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Ireland
My friend Sheila and her husband recently took a trip to Ireland. Upon seeing some of her photos, I was blown away by the utter and sheer beauty of the images. I commented that they would make an incredible painting and offered to do a landscape for my friends. The photograph was taken near Gormans…
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Rain
I’ll admit it, I love Facebook. Besides keeping in touch with friends and family, I learn so much from interesting sites and people. One of the best uses for the social media site are the incredible shared photographs. They make for great artistic inspiration! This is a popular photo, one that you may have seen…
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Coffee
Scoop, Scoop, Scoop, Scoop, Scoop, Scoop, Close, gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Smell the aroma! Favorite cup in hand Pour, cream, sugar, sip. Mexico memories, wish I was back there, lying by the ocean, cool breeze, warm sunshine, birds singing.
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Venice
In between learning to paint with oils, I needed to create something in a familiar medium, to remind myself that I can do this! I came across this incredible picture of Venice, Italy on Facebook. My depiction doesn’t do Venice justice, but I like the overall feel, especially the water. This was also a great…
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Bowl & Flowers
Bowl & Flowers is a still-life practice piece. My main purpose here was working the shadows, especially on the concave bowl. This is a complete learning experience, and I know that it will take time. Obviously, I am a complete novice with oils, but want to include all my paintings to reflect my journey. Hopefully,…
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I Do
18″x24″ Still-Life Oil on Canvas
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Yellow House
For this assignment we each chose a photograph to use for inspiration. Our teacher, Lois Jones, is teaching us how to edit what we see instead of painting the entire photograph. First we use a viewfinder to crop the image, then do quick charcoal sketches. From there, we pick the sketch that speaks to us.…
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Bailey Rae 2009-2013
In Spring 2013 I began taking classes at the Paint Creek Center for the Arts. We mostly do quick still-life studies and I rarely leave with a finished product that I am happy with. However, I have learned so much and it’s always wonderful to be in a room with other artists! I did this…
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Remembering
Coffee cup in hand,Don’t Make Me Call The Flying Monkeys!Classic Jazz on the player,Thump, thump, ping, swoosh… Puppy dog by my side,Eyes half-open…Sound of the rain outside my window,Pitter pat, boom boom, roar… Pictures of my babies,Sleeping, playing, smiling, laughing…How the time goes so fast,Remembering the small moments…These are the ones,That make life worth living.
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Peace
During the course of my surgeries and recuperation I began to write poetry and look to others for inspiration and wisdom. I found this wonderful piece by Marianne Williamson, framed it, and put it on my wall so that I could read it frequently and gain strength from her wisdom. Here is an excerpt:
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Lost and Found
The next few years would prove to be a very difficult time both physically and emotionally. I had two growing, busy, little boys and my arthritis was rearing its ugly head once again. I was having a lot of trouble with my lower back and the nerve block injections I’d been receiving for two years weren’t working…
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Ethan
Before I left Kathy’s class, I had one more piece to complete: a stippling of baby Ethan. My idea was to draw Ethan at the same age as Dylan so that I could frame them together: my two boys at 8 months old. (Side Note: the featured image is a different picture than drawing and…
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Tribute to Van Gogh
I took a break for about a year and a half to be with my boys. Eventually, I ventured back to art class with Kathy. I missed everyone and I needed to do something for just me again. However, this time would prove more challenging as I now had a 5-year-old and a toddler at…
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The Beach
In May of 2006 I found out that we were expecting baby boy number two. Dylan would be three in December and it was a good time to add to our family. Before baby’s arrival, I wanted to do a large pastel painting of Dylan. We took this photo of him playing by the ocean in Florida.…
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