Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged 3rd Thursday Art Walk, Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Art Walk, daily painter, Small Town Life on May 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The Art Walk last night was great fun. Many different people helped to paint the two canvases that I had down at the Blue Ridge Arts Council. There were three other locations where people were painting as well.
Here are some of the artist hard at work!!! 
Be sure to mark your calendar for the 3rd Thursday in June and come down and join us on Main Street.
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged 3rd Thursday Art Walk, Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, art lessons, Art Walk, daily painter, daily painting, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Virginia Artist on May 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Join us from 5-8 p.m. tonight for the 3rd Thursday Art Walk. I will be painting at the Blue Ridge Arts Council and I invite you to join me. Tonight’s theme is “Minds Wide Open” and we will be working on abstract pieces…and you can join in. I’ll have all the supplies. You just come ready to paint!!!
And abstract doesn’t always mean non-representational. As you can see here there is a representational element to abstract art as well. Come on down and see more.
Posted in daily painter, tagged 3rd Thursday Art Walk, Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, art lessons, Art Walk, daily painter, Shenandoah Valley, Small Town Life, Virginia, Virginia Artist on May 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow is the 3rd Thursday Art Walk. Each 3rd Thursday in downtown Front Royal many shops extend their hours until 8 p.m. and from 5-8 p.m. artists demonstrate at several locations. Tomorrow not only will they demonstrate but they will encourage viewers to paint as well.
The theme for tomorrow’s art walk is “Minds Wide Open”, the same theme as my current show at the arts council. Marlene Kline and I will be at BRAC, 305 East Main Street, demonstrating and hopefully helping you paint an abstract work of art.
Please join us and try your hand at painting. We’d love to see you there.
Shown here today are some of the abstract works in the current show that Marlene and I have on display at BRAC.
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Day Lilies, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on May 18, 2010| 1 Comment »
Day Lilies by the Pond is an oil on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″ and is available for $165.
Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Festival, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia, Virginia Artist, Virginia wineries, Wine Festival on May 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Saturday was a beautiful day for a festival and we had a great one downtown Front Royal. The Wine & Craft Festival brought lots of people to Main Street and many stopped by to see us at Delilah’s.
And I worked on several paintings that day. I even had a couple of children who helped paint a little.
I used to get really nervous painting in front of others but now that I have done it so often it doesn’t bother me. I enjoy it in fact. People generally have interesting questions about painting and are very encouraging.
We had a drawing for those who came into Delilah’s to register and this was our winner. Sheron Nicodemus from Richmond was the lucky one and this was the painting she selected. I got to spend a few minutes chatting with Sheron and she was just delightful. Congratulations!
(Special thanks to Sandy Patterson for taking the photos of me painting and with Sheron.)
Posted in daily painter, tagged Art Class, cherries, cherry, daily painter, daily painting, fruit, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on May 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Two Cherries is an oil on canvas panel measuring 8″x8″ and is available for $95.
Tomorrow (Saturday) in downtown Front Royal is the Wine Festival. It’s always a good time so if you are in the area stop in tomorrow and come see us at Delilah’s. We’ll be there from 10-6 during the festival hours. Hope to see you then.
Posted in daily painter, tagged cow, daily painter, farm animals, impressionism, oil painting, Virginia Artist on May 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Beulah Petunia is an oil on canvas panel measuring 6″x8″ and is available for $125.
Beulah Petunia was Suzanne McMinn’s birthday present this year. She is a milk cow. If you haven’t taken the time to go the Suzanne’s blog, www.chickensintheroad.com , you must take a look. It is so fun. She describes her life on her farm in West Virginia with all her animals. And she takes the best photos of them that she posts on her blog. She gave me permission to paint from the photos and that was the impetus of my Farm Animal Series of paintings.
Photo by Suzanne McMinn
This is Suzanne’s photo that I used for reference.
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, oil painting, peonies, peony, Virginia Artist on May 12, 2010| 1 Comment »
Peony Buds is an oil on canvas panel measuring 12″x9″ and is available for $155.
Peonies are my favorite flowers. The sad thing is that they only bloom for a very short time each spring. I would love to have them year round. The other sad thing is that they are very difficult to paint. But I’m making a stab at it this year. Hopefully there will be something worth posting for you to see shortly.
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, flowers, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, painting, poppies, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Artist on May 11, 2010| 1 Comment »
Wild Poppies Afield is an oil on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″ and is available for $155.
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, poppies, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on May 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Wild Poppies on the Valley Floor is an oil on canvas measuring 9″x12″ and is available for $175.
I worked at Delilah’s this weekend and took my easel so I could paint in between customers. This is one of the paintings that I completed.
The Studio 