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A Cottage in Maine

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, cottage, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Maine, Maine cottage, Virginia Artist on January 6, 2012| 1 Comment »

A Cottage in Maine, acrylic on matboard. This is my brother and sister-in-law’s place in Maine. It’s lovely and sits on a gorgeous lake. They spend time there in the summer. I gave this painting to them as a Christmas gift and I think they liked it. 🙂

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All About Jed!

Posted in Dogs, tagged Black Lab, daily painter, Dog adoption, Dogs, Rescue dogs on January 5, 2012| 1 Comment »

It was 3 years ago today that we drove over to Ohio in a snow storm to pick up our boy Jed. He was at a shelter in St. Clairsville, Ohio, after being picked up as a stray and he had been with them for several months.

The minute I saw his photo on Petfinder.com I knew he was meant to be with us. He looked so much like my beloved, Jeffie, that I had to go get him. (Did I mention that it was snowing like crazy?!) More here about how we got Jed.

This first photo is one I took the first day he came to live with us. I also had Truman at the time and Tru was not thrilled with the addition. I was hoping they would be good buddies the way Truman and Jeffie were but that never panned out.

One of Jed’s favorite spots is in front of the fire. He has turned into a really sweet and loving boy and we are so glad it worked for him to be ours.

And he makes a great painting model. I’ve done several paintings of him including my favorite that you can see here.

And when Lincoln came to live with us, Jed got his best buddy. They play till their tongues hang out!

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New Year’s Resolution?

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, poppies, Virginia Artist on January 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Poppies in a Window, acrylic, 12″x16″, available for $ 150.

If your New Year’s resolution was to do something good for yourself, or to learn something new, or start a new hobby, how about joining us for art class on Wednesday or Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. We have so much fun and no experience is required. If you want to learn, we can help.

We also are offering new this year a Wednesday morning class, 10:30-Noon. If you are interested in any of these classes just contact me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .

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Winter Invitational

Posted in daily painter, tagged cherry, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on January 3, 2012| 1 Comment »

The Winter Invitational continues at the Blue Ridge Arts Council on Main Street in Front Royal.

Three Cherries on Teal is an oil painting measuring 8″x10″ and is available for $125,

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Polar Bears

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, polar bear on December 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Our young artists painted polar bears this week. You can see the photograph that we used on the wall behind Michael’s head. My friend, Jennie, took this photo while on an expedition to visit these beautiful creatures last year. She shared this photo and a couple of others with me so they kids could paint them. Good job guys!

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Student Art for Christmas

Posted in Art Class, tagged acrylic, art lessons, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, trees, truck, Virginia Artist on December 29, 2011| 1 Comment »

Kaylee painted a cool picture of her brother’s truck for him as a surprise Christmas present. She said he “Loves His Truck”. So I thought his was a sweet gift for her to give. We worked on it for only a little over an hour and look what a great painting she did!

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A Cabin in Fort Valley

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Hunting Cabin, impressionism, Landscape, Log House, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on December 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I was thrilled to be commissioned by a friend to paint a special present for her father-in-law as a Christmas gift from the family of his favorite family place, their hunting cabin.

It is a great old log cabin and was fun to paint. And it’s always a thrill to me when the client let’s me know the reaction of the recipient. Take a look here to see what she said.

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Bob Cat

Posted in daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, bob cat, cat, daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Virginia Artist, yellow cat on December 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Bob Cat, acrylic on gallery wrap canvas, 6″x6″. This painting was a gift to Allen. Bob is one of the five cats that takes care of the warehouse.

Bob Cat posed perfectly for me one day when I was there with my camera. He’s a very handsome cat….and I think he knows it.

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Nine Pets

Posted in Dogs, tagged acrylic, cat, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on December 26, 2011| 1 Comment »

I painted the largest pet portrait that I have ever done this holiday season. A client commissioned me to paint the nine pets that had belonged to his wife in her lifetime from the very first pup to the big golden retriever they now have. It was quite an undertaking.

I started with a rough sketch. This was the hardest part of the process…deciding how to layout the painting in order to get every animal to appear in a way to show their unique beauty,

Then each animal was roughed in with color. And finally I went back to each animal and completed details and added the back ground that you see in the finished version in the photo above.

I got a nice message yesterday from the client. He said his wife loved it! Whew! So glad to hear it.

Here is how it looks hanging in its new home…