April 30th, 2007 at 2:51 pm (Galleries, Exhibitions & Shows, Horses, Deer, & Elk Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals)
I just received notice that the three paintings that I sent to the "16th International Miniature Art Show" at the Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, North Carolina were juried into the exhibition. The Outer Banks gallery was founded in 1961 (the barrier islands of North Carolina). A reception for the show will be held at the gallery on May 26th from 7-9pm.
The gallery posts the entire show online (and will remain online for a full year) - the only miniature show of this type that does this, that I am aware of. (artwork featured in the show is still being added - the online exhibit will be complete by May 4th) The show usually exhibits over 600 works of art by artists from around the world. The miniature show will run May 4, 2007 - June 02, 2007. Visit the the event online by following this link. 
My Mom, Karen, and sister, Bonnie, also have paintings in the exhibition.
This painting is one of my new miniature pieces I made for the show that pre-sold before the exhibition opened - "A Little Unsteady - Whitetail Fawn". (My recent paintings "Ruby Throated Hummingbird" and "Marsh Evening - Snowy Egret" also found new homes during the pre-sale.) 
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April 29th, 2007 at 2:43 pm (Galleries, Exhibitions & Shows, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
Some of my miniature paintings will be featured in the 4th "Internationale d’art Miniature" (International Miniature Art Exhibit) held in Québec, Canada at the Presbytère St-Nicolas in Saint-Nicolas and Galerie Louise-Carrier in Lévis. The show exhibits miniature paintings and sculptures by artists from around the world. The exhibition is on June 3rd to September 2nd, 2007. For more information, please visit their website - www.artmini.com
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April 26th, 2007 at 6:22 pm (Horses, Deer, & Elk Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals)
For the most part, this piece was painted yesterday with a few touch ups this morning.
I have a few minor things to adjust on it, but this bull elk miniature is pretty much completed. The first post
about this piece is here with a basic wash underpainting.
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April 25th, 2007 at 7:20 pm (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Birds, Shorebird, Egret & Heron Paintings & Sketches)
This is how my Snowy Egret painting is looking right now. The painting is very subtle and has a lot of very soft color tones in it - unfortunately the richness of the color in the habitat and some of the accents in the egret are not showing up well in this scan. When I did the research and study for this this painting, the egret had very soft lighting, so the look of the painting is a little different than most of the pieces that I paint. It is still in progress. Here’s the
sketch for this piece.
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April 24th, 2007 at 8:12 pm (Nature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings)
This is a new painting that I’m working on. 13 turtles on a log and reflections of them in the water. This piece is pretty intricate, but I thought that I should challenge myself.
I saw these turtles in Oklahoma. They all were competing for space on the log to sun themselves in the warmth of the early afternoon sunlight - as you can see, some of them did not get the prime locations. I think that the title for this painting will be "Turtle Jam".
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April 23rd, 2007 at 4:59 am (Inspiration, Research Study, & Field Trips, Large Cat Paintings & Sketches, Larger Works 'in miniature', Miscellaneous, Paintings, Paintings of Animals)
I was in an accident a while back, some of my blog visitors may have heard, it was an incident with an overly playful cougar about a year ago. The event slowed me down a bit with my injuries and pulled muscles, but everything turned out fine (thankfully). …am very cautious around cougars now.
This is a painting in progress of the cougar that attacked me - the watercolor painting is 24×36.
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April 22nd, 2007 at 11:44 am (Flower & Floral Paintings & Sketches, Galleries, Exhibitions & Shows, Nature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings)
I am very pleased to post that "Garden Irises" will be a part of this year’s "26th Annual Juried Miniatures Art Show" at the El Dorado Fine Art Gallery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The show will run from April 29th to May 21st at the gallery and will feature many miniature paintings by artists from around the United States as well as foreign artists’ work. They put on a very nice exhibit of miniature art. I am very happy to be a part of this year’s event.
For more information about the gallery and the miniature art show, please visit their website: http://www.eldoradogallery.net/
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April 21st, 2007 at 7:50 am (Horses, Deer, & Elk Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals)
Here is another new piece that I just started working on yesterday, a miniature watercolor of an elk - should have finished soon. You can see that I have a light wash underpainting and have started to work in the darks of the piece.
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April 20th, 2007 at 10:37 am (Fox, Coyote & Wolf Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals)
I started working on this painting last night (still in progress). It will be about 4×6 - watercolor miniature painting of a wolf.
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April 17th, 2007 at 4:37 pm (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Birds, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles, Swan Paintings & Sketches)
This is a rough sketch for a new miniature painting that I should be starting soon.
It’s a trumpeter swan and will be about 4×6.
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April 12th, 2007 at 12:36 pm (Fox, Coyote & Wolf Paintings & Sketches, Galleries, Exhibitions & Shows, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals)
This miniature painting of a red fox kit, titled "Distracted", will be a part of the Bennington Center for the Arts’ exhibition "Art of the Animal XII". The show will be at the arts center in Bennington, Vermont June 16 - July 29, 2007. http://www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org/
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April 7th, 2007 at 3:33 am (Galleries, Exhibitions & Shows, Inspiration, Research Study, & Field Trips, Landscape Paintings & Sketches, Miscellaneous, Nature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Birds, Shorebird, Egret & Heron Paintings & Sketches, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles)
This is a sketch of a snowy egret that was fishing a little area between the boulders on the beach for a little lunch in the Daytona Beach/New Smyrna Beach area of Florida. Some of my friends put up with me and my sister chasing all of the shorebirds down the beach with cameras.
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April 2nd, 2007 at 10:45 pm (Flower & Floral Paintings & Sketches, Nature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Birds, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles, Songbird & Hummingbird Paintings and Sketches)
I gave myself a little treat today - I started a new painting, though it is one of those pieces that I have to do. Getting started on a new piece is always refreshing. I think it’s because there are so many things that can be done with a new painting. It fills your mind with all of the creative ideas and possibilities. This is a ruby throated hummingbird with wild columbine - the design sketch for the new miniature watercolor.
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