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Butting Heads

Posted in Farm Animals, tagged , , , , , on September 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Butting Heads, acrylic, 9×12.  This painting is from a photo that my cousin sent from their farm.  I still have a few touches to put on it but it’s almost done.  

 

 

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Sugar and Beulah Petunia

Posted in daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 2, 2011| 1 Comment »

All the while we are painting the huge mural with all the farm animals in the middle of the room for Suzanne McMinn we are also working on a few little side paintings. 

This is Sugar, one of the 10 or so cats that live at the farm.  She is just too cute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this is Beulah Petunia, the milk cow.  She is painted on the wall leading out to where her pen is and where she gets milked.  If you could see through the window on the door you would see her out there.

 

 

And if you ever watched Suzanne milk “BP” you would understand the reasoning for this composition.  She puts a bucket of corn and grain in front of her and she continuously eats while Suzanne milks her.  The chickens come from all around because BP drops some of the corn and they want it too!

 

 

 

 

Linda painted this nice vignette above the stove.  It really adds so much to the kitchen area.  Great job Linda!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here are Linda and I with our host, Suzanne. 

I think Suzanne really loved the final result, especially her beloved BP!

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The Painting Begins

Posted in Farm Animals, tagged , , , , , , , on September 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I’ve been asked to chronicle the development of the painting that we did at Stringtown Rising Farm.  We were so busy painting that I didn’t always think to take a photo but here is the painting from beginning to end from the photos I do have.  I will post some close-ups tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My Adventure at Stringtown Rising Farm

Posted in Farm Animals, tagged , , , on August 31, 2011| 1 Comment »

Now that I am home I want to tell you more about my adventure at Stringtown Rising Farm in West Virginia.  The farm is the home to Suzanne McMinn of Chickens in the Road.  For years I have followed her blog and loved her writings and photos of her life on her farm.

I even contacted her a couple of years ago about permission to use her photos of her animals as the reference material for a Farm Animal series I painted.   And she graciously said yes. 

When Suzanne reached out for someone to come and paint a wall for her in her newly redesigned basement I jumped at the chance to see the farm for myself.

Upon arrival Saturday afternoon we were greeted by the welcoming committee.

My friend, Linda K., went with me.  She’s a great painter and was a huge help to me in completing this project in a short time.    The welcoming committee loved her.

And she loved them.  Especially Glory Bee, the giant calf!

 

 

 

 

 

We had to get oriented so the first thing we did was to take tons of photos of the animals to use for reference.

Besides the goats and cows, there are sheep.  This is Crazy and Baby Crazy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And of course, there are lots of chickens running around.  And some are even penned up.  These I think are named “Future Lunch and Dinner”!

 

 

 

 And there is Goose who is sentenced to the chicken pen because his siblings disappeared while roaming free so he is safer here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But if I had to choose my favorite (besides the dogs, of course) it would have to be the two baby goats, Peanut and Coal.  Luckily, they are sold already or I may have had to have one of them.  They were just adorable.

There are many more photos of animals…I took about three hundred in two days, and I will share more in the coming days and I’m sure I will paint many of them.  After gathering material we took a look at the space and started talking about what we should paint.  Over the next couple of posts I will chronicle our process.  Please stay tuned.

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Many Thanks to Linda

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , on August 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I was thrilled when my friend Linda said she would come with me to Stringtown Rising Farm in West Virginia to paint for Suzanne McMinn, www.chickensintheroad.com .

Linda has been terrific painting all sorts of subject matter.  Today it was Beulah Petunia, Suzanne’s milking cow.  She turned out great!

All I did was a quick sketch and off she went.   It’s been a great help having her here.  She’s painted a cow, a cat, chickens, birds, bird feeders, herbs, spices, and who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Stay tuned.  I hope to post many more photos of our big adventure once we finish painting today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Progress Being Made

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 29, 2011| 1 Comment »

We started today with blank white block walls….

 

And soon there there was sky….

 

 

 

 

And mountains….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a meadow and trees….

 

 

 

 

And Linda painted a cat, Spice, in the tree.

We still have lots of animals to add but it’s really coming along.

 

 

 

 

Then after dinner I got my second wind and painted the other cat, Sugar, in the mailbox.  Can you say special delivery??!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Degas’ Horses

Posted in Art Camp, tagged , , , , , , on August 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Day Two of Art Camp:  We painted Degas’  Horses.  Beautiful job!

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Farms & Barns Show at BRAC

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The Farms and Barns Show at the Blue Ridge Arts Council opened last night with a good crowd coming in to see it.

Here is my Oxbow Sunflowers along with my four Thursday young artists version of the same scene.  It looks great hanging all together.

 

I also have a display of Farm Animals hanging for this show.  They look pretty good altogether like this.

Stop by BRAC to see these and all the other nice paintings of Warren County.

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34 Trees, 2 Private Students and a New Guy in Class!

Posted in Art Class, tagged , , , , , , on August 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Last week my young artists at Angel’s Korner began painting a larger painting (11″x14″).  They made nice progress.

 

 

 

Yesterday they completed their paintings and didn’t they do a really nice job??!!

 

 

 

After leaving my 34 young artists I met with Jacob and Kelsey, my private students from West Virginia who come here to make beautiful art.  Their paintings were really great! 

 

 

 

 

Then at regular Wednesday Kids Class we painted a wonderful landscape scene.  This is Maggie and Judd.  This was Judd’s first lesson with me and he did great.  He’s a cute guy and quite a talker and I think he will be a wonderful artist too!

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Eastham Weathervane

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Eastham Weathervane, acrylic on canvas panel, 12″x9″.  On display at Blue Ridge Arts Council  “Farms and Barns of Warren County” show beginning today.

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