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Last weekend at the Plein Air Festival in Easton, Maryland, we met a ten-year old plein air painter who competed with the adults in the Paint-out.  WOW!

I know adults who are scared to paint outdoors, much less in front of thousands of people.  His name is Will Ridenhour and he loves art.  You could tell just by talking with him a few minutes .  And kudos to his parents who were there encouraging him.

Linda and I couldn’t resist the painting so we purchased it and hope to use it in some way to raise money for our dog park. 

Will was excited when we told him we wanted to buy his painting.  It was great fun for all of us.  Keep painting Will!!!

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Art Camp continues.  This week our focus is on Modern Art.  First we produced a color wheel to learn more about color mixing.

 

Then we applied what we had learned about color to painting  Rothko-like modern paintings. 

The young artists did a great job producing these wonderful colors using only blue, yellow, red and white on their palettes.  Don’t you think?

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Benny and Dewey, acrylic on canvas panel, 11″x14″.  Commissioned as a wedding gift.  Presented this weekend and the bride and groom loved it.

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Coloring Book Cats and Coloring Book Dogs, acrylic on canvas, measuring 30″x20″ each.  These are on display at the Blue Ridge Arts Council for “Big Art in a Small Town”.

I saw a kid coloring in a coloring book at a doctor’s office recently and thought, “What fun!”  I haven’t colored outside the lines in years so I came home and “colored”.  And it was fun!!!

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A Rockland Farm, acrylic on matboard, measuring 4″x8″.  Another in the series of Warren County Barns and Farms for the upcoming Blue Ridge Arts Council show to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of Warren County.

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A few weeks ago Michele Sommers, Sommers End Originals, and I painted this mural at our the Julia Wagner Animal Shelter here in Warren County.  It turned out great and adds a lot of life to a dull wall there.

We invite other artists to come out and add other animals to the window.  Plus we will be painting a tree on the small wall leading to the cat area and will add cats to that mural.  If you would like to help just get in touch with us.

You can see more photos of the mural and Michele and I at work here.

 

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Here is the next barn painting that I’ve done for the upcoming show, “Barns and Farms in Warren County” that will be at the Blue Ridge Arts Council next month.  This one is , “Barn off of Browntown Road“, is acrylic measuring 4″x5”.

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Yesterday afternoon I worked with 26 young artists at Angel’s Korner and we painted poppies….lots and lots of poppies. 

The students range in ages from 5 -12.  They painted beautiful orange-red flowers.  Good job everyone!

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The next show at the Blue Ridge Arts Council is in Celebration of Warren County’s 175th Birthday, Barns & Farms of Warren County.  I painted this small piece on Monday in preparation for the show. 

It is an acrylic on matboard measuring 7 3/4″ x 13″.  It’s called “Bowen Farm from Fairgrounds Road”.

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I spent a couple of hours with the young artists at Angel’s Korner painting mountain landscapes.  The students, ages 5-11, did a fabulous job painting….don’t you think???!!!

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