NJDARLING: A PAINTER'S JOURNAL

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Pansies I

Pansies 1 5"x7" Oil on Board

I took a workshop with Leslie Saeta on palette knife painting and discovered I really love it. Around the same time I studies Richard Schimdt's pansies which I also love. So I put the two together and painted some pansies. This is also one of the paintings I created for Adele Earnshaws 60 paintings from life in 60 days challenge althoug I must confess it has been more than 69 days and I still have 7 to go.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Radish Bouquet

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5:x5" Oil on Board

This is my first day painting for the 60/60 Challenge. As the brainstorm of Adele Earnshaw, 27 artists are participating in the challenge to paint a painting from life (no photos) every day.

Monday, March 5, 2012

100 Shelter Dogs #31 Sam

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$100 ($25 goes to animal rescue)

4"x4" Oil on Board

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Summer Ranch

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6"x6" Oil on Board

I'm always looking for cows while I'm driving along.

They look so peaceful. These cows were on a ranch in Texas.

Morning Beach Stroll

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6"x6" Oil on Board

Saw these two hunting on the beach early in the morning.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Bandit 100 Shelter Dogs #30

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4"x4" Oil on Board

Had fun painting Bandit. He's an Alaskan Malamute and my Dog Barry is a Malmute also. Barry is light wolf grey. Malamutes at affectionate and stubborn. I hope somebody adopts Bandit!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

December Beach Walkers

6"x6" Oil on Board

This painting, along with other paintings by the notorious "Hilton Head Gang" will be part of the Exhibition "A Sense of Place" at the Sedona Arts Center in Sedona AZ in February.

Monday, January 16, 2012

100 Rescue Dogs #29 Tabitha

4"x4" oil on board

SOLD

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Max at the Stern

SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Board

This is my kids dog, this painting was a Christmas present.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Surf Frolic

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5"x5" Oil on Board

Monday, December 5, 2011

Lady in Wading SOLD

8"x10" oiil on board

SOLD
Here's yet another interpretation of Karin Jurick's photo which the whole class painted!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

December Beachcomber

6"x6" Oil on Board

SOLD
Too cold to swim but perfect for beachcombing. This is another Hilton Head late November, early December painting.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Karin"Quickdraw" Jurick

4"x4" Oil on Board

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The notorious Hilton Head Gang is led by the infamous Karin "Quick Draw" Jurick. Karin can visit a beach and shoot everyone in sight before they even know she is there. Her covert activity is known worldwide.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

100 Shelter Dogs #28 Trevor

4"x4" Oil on Board

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I painted Trevor at an art show; my first painting time in public! It was fun.

Friday, November 18, 2011

November Beachcomber

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At Karin Jurick's Hilton Head workshop she sent us out to take photos and paint. I somehow managed to take this guy's picture while holding the camera in one had and large dog leaping on the end of the leash in the other hand!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Karin Jurick Workshop

What a wonderful workshop with Karin! She has a very keen eye for color and color mixing and uses a lot of paint colors I have never seen before! She draws like an angel; got to practice some more here. Here is a picture of her palette below. Look at all those colors! and very neat after 4 days of painting!

Best of all she is very down to earth and helpful to all. I rushed out and bought the camera she recommends and will now go out to all my local haunts and take pictures!