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First Art Fair
Read more: First Art FairToday I am participating in my first art fair . I want Ed a chance to get firsthand feedback and see which items are most popular. Ppeople have been incredibly positive and sales are surprisingly good for a small rural city so I will be doing more in the future.
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Chickadee on the Well: acrylic painting
Read more: Chickadee on the Well: acrylic paintingAs a Michigan artist, one thing I have learned to paint is snow in various lights. This is a painting of a chickadee, sitting on a friend’s snow-covered well cover. I did get a bit experimental, using alizarin crimson in some of the snow shadows. Otherwise, I used my normal palette. I love to watch…
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Sparrows on a Fence
Read more: Sparrows on a FenceI painted this in acrylic a few months ago. My emphasis was on the shadows and lights. I used my typical palette to create this painting.
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Chair on the Beach
Read more: Chair on the BeachLast fall, when bird watching, I happened upon this stone bench by the shore. It was lovely, with the water all around it, and I decided to paint it in acrylics. It was a challenge – and fun- to paint the light on the water. I added in a bird resting for a moment, since…
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A Year of Birds: December
Read more: A Year of Birds: DecemberAs the holiday song says, “Baby, it’s cold outside!” In Michigan, December can come in with some pretty cold blasts, and it has. It makes me glad that Hanukkah also occurs at the beginning of the month, to create “warm feelings” in spite of the frigid early morning temperature. The mergansers are hanging out with…
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Chickadee on a branch: acrylic painting
Read more: Chickadee on a branch: acrylic paintingThis has been a busy fall, and I haven’t had much time to paint – or post paintings. This is a painting that I did find time to do this month – a chickadee sitting on a snow-covered branch. My goal was to capture the form of the chickadee and the light hitting him. I…
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A Year of Birds: October
Read more: A Year of Birds: OctoberNow the days are getting cooler at night, and shorter. In the early morning, fog can be seen over Lake Huron in a thick white blanket that rolls towards the shore. I know that the shorter days and tree color changes herald the fall migration of the birds to warmer climates. I can still see…
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A Year of (Michigan) Birds: July
Read more: A Year of (Michigan) Birds: JulyThe gulls have taken over the point to the north of the bay. They can be seen sunning, dozens of them perched on the rocks and walking around. When I go kayaking by the point, I can see the mergansers and their babies. They have 19! The babies are so cute, and follow in the…
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Eagle Dreams
Read more: Eagle DreamsLately, I have been having lots of dreams with eagles – so many, that I decided to draw one in watercolor pencil. Below are two of the dreams that relate to this drawing. In this dream that I had on 6/13/21, I was with Jesus. We were bird watching with binoculars, and we were both…
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Sandpiper on the Log: Oil Painting
Read more: Sandpiper on the Log: Oil PaintingI saw this beautiful bird on a log a month ago while walking the beach, and decided to paint him. This ended up being a study in browns and blue!
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Hummingbird in the Flowers
Read more: Hummingbird in the FlowersOkay, I realized when I did this painting that it could seem a bit cliche; after all, there are so many hummingbird paintings out there. But I couldn’t resist painting this little ruby-throated that I saw drinking from the last of the summer flowers a few weeks ago, so I make no apologies. I think…
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Holiday Ornament time again….
Read more: Holiday Ornament time again….It’s that time of year again, when I start painting ornaments to distribute at galleries and stores. It’s fun, and while I don’t make a ton of money from this, it’s great PR – I put one of my cards with each one. I paint the ornaments based on bird paintings I have done, that…