’ve been asked to chronicle the development of the painting that we did at Stringtown Rising Farm. We were so busy painting that I didn’t always think to take a photo but here is the painting from beginning to end from the photos I do have. I will post some close-ups tomorrow.