ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF RURAL VIRGINIA

 

Hey Friends,  This is a study more or less, trying to decide if I want to make it BIG.  There is so much stuff I want to paint that it seems almost redundant to do something more than once.  But the professionals will tell you how much it helps to do a study.  For choosing colors mostly, then design or composition.   I SHOULD give it a try.

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Hopefully, it will be of interest to you.

 

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ORIGINAL PAINTING SUNSET WITH UTILITY POLES

 

Hey Friends,  The last for a few days of the Utility Poles.  "Traveling to the Sun" was created from several photos and is painted on a wrapped 10x8 canvas.  The sides are painted black.

 

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Seize the Day II

 

Hey Friends,  Another blast from the past.  The 2 objects that prompted this piece are the big tin clock at top and the mini green heart frame at the bottom.  Add some flowers and I'm in business.

Carpe Diem is a French expression (like you didn't know) for, seize your day.

Live your life each and every day.

Don't let other people live it for you.

 

Carpe Diem II is for auction on Ebay starting at $.99.

Take a chance.

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Summer Trip and Plein Air Painting

 

Hey Friends,  I'm sure you have heard about the little summer retreat the Double Line Painters took at the end of the summer to Douthat State Park.  We enjoyed it so much, we are already looking for the next trip.  The painting above is on Ebay for auction.  Click HERE.

 

The top painting was done from my left side.  I looked to my right and got this view.  You can camp on the land over there.  If you follow the water on around this bend you find the source of the lake water.  A beautiful stream.  I would like to go back and follow that stream.

This is on Ebay also.  Click HERE.

 

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Appalachian Trail

Hey Friends,  Just listed this little landscape in an Ebay auction, starting at a penny.  This is one of the well worn paths you would see if hiking on the Appalachian Trail here in Va.  Usually I take a photo of a sign or a marker near the area of a painting. But NOT this time. 
There were a lot of beautiful little delicate ferns growing along this section and over the bank.  Plus a lot of colorful rocks.  And bugs and snakes and gnats and birds.  No bears this time.

This is varnished and ready to hang.  Click Here for Ebay.

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Bumble Bee No. 11

Hey Friends,  I'm up to about No. 33 in the bee series but this is No. 11.  She got lost for a while in the mess of my studio.  Now I'm putting her up for auction in Ebay.  I want to see what my fab collectors out there in CyberLand think of my Bees.  I love to paint these guys and I have models, found in the greenhouse already dead, that I've saved for this purpose.
This painting was started by laying down sand gel in strategic places.  Then painting over with acrylics.  A little rough on the brushes but I enjoy the textures and the final result.
You can check it out at Ebay Here.
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Day 29 of 30 day Challenge "Smith Mountain Lake"

Hey Friends, Well this is water, yes.  Lake water, not ocean water.  But it'll be fine.  I love water any way you paint it.  This 10"x 8" acrylic plein-aire was painted this past summer while we, the DLP, were at Midge Club house at Smith Mountain Lake.  This is a pretty big lake here in SW Virginia.  It was constructed by AEP years ago and has a lot of retirees around it.
This is going over to Ebay for auction starting at a penny !  Right !
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After the Dishes are Done

Hey Friends,  Just added this to my Etsy store.  It is a giclee on canvas and embellished with crackle paste and string gel.  This is on a wrapped 10" x 8" canvas and it is varnished. 
This treatment sort of gives it a framed/matted look.  You can see some extreme close ups in Etsy.
This would make a sweet gift for any female on your list.
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