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Farm Animals

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged , , , , , , , on March 29, 2010| 3 Comments »

For some time now I have been addicted to a blog that I read everyday called “Chickens in the Road”.  It’s by a marvelous writer turned farmer about her experiences on a farm in West Virginia.  Her photographs are wonderful.  She has lots of animals and many adventures that she writes about in a way that makes you want to come back and read more.  Be sure to take a look at www.chickensintheroad.com .  (And notice that her blog is listed in my favorites links on the right column of my blog so you can click everyday and look at it from here.  I just love the internet!)  

Because of her terrific photos, I have been wanting to do a series of farm animals and Suzanne McMinn, aka Chickens in the Road lady, gave me permission to use some of her photos as reference for my paintings.  So over the next few weeks I’ll be posting the Farm Animal series based on her animals.  

One of my favorite animals that she talks about is Jack.  Meet Jack.  

Photo courtesy of Suzanne McMinn

 

My version of Jack is an oil on canvas panel measuring 6″x8″.    How can you not love that face????!!!!!  SOLD.

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Preparing for a Show

Posted in Abstract, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , on March 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »

In October 2009 I got a call from a new student who was interested in only learning to paint in abstract.  So we started lessons.  We have been having a great time painting several times each week as she has learned the ins and outs of painting in abstract.

Now we have been invited to have a show together as teacher and student.  The name of the show is “Minds Wide Open” and the organizers of the show thought that our works in abstract would be a good way to emphasize that theme.  The show will have each of our works, side by side, to show the different visions each of us had to the same lesson.  I think it will be very interesting.  I’ll let you know when it will go up so hopefully you can stop in to see it.

Today’s painting (that is an Ode to Joan Mitchell, a wonderful abstract painter from the mid 20th Century) shows the progress of a recent lesson and the finished painting.  I know that abstract is not everyone’s “cup of tea” hence the name of the show, Minds Wide Open.  It is sometimes good to take a look at something we don’t think we care for and we see something in it that we grow to appreciate.

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Valley View Lesson I & II

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Valley View Lesson I is an oil on canvas panel measuring 9″x12.

 

Valley View Lesson II is an oil on canvas panel measuring 11″x14″.

Both of these were lessons for Wednesday Night Art Class.  I just completed these recently.   New students almost always start with a landscape similar to these because it gives them a chance to learn about color mixing, tones, and composition as well as becoming comfortable with putting paint to canvas.

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Ornery Basset and Carrots

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , , , , , , on March 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Truman can be so mean to Jed.  I have to play referee a lot while painting.  I will look around and there will be Truman laying in front of the doggie door and poor Jed sitting outside waiting to come in but Truman is blocking the way.  You can see the outline of Jed through the door in this photo.  I have to go over and move Truman to let Jed inside.  Basset Hounds are so ornery sometimes!

Bold Carrots is an oil on canvas measuring 10″x8″ and is available for $95.  This is another lesson piece that I have just finished up after it sat here for a little while.

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Best Friends…

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Best Friends is an oil on canvas panel measuring 12″x9″ and is available for $145.  We did it in art class a few months ago and I just finished it.  Often in class I will begin a demo piece and then I start moving from student to student to help and I never  get back to my painting to finish it.  So this last week I had a chance to finish a few and I’ll show those to  you over the next few weeks.

The dog reminds me of my Jed sitting staring out at the world.  Jed does that often.

Here he is waiting at the cabin to go run and play in the snow a few weeks ago.  I think he was trying to decide if he got stuck in the deep white stuff if he would ever get out!

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Apple Blossoms II

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Apple Blossoms II is an oil on canvas panel measuring 8″x10″ and is available for $150. 

Spring is almost here!!!

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Abstract Work

Posted in Abstract, daily painter, tagged , , , , , on March 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »

    

Falling Leaves I & II are acrylic on gallery wrap canvas measuring 12″x12″ and are available individually for $175 or the pair for $300.

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A Lesson in Shadows

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »

This painting was a lesson in Trees and Shadows for my young students.  They did a great job grasping the concept.  And this was how my painting turned out.

It is a 9″x12″ acrylic on canvas panel available for $145.

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Looking Forward to Warm Weather

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , on March 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »

 One of the great things about painting is that when you get really sick of the cold, gloomy weather outside you can go into your studio and paint something “warm”!

I found this photo that I took last summer and decided to warm up the climate by painting it. 

Summer Beach is an oil on canvas panel measuring 10″x10″ and is available for $165. 

Bring on the sunshine.

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A Rose Study

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , on March 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Rose Study is an oil on canvas panel measuring 8″x10″.  

A painter often refers to a painting as a study if they are doing the piece to prepare for a larger piece.  This is often the case with plein air painting when an artist will paint a scene on location and then go back to the studio and paint a much larger piece. 

Or maybe they paint a study as a warm-up to a more detailed piece.  They could be testing colors or shapes.  Or it could just be a practice as it was in this case.

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