THE 150 PAINTINGS CHALLENGE ENDS THIS SATURDAY, OCT. 3RD

Hey Friends,  Make plans to come by IKENBERRY'S ORCHARDS on 220 in Botetourt this Saturday from 10 til 3pm.

The Double Line Painters and myself will have a small art show on the giant porch.  We will be finishing up our last paintings for the challenge.

The little hen above will be there, because I'm not sure if I'm finished with her.

And you can go check out our PINTEREST PAGE HERE.  Most of the 150 paintings are there.

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING OF KEY WEST ROOSTER - Mr.DOMINECKER

Hey Friends,  Here is the latest inspiration from Key West.  And I misspelled his name on purpose.  Makes him a more worldly man, I mean chicken, I mean rooster.

He is available HERE.

Have a wonderous week and let me know how you are doing.

Happy Trails

HERE IS WHAT I DID SATURDAY AND TODAY, SUNDAY

Hey My Friends,  Yes, this is what I did on this rainy weekend!!  What did you do???   Did you have a good reason for not coming out to see me?

I missed you.

And this is what most of us were forced to do........Catch up on the day to day lives of friends hadn't seen in a long while.

And EAT !  Yes, I was the worst.  Everyone had bowls of candy out.  To close to Halloween.

And I saw a couple people with bags filling them up with Candy !!!  I did.

I sold some work (sales for me were OK) and I saw a couple more things get wrapped up.

I appreciated the work Margaret Sue and Barry Wright did on behalf of the artists.

I think it will grow and be just fine.  Thanks.

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING OF KEY WEST ROOSTER #3 - MR. RI RED

Hey Friends,  While I was sitting at the Home Builders Art Show at the Salem Civic Center today, I painted a couple small guys on matboard.  Busy hands make the day go faster, or keep boredom at bay.  This is the first and I gave him the impressive title of Mr. Rhode Island Red. 

Mr. Red is available HERE. and I think this link engages tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a shorter day but I hope to get a few ducks done.

Please stop in and say Hi.

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL KEY WEST ROOSTER PAINTING

Hey Friends,  I came up with a decent title for this one !  How about "3 Amigos"

If they are proper Key West Roosters should they be pirates?  Or Mermen?  Or just drunks?

I have a feeling the next one will be difficult again.

This is available on EBAY HERE.

Hope to see you tomorrow at the Home Builders Show at the Salem Civic Center.  We Artist will be in the very back with lots of beauty and inspiration to peruse.

Happy Trails

NEW SHORT SERIES "KEY WEST ROOSTERS"

Hey Friends,  I have started a new short series of colorful roosters.  Based primarily on the drunken roosters you see criss crossing Key West, Florida.

Well, they may not be drunk but the way they strut around makes you wonder, right?

This little fella is #1.  Wow, what a way to start a series, you say.  I'll come up with some better titles --- tomorrow, as Scarlett used to say.

He is for auction on EBAY- CLICK HERE.

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PLEIN AIR PAINTING

Hey Friends,  We had such glorious weather here in the little town of Salem, Va. today.   On my way to the post office, I stopped for a bit at the corner of Mill Lane and River Road to paint this beautiful little spot.

Of course this photo doesn't show much, my arm is not long enough!  I enjoyed this time immensely.

It is up for auction on EBAY -Click there. Will engage on 24th.

And I get to do it again tomorrow in the Sedalia Area of Va.

And then on Friday, I'll be packing up the works again to take to the Salem Civic Center.  The annual Home Builders Show is this weekend.  It is supposed to be a wet weekend, so it will be a good time to come peruse all the vendors.

Thanks for stopping in.

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING OF PINK GARDEN ROSES ON ETSY NOW

Hey Friends,  Just listed this 16" x 12" Oil Painting in my Etsy Shop.

CLICK HERE

Here is shot of the block in.  You may remember my saying I wanted to paint like Ovannes Berberian.  He is my favorite living artist!  He sets up his still lifes outside !  Plein-Air, Alla Prima.

It is a wonderful way to work, my favorite.

I got a few roses from a neighbor and stuck in a couple fake roses to fill it out. 

Now I want to remind you about the Home Builders Show at the Salem Civic Center this coming weekend.  Sat. 10-6pm and Sun 12-5

Hope you can come out.

Happy Trails

NEW STILL LIFE ON ETSY AND ART ON THE LAWN

Hey Friends, Finally getting some strength back!  Enough to post on this blog and Etsy and DLP blog.

This is another still life where I tried to paint like Ovannes Berberian.  I was digusted, or maybe irritated is a better word, when I finished this.  So after looking at it glumly for a bit, I got out the long haired liner brush and said I'll fix or destroy it.  When I finished all the squiggles, I liked it so much better!   CLICK HERE for a view on ETSY.

Pearisburg was tuff, even if we did have some of the best volunteers EVER.!  If  I could get some sleep the night before a show, the experience would be so much better.  But I can't sleep and get up at 4:30am and drink caffeine until I'm nearly sick.  Pack up the cooler and brush the teeth and jump in the already loaded and gassed up car and go whizzing to meet Linda, another DLP member.  The drive to Pearisburg takes > < an hour.  So I'm hoping I make with out having to PEE!  Remember ALL the caffeine... Nope I don't make it.  Somewhere in the dark, not to far from my destination, I must stop.  Pee and get more coffee !!

Betty Herbert and her vast staff of volunteers were so helpful.  But like I said, it's still tuff.  It turned into a beautiful day.  Not to hot and lots of sunshine and blue sky with billowing clouds.

I did meet a super couple, above, that bought two of my pieces.  And they are Inn Keepers near by and said they would love to have us, the DLP's, come up in the fall and paint some of their beautiful views at the Inn..  How cool is that.

I will post more photos at the www.doublelinepaintersoftheblueridge.blogspot.com so check it out too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING STILL LIFE FLORAL PINK PEONIES PAPER LANTERN

Hey Friends,  I just put this Still Life in my Etsy Shop CLICK HERE for a look.

I painted this out doors, in my yard, while my Gran Babes played in the mud.  Ovannes Berberian paints outside, his still lifes and landscapes.  That's the way I understand the info I've read about him.

Now if I could sell 500 paintings like this, I'd have enough money to take one of his workshops !!

Don't you want to indulge me?  Maybe if you passed this on to everyone you know it would help.

Anything is possible.

Or you could come to Art on the Lawn in Pearisburg, Va. tomorrow, Sat. 9-19.  That's in Giles County, North of Blacksburg on Rt. 460.  We will be there 9-4 and it's supposed to be a pretty Day.

Thanks for stopping in.

Happy Trails