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The Great Outdoors

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Getting Out in the Wild.

Bonnie and her family, paint wildlife and nature for the most part. So when they aren't at their easels painting or attending one of their exhibits, there's a good chance that they're out and about researching what they love.

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Wildlife 'In Miniature'

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Classic Miniature Art - More than little pictures.

Bonnie Latham's watercolors are classically painted miniature paintings. Whether large or small, it's the classical methods of painting refined detail that give miniature paintings their allure.

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About the Artist

Artist Bonnie Latham

bonnie@lathamstudios.com Bonnie Latham, an artist in her twenties, began her art career at a very young age. Inspired by her creative family and their love of the outdoors, she paints nature, landscape, animals, birds, and the occasional portrait. She works in watercolour, acrylic, oil, inks, graphite/charcoal and others, however watercolours have become her medium of choice. She achieves a unique quality of depth and shape in her work, drawing the viewer into her paintings. Bonnie works in a assortment of sizes and formats, ranging from larger miniature paintings to very small miniature paintings rendered less than one square inch.

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The Untamed Artists Network (UAN), Amazing artwork by passionate wildlife artists from across the globe, united by the common goal of highlighting conservation through our art. The member of the network actively support various wildlife and conservation funds through the sale of their works, giving back to the subjects that inspire them in the hope that future generations will have the chance to witness the amazing diversity of animals that are fighting for their survival.

What’s Miniature Painting?

The original meaning of the term miniature refers to technique and not size - it means to paint very detailed. Often it's called painting "in miniature" and it has been stated that a piece of art that is as large as a wall could be painted in miniature. My family and I paint in that style exclusively and have done extensive research as well as talking to quite a few experts about it. Here is a little more in depth information.

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Favorite Quotes

"No amount of skilful invention can replace the essential element of imagination." - Edward Hopper

"As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward." Vincent van Gogh 1853 - 1890

" A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places." - Paul Gardner

25Nov

A Little Paint – Miniature Paintings for Exhibition 1 of 5

Birds, Floral, Miniatures, New Paintings, Paintings, Songbirds 12Comments2005-11-26+03%3A37%3A26Bonnie |

Here is one of my new miniature paintings for the Miller Gallery’s "Objects of Desire XIV – Holiday Miniature Exhibition".   Visit our "What’s New" page for more information about the event.

For this exhibition we painted the paintings 1/6th scale so I was excited to plan this painting of a ruby throated hummingbird approaching some foxglove - this painting is 3/4 x 1 – it is the smallest painting I have ever painted!





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Wildlife art, paintings in miniature

23Nov

A Little Paint – Miniature Paintings for Exhibition 5 of 5

Birds, Miniatures, New Paintings, Paintings, Waterfowl 16Comments2005-11-24+03%3A40%3A50Bonnie |

Here is another one of my new miniature paintings for the Miller Gallery’s "Objects of Desire XIV – Holiday Miniature Exhibition". Visit our "What’s New" page for more information about the event.

It was nice to be invited to be a part of this exhibition. I don’t have the time as I would like to paint miniatures, but I hope to change that in the future.

– Special thanks to Miller gallery for hosting a beautiful show!

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23Nov

A Little Paint – Miniature Paintings for Exhibition 4 of 5

Birds, Miniatures, New Paintings, Paintings, Waterfowl 15Comments2005-11-24+03%3A21%3A32Bonnie |

Here is another one of my new miniature paintings for the Miller Gallery’s "Objects of Desire XIV – Holiday Miniature Exhibition". Visit our "What’s New" page for more information about the event.

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23Nov

A Little Paint – Miniature Paintings for Exhibition 3 of 5

Floral, Miniatures, New Paintings, Paintings 14Comments2005-11-24+03%3A20%3A34Bonnie |

Here is another one of my new miniature paintings for the Miller Gallery’s "Objects of Desire XIV – Holiday Miniature Exhibition". Visit our "What’s New" page for more information about the event.

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Wildlife art, paintings in miniature

23Nov

A Little Paint – Miniature Paintings for Exhibition 2 of 5

Birds, Miniatures, New Paintings, Paintings, Raptors/Birds of Prey 13Comments2005-11-24+03%3A19%3A49Bonnie |

Here is another one of my new miniature paintings for the Miller Gallery’s "Objects of Desire XIV – Holiday Miniature Exhibition". Visit our "What’s New" page for more information about the event.

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Wildlife art, paintings in miniature

07Nov

New Miniature Painting for Gallery

Miniatures, New Paintings, Paintings 11CommentsNew+Miniature+Painting+for+Gallery2005-11-07+22%3A33%3A02Bonnie |

This is one of the new miniature paintings I am working on for the Miller Gallery’s "Objects of Desire XIV – Holiday Miniature Exhibition". It’s been fun working on minis since working on a larger painting takes a longer amount of time. It always feels great when you finish a painting – with a mini in no time at all you are done!!! I am looking forward to working on more of them.

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Recent Posts

10-21-2009

Painting Accepted into the MPSGS Exhibition
09-12-2009

In Progress Ambiance – Mute Swan Painting (Detail)
08-10-2009

Cougar Painting
07-14-2009

In Progress Barn Owl (Detail)
04-15-2009

Bald Eagle Painting Completed

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