Roses and Flamingos
A day with Day Lilies!
This week Began a new painting adventure. Day Lilies! Steve planted 100 of them along with 100 hostas two years ago to create a border alon...
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Re-creating
Edwardsville Art Center requested some smaller watercolors to have original art in the gift shop area. So I went through the inventory I had on hand looking for autumn subjects that could be cropped and collaged from 16" x 20" to create 11" x 14" matted paintings. I did enjoy re-creating from paintings that I enjoyed creating the first time! Here are the results.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Athena - Dog Portrait
Painting animal portraits is a challenge because owners know their animals and it's important to catch the likeness. After painting our own canine family member, Peaches, and the pair of kittens, I was asked to paint a portrait of this beautiful dog, Athena. The reference photo was perfect inspiration and I enjoyed painting her with what I've been told is one of her favorite toys, a frisbee. Apparently Athena is dealing with declining health and a friend of her owner wanted to offer her a gift to remember. I hope when she looks at this painting that it will bring her wonderful memories of her cherished pet.
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