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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.
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.
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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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt 2 days ago
“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” 3 days ago
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein 4 days ago
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.
"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
I thought that I would share a photo of this (not so) little guy. This is a toad that I took care of over the winter. Before setting him/her free, I snapped a few references for the next time I decide to paint a toad.
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