Posted in Commissions, Landscape, tagged daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on August 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I recently received a commission to paint a scene from Harrisonburg with the mountains in the background. It is a graduation gift. It took a little longer than normal because it’s a larger painting, 18″x24″ acrylic on canvas.
You can see the progress in these photos:
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged acrylic, Beach scene, impressionism, Landscape, mural, seascape, Virginia Artist on August 10, 2014| 2 Comments »
Finished mural with brick window detail.
Finished Mural
Two weeks ago I posted about a mural that I was beginning to paint at Main Street Travel in Front Royal. (See that here.)
Well now the mural is finished. And here is the final look along with a recap of the project.
We decided to go with a brick window since the front window of her store is outlined in brick. (See photo.)
The client is happy so that makes me happy!
Mural with Ocean and Sand laid in
View from direction looking out window
Trees laid in
Chairs in and entire area covered
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, Major League Baseball, MLB, Painted Diamonds, Virginia Artist on August 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Painted Diamonds – Paintings of the MLB Parks are on display at the Warren County Community Center at 538 Villa Avenue. It is open Monday through Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
You can read more about the “Painted Diamonds” project here.
Posted in Serendipity, Small Town Life, tagged Grand Opening, Ribbon Cutting, The Studio, The Studio for Learning, The Studio-A Place for Learning, Virginia Artist on August 1, 2014| 2 Comments »
Today we celebrate the Grand Opening of The Studio-A Place for Learning with a Ribbon Cutting at 10 am. Please come!
We are very excited about the venture. We are offering classes and workshops for a variety of skill levels ranging from the absolute beginner exploring a new craft to the experienced and seasoned artist or craftsman.
You can learn all about what we have scheduled for August on The Studio website – www.thestudioforlearning.com – or click here.
If you have something creative that you would like to teach The Studio space is available for rent for small groups whether for workshops, classes or parties at a very reasonable rate.
If there is something you have wanted to learn to do and you don’t see it on our calendar just email us about it. We will try to find someone to teach a class.
We are excited about this new venture and hope we will see you at The Studio soon!
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged acrylic, Adirondack chair, Main Street Travel, mural, Virginia Artist on July 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The Main Street Travel mural got chairs yesterday. Now that everything is laid in I can go back and start with some details. Still several more hours to get done but it’s coming along. Just hoping to get it all done before they put carpet on the floor so I don’t have to be “extra” careful. 🙂
Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged Adirondack chair, mural, ocean mural, palm trees, Virginia Artist on July 28, 2014| 1 Comment »
Yesterday I spent another couple of hours working on the mural at Main Street Travel.
Now we have trees laid in! We have selected colors for the chairs so they are next along with some more details and we will have a completed mural.
Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, Adirondack chair, daily painter, mural, ocean mural, palm tree, Virginia Artist on July 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
1-Blank wall with chalk drawing
2- Mural with Sky laid in
3- Mural with Ocean and Sand laid in
4- Mural with Sand Shrubs laid in
5- View from direction looking out window
I spent most of yesterday painting a mural at Main Street Travel. (You can check out their Facebook page here.)
I enjoy mural painting. It’s fun to see the client’s vision come to life. And Ginny is a wonderful person for which to work. She and I had fun deciding what and where to put it. You can see from the photos my step by step work yesterday.
I got the background in: sky, ocean and sand. Today I hope to get the rest done: palm trees and Adirondack chairs.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, Small Town Life, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Artist on July 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Pet Portrait Demonstration at the Library
Last week I was asked to present a demonstration of a pet portrait at Samuel Public Library Summer Reading program. Their theme this summer is pets so my work fit in nicely. It was fun to paint the demo piece while talking about being a full-time artist. I really enjoy doing this type of presentation.
Posted in Paint Parties, tagged Adirondack chair, daily painter, Paint Party, Virginia Artist on June 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Adirondack Chairs
The next 1st Saturday Paint Party is July 5th at 3 pm. To celebrate the summer let’s paint some Adirondack chairs! Be sure to reserve your space to paint this wonderful summer scene. We may decide to put our chairs on a beach….or if a lake is your preference we can paint it with this nice background.
Posted in Animals, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Virginia Artist on June 19, 2014| 2 Comments »
Seagull
I had a few minutes to paint during art class last night so in honor of Picasso and finding his painting hidden under “The Blue Room”, I painted over an old abstract painting I had done several years ago.
The Seagull is acrylic on 24″ x 24″ canvas and is available for $225.
The Studio 