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.
Rebecca 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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Rebecca Latham is an international realistic wildlife and nature painter and author working in finely detailed watercolors. Her works range all sizes - all painted in miniature. Represented by Latham Studios. More»
Wildlife Art; Great Horned Owl Watercolor Painting...in miniature
This piece is a portrait of a Great Horned Owl that fades off into the warm brown background. I haven’t painted a vinyette recently… I usually try to complete the subject to the edges of the frame. (…something that one of my teachers taught that really stuck. )
For this owl painting I wanted something softer. This is Sam from the Minnesota Raptor Center – one of their education birds that cannot be released. She lives at the Raptor Center. I love watching her. She always seems to have a regal look about her (regal…with attitude…).
The painting is about 6″ x 6″ and is watercolor painted on board.
This is my newest video on YouTube – a 4×6 painting of a cougar (mountain lion, puma…), watercolor on board (in miniature, of course… ). The title of the piece is “The Overseer – Cougar”. She seemed to enjoy peering down on everyone that came to admire her – sometimes stalking those of us that were smaller than the others. (Luckily, this was not a close encounter in the woods….)
This painting was completed earlier this year and sold. Limited edition giclee prints are available of the painting.
As I posted in twitter earlier, I have been very swamped lately ( …seems like I’m always saying that… ).
I just completed some works for exhibits that will open around the end of the year (I will post more about that later on).
I did get to escape for a day or so to see the Federal Duck Stamp events in Bloomington, MN. It was held in Minnesota for the first time, so there were a few parties and of course the exhibit and judging. Loved being able to see it again. I’ve been too busy with paintings for other places to have the time to squeeze in an entry for the contest, so I cheered on my friends instead. I’ve been to the events a number of times in the past when the government sent my family out to Washington, D.C. when it was exclusively held at the dept. of the Interior – everything supplied generously by the Federal Jr. Duck Stamp Program. …but that was a number of years ago.
For the time being, I am working on paintings for 7 invitational exhibits during the holidays – most of which are contemporary miniature shows. My representing galleries, Whistle Pik Galleries (Texas) & Galleries West (Wyoming), hold their annual contemporary miniature shows this time of the year for their patrons. I was also invited to be a part of ‘Almost Miniatures’ (Massachusetts), ‘It’s A Small World’ (Florida), and Planet Bronze Gallery’s show (Montana). My other galleries are also having seasonal events that I will be supplying paintings for as well.
To the left is a miniature painting that will be shown in one of the exhibits. A little raccoon in a tree hollow – watercolor on board. I started it the other day and it is pictured here nearly finished.
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I’ve been to the events a number of times in the past when the government sent my family out to Washington, D.C. when it was exclusively held at the dept. of the Interior – everything supplied generously by the Federal Jr. Duck Stamp Program. …but that was a number of years ago.
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