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Spring Blossoms

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on June 10, 2010| 1 Comment »

Spring Blossoms by the Pond is an acrylic on canvas measuring 24″ x 36″ and is available for $395.

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Company Comes

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged , , , , on June 7, 2010| 1 Comment »

My niece Morgan and sister-in-law Debbie rolled in Saturday evening for an overnight.  They go to their cottage in Maine for the summer and my house is half-way along the route so I am the wayside stop for them.  🙂  Jed is thrilled it works out that way as you can see he and Morgan have a mutual admiration society going.

Their little dog Tam, a Westie, and two cats, Star and Stripes, are with them too.  Tam is a cute little guy but has had a couple of health issues and he has been licking his leg.  His mean mama, my sister-in-law, puts a cone on his head to make him not lick at night.  He looks pitiful. 

While Tam had the cone on head, he came into my bedroom and looked into the bathroom and saw himself in the mirror and started growling and barking….and wouldn’t stop.  He thought that dog looked weird too!  Poor little Tam.  Hopefully his leg will heal soon and he won’t have to be a conehead any longer. 

Jed and I will be looking forward to the return trip in August.  On the return they will stay a few nights and maybe Tam won’t be a conehead any more!

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Tangerine

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on June 4, 2010| 1 Comment »

Tangerine is an acrylic on canvas measuring 24″x30″.  This is another piece that I have just completed for the BRAC member show coming up later this month. 

I was asked again recently if I would take pictures during the process of painting to post along with the completed piece.  I did take a photo of the start of this one but I get wrapped up in painting and forget to take more.  I’ll try to do better and post the process more soon.

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Red Blooms

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , on June 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Red Blooms Diptych is an acrylic on gallery wrap canvas measuring 20″x32″.  SOLD.  This is a painting that I did for the upcoming member show at the Blue Ridge Arts Council.

The show opens on June 17th, the same night as the 3rd Thursday Art Walk in downtown Front Royal.  It’s my favorite show each year that BRAC displays because all the members enter works they have been doing during the year and everyone has such different styles.  I love to see it all together.  Mark your calendar now so that you can be there for the opening reception.

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Truman

Posted in Dogs, tagged , , on June 2, 2010| 9 Comments »

We said goodbye to Truman yesterday.  He has been a part of our family for 11 years.  We got him when he was just 5 1/2 weeks old.  He was the cutest little puppy.

He had so many funny little quirks.  He would take his dog biscuits and hide them.  Then bark at them until someone came to find them and gave them to him again.  He did this every day.  And every day, there I would be on my hands and knees scratching through the back of the closet, or under the bed, or in a corner under a rug to find his “cookies”. 

He also like to play a silly game that we called “Where’s Truman” where he would get up on the bed and bark until you came in to see him.  Then we would throw the blanket over his face and say, Where’s Truman?  This could go on for several minutes until he was satisfied that he had gotten enough attention.

I know Truman had a great life.  We were good to him.  But we got so much in return from him.  Even with his quirkiness he was a great dog.  He  was the life of the party.  He loved everyone he met and had a great disposition.

He was our handsome boy and we miss him already. 

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Dogs, dogs, dogs…..

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , on June 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

One of the things I love best about having Delilah’s Art & Gift Gallery in Front Royal, beside the art, is that we are pet friendly and almost every time I am there someone comes by with their dogs.  Of course, I invite them in.  I keep treats just for such an occasion.  And usually I make new friends through this process. 

Recently, Hershey and Cocoa came in with their parents and their mom made this photo of them with me and just sent it to me.  I think they enjoyed their visit.  I know I did.

My art classes are pet friendly also.  I few months ago I had a new student join the Wednesday night class and her one caveat was that Waffles had to come to class too.  And of course, that was not problem.  Now Waffles comes to class each week and has fast become my favorite “art student”.  She is so good.  She stays in her little bag, unless I sneak her out.  Much to her Mom’s dismay, I often take her out and carry her around the class with me as we help students with their paintings.  She has a great eye for art!

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Stone Wall

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Stone Wall with Picket Gate is an acrylic on canvas measuring 24″x30″ and is available for $325. 

Have a safe Memorial Day!

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White Quince

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , on May 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »

White Quince is an oil on canvas measuring 20″x16″ and is available for $295.

I love this time of the year when everything is blooming.  There are so many subjects for painting.  I generally take lots of photos during April and May so that I have subject matter for painting throughout the year.  Building a reference file is important if you paint everyday.

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Mean Rooster III

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , on May 26, 2010| 1 Comment »

Mean Rooster III is an oil on canvas panel measuring 8″x6″ and is available for $125. 

Mean Rooster belonged to Suzanne McMinn of Chickens in the Road.com fame.  If you haven’t checked out her blog yet take a look to the left at Sites of Interest and you will see a link to her blog.  It’s terrific.

Mean Rooster chased her around the yard and she had to fend him off with a broom!

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More Farm Animals – Mama and Baby!

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »

More in the Farm Animal Series!

Mama and Baby is an oil on 8″x6″ canvas panel and is available for $125.  This is one of the paintings that I worked on during the Wine Festival a few weekends ago.  Here’s the finished painting!

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