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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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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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Children’s Art Class

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

Every  Wednesday at  4:15 p.m. you can find me at the Blue Ridge Arts Council with my young students working on a painting.  This is what Isabella (left) and Brooke painted last Wednesday. 

Didn’t they do a great job?

If you have a young student (ages 8-11) interested in art, contact me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com and let’s get them started painting!

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3rd Thursday Art Walk

Posted in daily painter, Small Town Life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , 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.

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Your chance to paint at the Art Walk

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , 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.

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Day Lilies by the Pond

Posted in daily painter, tagged , , , , , , , , 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.

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