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Fields of gold
I often work with an undercoat or underpainting, because I think it affects the colors on top, and it is also easier to paint when there is already paint on the canvas. My newest painting is from a photo of waterlilies taken by photographer Michael Kay, with permission. He printed the original photo on gold…
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Another painting finished
I have had a difficult time taking a photo of this newest painting because of the glare at the top, which is supposed to be a deep blue. However, on Monday I finished it. I just hope that when I get it professionally photographed, they can do a better job. This is a fairly simple…
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Cookie art and fun times
Not much art has been happening here lately because of the holidays, but on Christmas Eve, part of my family had fun decorating Christmas cookies at my niece’s house. Here are some of the culprits! I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season, no matter what holiday you observe.
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Fun at the holiday party
Last week I attended the Battle Ground Art Alliance holiday party. While I was there, I didn’t think to get out my phone and take photos of the people, so all I have to offer today is a photo of the lovely vase I took home from the gift exchange game. I managed to “steal”…
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The Boats painting comes along slowly
I have to admit I haven’t been working on this painting much lately. I did a few sessions with it before Thanksgiving, but since then I’ve been involved in preparing my house for the holidays and writing Christmas cards. The original photo I’m painting from has brown water, but I wanted to liven it up…
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Another fun Art Chat
I attended the Battle Ground Art Chat last week. Probably because of the holidays, about half the number of people came as usual. However, that gave us each time to talk longer about our art and our backgrounds. We saw some really interesting pieces. I brought the two paintings I intended to show two and…
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Progress of the African landscape
I have done a lot of work on the bushes in the forefront of my African landscape, particularly with the shadows. However, as they now look like a bunch of blobs, a lot more work needs to be done. Once I get all my shadows in, I’ll start working on the highlights, and they’ll start…
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Photographs of new and old
I was going to meet the photographer Michael Kay last week to have him take professional photographs of two of my newer paintings and from there make cards and prints. However, I had the opportunity to borrow one of my older paintings from my brother, whom I gave it to a few years ago. While…
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The Starfish is honored (and so am I)
The Battle Ground Community Library opened a small art show on Friday. During the opening, the organizers had everyone vote for their two favorite paintings. Toward the end of the event, the organizers announced that there was a tie and asked everyone who was left to vote for one painting. When the voting was over,…
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On view at the public library
I submitted two paintings to a show for Art Chat participants in the art gallery at the Battle Ground Community Library this week. I went in later and took photos when the exhibit was being set up, so some of works aren’t quite straight and on the wall shown below, the proper tags aren’t up…
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