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Category: painting
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Dog portraits of three local shelter dogs
Recently, I had a client contact me to paint a few dog portraits of some sweet dogs that are in the shelter that she volunteers at, NewLife Rescue & Adoption in Mt. Vernon, IN (previously Posey County Pound Puppies). Her initial intention was to give them to the potential new adoptive parents of the dogs…
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Abstract Nature Studies on Paper
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To try and stay loose with my painting, I like to create these small abstract nature studies on paper. I call them smalls. It’s not always as easy as it looks. First, I started with mark making, then paint sploshing and swishing, carving into wet paint with the end of my brush handle and smudging…
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Learning new tricks
You’re never too old learn. I learn something everyday. Sometimes it’s because I’ve done something stupid. Other and better times… is because I chose to learn something new. Happily, today I can share that it’s something I’ve chosen to learn. A new painting technique. I painted this orange zinnia last week and I have to…
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Late summer garden painting session
Last week, I had my 4 artist friends over again for a little late summer garden painting session. We were missing one, Vicki Wilson, because she just wasn’t able to make it. It seems that’s how it goes, even with just four of us in our group. People lead busy lives. We did however have…
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Live painting at Franklin St. Pizza Factory
Recently, my artist pals and I (4 Artist Friends) did a live painting event at a local pizza restaurant called The Franklin Street Pizza Factory. I can’t believe it, but it’s actually been about a month ago. How does time go so fast? Anyway, I wanted to share some of the fun we had. First…
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Ancestral Lands new moon and tree painting series
I’ve finished painting three of the works for a new moon and tree series I’ve titled “Ancestral Lands”. These paintings are purely an experiment in color, imagination and play. They’ve evolved from completely unrelated paintings that I immediately took a dislike to, so I painted over them. Below, you can see the painting underneath the…
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Painting a Historic Mansion
In just four short weeks I’ll be having an exhibit in a once grand historic mansion called the Henry Cook Mansion. In anticipation of that exhibit, I am painting new paintings including this portrait of the old mansion. See my progress in this post.
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