April 5th, 2008 at 3:53 pm (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
This is a long-overdue post about the progress of my little chipmunk painting.
He’s coming along pretty well. I’m bringing out all of the textures of the plants covering the ground and pebbles…and of course the fur. The chipmunk is just about life sized in the painting. The original post about him is here. The piece will be 6" x 8" when it is completed.
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December 21st, 2007 at 8:01 pm (Commissioned Paintings, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
This is a painting that I was requested to paint of two otters. This is the beginnings of the fur texture being put into place with many fine, delicate strokes. (…this is actually one of my favorite parts of a painting - the very beginning and seeing all of the textures begin to develop.) I love to bring out the finest details in the faces of the animals (or focal points of my floral pieces) with the lightest strokes.
In miniature painting, some artists use such fine strokes that they are only seen by magnifying glass, while others use more visible strokes in their pieces that are best not viewed under magnification and carry well from a distance, as observed by a Swiss miniature art expert.
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December 11th, 2007 at 9:32 pm (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
This is a little miniature I’m working on as well. It’s a chipmunk that I saw while I was out in Wyoming this fall. There were two of them that were scavenging around a park area. They were fairly used to being around humans, so they did come up fairly close - was very interesting to watch them. (My family had a hard time dragging me away from them… 
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September 30th, 2007 at 8:01 pm (Galleries, Exhibitions & Shows, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
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I just received an official notice from the exhibition faculty tonight that this painting, "Daydream", was awarded first place in the 24th Annual North American Miniature Art Exhibition in Baltimore, Maryland.
The exhibit is hosted and sponsored by The Art Gallery of Fells Point (www.fellspointgallery.org).
The show will be on through October 28th.
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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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March 20th, 2007 at 5:55 pm (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
Here is how my new little bunny miniature painting is going.
Note that the colors here didn’t turn out as well as they often do on my scans - for some reason it looks kind of heavy and seems to have taken the ‘warm fuzzy’ colors out of it. Hopefully the final one will be better. It is turning out to be quite a bit like the little bunny painting that I did last spring that was 8×10. I’m not completely happy with it yet, but it’s getting there.
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February 26th, 2007 at 10:08 pm (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
This is a new little miniature watercolor painting I have been working on. It’s a baby (kit) raccoon in a tree hollow. The size is 1-7/8in X 2-3/4in.
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June 15th, 2006 at 10:54 am (Commissioned Paintings, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
I just finished up a painting that has been in my studio for a while. It is my 9×12 rabbit painting in a spotty grass patch. It is already sold and will be leaving for it’s new home shortly. :) 
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June 14th, 2006 at 5:41 am (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
Here is the progress of my little rabbit painting. I have been working on the miniature a little bit today and should have it completed soon. :) The painting size is 8" x 10".
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March 31st, 2006 at 8:13 pm (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
This is a new miniature painting I am working on. I am also in process of finishing an existing rabbit piece that I started some time ago - a photo of that will be posted shortly :).
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March 27th, 2006 at 8:53 pm (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
I love paintings of squirrels, or at least the paintings that capture the playful personality of the animal. So often the scene is filled with soft neutrals and rich earthtones — a very interesting to paint! :) This is a small piece I am painting by request.
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March 23rd, 2006 at 8:15 pm (Commissioned Paintings, Larger Works 'in miniature', Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
This is a second sketch for my commissioned beaver painting. I combined both of the sketches together for the painting - so there are two beavers in the painting. I’ll be posting the actual painting a little later.
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March 21st, 2006 at 8:14 pm (Commissioned Paintings, Larger Works 'in miniature', Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
As I posted earlier, I have been primarily working on the stack of commissions I have in my studio right now. This is one of the rough sketches for my beaver commission. I have been painting on this piece for the last couple of days.
I really liked studying this animal. He walked slowly, as you would expect a beaver to behave, but could also jump or run at any moment and be very energetic. It made watching him almost comical. :) With the beautiful fall colored leaves on the ground complementing him, I think the painting is going to turn out very well.
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January 1st, 2006 at 11:32 pm (Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
I am working on a painting that has been sitting in my studio for a while - my rabbit painting. I haven’t posted an image of the image of the piece here in my blog, but I believe it is listed in my online studio’s "Work in progress" section. I will be posting a new image of the painting (here in the blog) in the next few days of so. The painting is not for sale as it has been purchased in it’s in-progress state by one of my online visitors browsing the website.
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August 3rd, 2005 at 11:51 am (Galleries, Exhibitions & Shows, Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Small Mammal Paintings & Sketches)
I just shipped this painting of a grey squirrel to an exhibition in New England. The show will run through part of October at the Bennington Center for the Arts (www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org) as a part of their 6th annual "Impressions of New England" Exhibition. This is the first year I’ve been a part of this show at the arts center.
I liked painting this subject, though I haven’t painted many squirrels in the past. I like the fact that there are so many textures in the painting. It made it very interesting to paint.
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I have been painting on both my large (24×36) white tiger painting as well as my rabbit piece today. 
