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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 a realistic wildlife and nature painter working in finely detailed watercolors. Her works range from large scale formats to small paintings - all painted in miniature. Classic traditional miniature painting is painting very detailed and not associated with smallness or scale.
Rebecca’s artwork and paintings are exhibited extensively in galleries and shows across the United States and abroad. She holds memberships in numerous prestigious fine art societies around the world.
Throughout her career as an international wildlife artist, she has raised thousands of dollars for wildlife conservation. Through her artwork and paintings, she hopes to bring the beauty of wildlife and wild places to the public. The artist is also dedicated to the preservation of true traditional miniature painting in all it's forms, as well as to encourage young people interested in the fine arts and wildlife. (more....)
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A big 'thank you' to everyone who came out to the Carpenter Nature Center for the MN Rapter Center's Fall Release yesterday! :) 1 week ago
Back in the studio after brunch. Chilly and drizzly out...of course...the local art fair is this weekend. ;) 1 week ago
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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.
This is a recent painting of a leopard on Ivorine. This miniature is very small (shown much larger than actual size). The original painting is sold.
I was able to get up close to this cat to study him. He is a part of a sanctuary for big cats that takes in these beautiful animals that have been a part of the fur trade, illegal animal trafficking, abused, or just overgrown exotic pets that can’t be cared for by their owners any longer. He was just amazing (and a little bit feisty! ) - that experience of being able to get up close to him will inspire my work for a long time.
I get together with my friends and talk about some of the things that have happened in my ‘adventures’ as an artist…and at least they think that it should be written somewhere… So, as per their request…
At one time, I was represented by an art dealer. There was a beautiful art show, an elegant opening complete with gourmet hors d’oeuvres and wines. The dealer had set everything up and invited clients….they started to arrive…
One couple was looking at and discussing one of my pieces, and then talking to the dealer. Busy with other clients and such, they talked a while before I was motioned over to their conversation. I greeted them and was shown my painting that the people were interested in. It was a new piece of a baby animal that I had done, arranged in the image space so that part of the body was cropped…done on purpose so that it felt like it was up close and personal. The client wanted to know if I could have the entire baby shown. I confirmed that I could do a commission that way, but this one was painted as it was…there wasn’t any more of the animal behind the frame to show. My art dealer, eager for the sale, decided that I could easily use wall spackle to patch another piece of art board to that end of the piece and continue the watercolor painting and began to describe the process….
(Hmmm…uncomfortable situation…. No, for the record, I don’t “spackle” my art together in chunks. Lol! The client decided they liked that piece as it was and now have it in their collection. The dealer is still selling art…just not mine… )
(No, this little fawn isn’t the painting being discussed…just eye candy… )
I’ve had some requests to post more of my sketches and works-in-progress on my blog…so here’s another painting that is sitting in the studio… This is a work-in-progress - a barn owl portrait that will debut at th Moosehorn Gallery in Montana. They are having a large event this summer and (…if everything goes well on this piece… ) this will be one of my paintings in their summer show.
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