Classic Miniature Art - More than little pictures.
Rebecca 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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Rebecca Latham is an international realistic wildlife and nature painter working in finely detailed watercolors. Her works range all sizes - all painted in miniature. Represented by Latham Studios. More»
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This is a small snow leopard painting that I recently finished – watercolor on ivorine. The head of the cat is just about 2 inches height/width. Being one of the smaller miniatures, it didn’t spend a lot of extra time on my easel, just a few days – one thing that I do like about painting the smaller ones.
I’ve been wanting to paint another big cat, a snow leopard inparticular, for some time – I think it’s been about a year since I painted one. I love big cats and the intense expressions that they have. It’s such a challenge to capture their look in a painting. Snow leopards are so beautiful with all of the soft grays in their fur that contrast with the crisp black spotting – very fun to paint.
Being that these beautiful cats are an endangered species, it makes painting them a little more special. The Snow Leopard Trust has done a lot to help these cats through donations and volunteers - http://www.snowleopard.org/
(Click on the images to see a larger image of the cat painting in a new window) This painting is currently available.
This is the beginnings of a wolf piece – the sepia stage (My favorite part….where the essence of the piece is painted in crisp watercolor). The painting is one of my larger miniatures at 24″ x 36″ – so adding all of the texture to the animal, covering the large space, can take a bit more time. I do love having so much space to work with…
The painting has progressed since these photos were taken and is now on my easel in the color phase and nearly completed (with a number of small adjustments still on my to-do list ). I will have some newer snapshots of the wolf in it’s current painting-stage to post soon.
This painting will be showing at Galleries West in Jackson Hole when it is completed – www.gallerieswestjacksonhole.com.
Note – Click on either image of the painting to see a larger image of the artwork.
Joe Hautman speaking at the Federal Duck Stamp home state celebration in Owatonna, MN.
My family and I were invited to Joe Hautman’s home state celebration recently in Owatonna, MN for the 2008 Federal Duck Stamp – working with some of the organization committee with the art events and children’s area. Joe is working on a project with the University of Saint Thomas to create a Minnesota Wildlife Art Museum to highlight Minnesota artists and what they do to bring issues of conservation to light. In the past has helped restore wetlands in MN through conservation groups also.
I was asked to paint on location for the event, so I started a new piece the night before for the occasion…being that this event was held outdoors, I was a little concerned that the weather might not cooperate.So, to prevent possible damage from an unpredicted rain storm, or whatever else nature might bring, I chose to start a new painting instead of bringing an existing work-in-progress. (I actually, started blocking in the piece around 4am that morning… More sleep dep… :/ lol! ) The cougar I’m working on is 20×24.I will post a more complete image of the painting for you soon.
A number of representatives of the media came through the event, including Kent Herbeck Outdoors television, to film, shoot photos, and interview.
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