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Valley View of Montreat, NC

Posted in Commissions, Landscape, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, Montreat NC, Virginia Artist on January 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Valley View of Montreat, NC

This is the second painting in the North Carolina mountain commission series that I just finished.

Valley View of Montreat NC, acrylic, 9″x12″.

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Table Rock, NC

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, tagged acrylic, Crag, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, North Carolina, Table Rock, Virginia Artist on January 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Table Rock

Right before Christmas I received a commission to paint three paintings of scenes in the North Carolina mountains. The client had spent considerable time in the area as a child with his family and wanted to have these paintings done as gifts for his brothers. This is the first of the three.

Table Rock, acrylic on canvas panel, 8″x10″.

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Shelly’s Recent Work

Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, art lessons, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Landscape, Virginia Artist on January 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »

We offer three l adult art classes at the Blue Ridge Arts Council on Wednesdays at 10:30 or 5:30 and Thursday at 5:30. The classes are 1 1/2 hours and are for beginners to advanced paintings. You can join the class at anytime as they are ongoing and each student works on a painting of their choice. (Read more about classes here.) We do all study the same things, however, which is composition and color mixing. I believe once you learn to mix and see colors you really become a good painter.

Shelly has been painting with me for a couple of years and she has a terrific eye for color and color mixing. Here is an example of two of her latest paintings. We work from photographs and the colorful sunset shows just beautifully colors can be added to a painting. Great job Shelly. And the names on the tree is a gift for her son. What a thoughtful and fun painting. Keep up the excellent work Shelly!

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Tea on Green

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, impressionism, Tea, tea bag, Virginia Artist on January 8, 2014| 2 Comments »

Tea Bag on Green

Tea Bag on Green, acrylic on canvas, 6″x6″.

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Tea for Two

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, impressionism, Shenandoah Confections, Tea, tea bag painting, Tea for Two, Virginia Artist on January 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Tea with Red Background

I have been working on a couple of new paintings in the “Tea” series. We have a new Chocolate and Tea shop in town, Shenandoah Confections at 126 E. Main Street, that has asked me to hang some work there so I have been freshening up the series. Here is the first one: Tea Bag on Red, 6″x6″ gallery wrap canvas, acrylic.

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Signal Knob

Posted in daily painter, tagged acrylic, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Shenandoah Valley, Signal Knob VA, Virginia Artist on January 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I have painted this view many times. It is the one we see as we look west from our little town. This one, Signal Knob for Cindy, is a 4″ x 12″ acrylic on gallery wrap canvas and was a Christmas gift for a friend who doesn’t live here any longer.

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More Paintings of Pet Portraits

Posted in Paint Parties, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, Art Class, Blue Ridge Arts Council, cats, Dogs, impressionism, parrot, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on January 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The 1st Saturday Paint Party was FUN yesterday. We painted our pet’s portrait. They all turned out fabulous! It was a fun evening with lots of wonderful snacks and lots of laughing. Thanks for the fun party girls. And your paintings are vibrant and gorgeous! Great job!

Let’s do it again soon!

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Maggie-the Blue Tick Heeler

Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, Blue Tick Heeler, Cattle Dog, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on December 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Maggie’s Painting

Maggie’s reference photo

Maggie, the Blue Tick Heeler, is another commission I did for Christmas.

Maggie is an acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas. I was just told yesterday that she was a big hit with her recipient. I like hearing that.

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Walking the Boardwalk

Posted in Commissions, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, portrait, Virginia Artist, watercolor on December 26, 2013| 1 Comment »

“Walking the Boardwalk”

Reference photo

I was thrilled to be asked over the last month or two to do several commissions this Christmas. I have been waiting to post them on my blog so that I would not spoil the surprise for those receiving them as gifts. Now I can share them with you.

“Walking the Boardwalk” is a watercolor of a father with his kids walking down a boardwalk. I love the image that was sent to me so it was a really fun piece to do.

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Rex-the Border Collie

Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on December 24, 2013| 1 Comment »

Rex Painting

Rex Reference Photo

Rex, a beautiful border collie, is a commission that I did as a Christmas present. I just got this message on Facebook from Sue, the recipient: “Thank you so much for doing a painting of my dog Rex (border collie) for my brother as a gift to me. It is just beautiful!”

I love hearing back from people who have received presents.

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