Petit plaisir 11 x 14 original acrylic Copyright Carole Rodrigue 2010
Voila! Here’s my newest piece, a painting of my cat taking a rest in the warm glow from the window. This girl is 14 years old, and one very cranky cat! She’s a Calico, so they’re naturally cranky by nature, and this one has been this way since she was a baby. I’ve had her a loooonnggg time! But she does have her sweet side when she wants, and she is a beautiful cat. She epitomizes the saying, “Don’t call me I’ll call you!” attitude of cats that they’re so well known for.
I called this piece “Petit plaisir”, which is French for simple pleasure. I commented on Facebook the other day about my enjoying sharing watermelon with my Shihtzu and saying it was one of life’s simple pleasures. This inspired the title for this piece, and perhaps more? A series maybe? Who knows where life and art will lead me.
Today also marks the start of my new painting endeavour. As previously mentioned, I’ll be painting many smaller pieces, which will be quick studies and be available for a low price. It’ll be a great opportunity for any person who wants to collect original art to be able to afford to start collecting, and for seasoned collectors to add to their collection. I hope to complete paintings either every day or two, but might start posting them when I have a few. So keep visiting! I do have Paypal available for those interested in purchasing a piece. I have to add it to my new website soon.
In the meantime, I need to get back in the studio. I’m having issues with my computer crashing, so hopefully this will be resolved by next week.
Thank you for dropping in and for taking time to look at my art! See you soon, and until next time, take care!
©Copyright 2010 by Carole Rodrigue. See original post here.
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‘Black on Red’ 9 x 12 Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie
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Moo R U – stage 3
I apologise for the paleness of the image I photographed todays update in side the studio due to the weather…
Today I’ve spent redefining Moo’s eyes and working on her muzzle adding in the pinks and burnt brown tones that are present.. there is a long way to go until shes finished… next step will be to start to define the skin on her nose adding all those little dimples cows noses are known for,
Moo R U… 16″ x 20″ acrylic on canvas… you can drop me an email: catherin@animalarthouse.com if you would like more information on purchasing Moo R U or to put a reserve on the finished piece.
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‘Red Horse on the Green’ 20 x 30 Acrylic on Canvas
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Moo R U – work in progress
Thought it was time to start a new Bovine painting. I’m enjoying painting Moo R U.. love the curious expression on her face and the challenge of her coloured coat.
Moo R U is 16″ x 20″ acrylic on canvas … expressions of interest are being taken for this one.. drop me an email at catherin@animalarthouse.com if you are interested in putting a reserve tag on her.
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Sam’s Girl 24 x 18 original acrylic Copyright Carole Rodrigue 2010
Hi everyone, meet Dancer, the Arabian horse I lease. She belongs to a wonderful young woman named Sam, so this explains the title. Dancer didn’t always have it easy in her earlier years, but since she’s with Sam, she’s been cherished, as she deserves to be. She’s a wonderful horse, one of the alpha mares on the ranch, and she’s teaching me a lot about myself. At 23 yrs old, she’s a wise horse. Sometimes that’s not so good for me, but I absolutely love Dancer. I don’t get to ride her as much as I’d like to to my terrible back and joint pain, but if I could, I’d ride her every day. Riding is very therapeutic; good for the body as well as the soul. My kuddos to Dancer and Sam for their patience with me! Sam needs to be rewarded for this.
I’ve got some more pieces on the cooker, so to speak, and I also plan to start a series of smaller works. I’m not returning to the daily painting project, but these will be quicker pieces, aimed at studying and strengthening my artistic skills. When I did participate in the daily paintings a few years back, I found I learned so much and developped beyond leaps and bounds as an artist. I’m hoping that by going back to these smaller studies that I attain a new level.
So, keep your eyes peeled and keep checking regularly. More work will keep coming, and in the mean time, thanks for dropping in and take care! 
©Copyright 2010 by Carole Rodrigue. See original post here.
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I thought I’d show you two of several detail images of the wolf painting that is coming along on the DVD.
Can you see the layers of paint at this early stage? These two images were taken right after the cameras stopped rolling for the “first pass” on the easel–covering the canvas. Layering with acrylics allows for nuances that might not be there with thicker applications of paint–as with oils. One major reason that I love the acrylics! I painted with them for almost 15 years straight before returning to oils.
The wolf “Yuki” who was the model for this painting died suddenly (age seven) right after I started the painting. Mysteriously eerie, as the photographs were taken years ago. I just heard about it yesterday.
It’s my birthday, and I’m celebrating by having had a breakfast out and I will be going to swim and play tomorrow. Then the weekend will see serious digital editing for the DVD! I don’t count the years I’ve lived, but count the good times I’ve had instead!
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‘Playing in Sunlight’ 24 x 36 Acrylic on Canvas
Playing in Sunlight
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“Assateague Reflection”
It’s been a productive weekend or me. I finished an acrylic painting of a wild pony in the marshlands. At least I think I finished, always room for improvement, right? It’s from a photo I took on Assateague Island last week, an experience that I found particularly moving. They’ll be swimming the ponies soon from Assateague to Chincoteague, I would love to go someday and buy a colt or filly. Just to be able to go and take photos would be a real treat!
Here’s a tiny butterfly that was in my garden this morning. She’s the size of a fingernail! She held still long enough for me to get a picture.
Love this sunflower in front of my house. I planted a ton of them this year, last year they were eaten by groundhogs.
Question Mark Butterfly in the garden. He was feasting on my split tomatoes. They love rotting fruit. The name comes from that tiny little white marking on the lower part of the wing.
A sunflower in my pumpkin patch with the setting sun. Happy Sunday 
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©Copyright 2010 by Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor. See original post here.
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Clay Vase 20 x 24 original acrylic Copyright Carole Rodrigue 2010
Well, it’s not tomorrow, but rather, a few days later. I haven’t had the time to do the tweaking I want to do on this piece so I decided to post this photo all the same.
This piece was inspired by a couple of matching vases I have, with each sitting in their own cabinet tower. One evening, the sun was coming in just right and creating this glow on the one vase. I was fascinated by the way the light hit, so voila, a new painting was born!
I’m also working on a new website. I’m doing it through FASO, and so far so good! Through this site, I’ll even be able to work on this blog and have it posted there as well. I will also have an option for a quarterly newsletter that you’ll be able to subscribe to, as well as Facebook “Like” buttons. I’ve got most of my photos uploaded and need to complete the rest when I have more time. I’d really like to get to Dancer’s painting and get it done this weekend, if possible.
So, that’s the scoop du jour and I will be back soon with more art! Until then, be safe and take care! 
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‘The Dance, Tribute to Onyx’ 30 x 30 Acrylic Overlays on Canvas
This is the beginning… It may evolve more this week….
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‘Texas Herd’ 30 x 40 Mixed Medium (Oil/Acrylic) on Canvas
This is at one of my representing Galleries and it is reduced to sell this summer. The two other pieces from this series have already sold. They were smaller than this one. This composition has deep reds and other very strong colors in it. Just email me for pricing if you are interested. The piece will ship from Denver to you.
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Here in the NorthEast we are experiencing the mother of all heat waves.To borrow a line fro the movie Biloxie Blues..this is like Africa hot! One hundred degrees is just…well… unnecessary. What do people do down south who have to endure this kind of weather on a more regular basis?
I am definitely a cool weather person. Love my sweaters.
So what are all of you doing to keep cool? I took my son to a movie, went to a support group meeting and am planning to pull an all nighter in the studio. Okay..maybe a half nighter. I have an acrylic painting of a horse in half pass that I have been staring at for the past few weeks trying to decide what to do with it. I love the horse but the backgrounds just irks me. So I am planning on reworking this one. I like the arena but the rest has to go. I will post the results as soon as I finish it! Oh , that is if I can figure out how to post photos from my iphone! 
Now for my question of the day. Does anyone know if you can post photos to Blogger from your iphone? I can’t seem to find any info online on how to do this. Anyone?
Now I know I said I would be posting details from the Alvaro Castagnet workshop but I have lots of images that I would like to include. makes for a more interesting blog post. Don’t you agree?
Stay cool!
Deborah
©Copyright 2010 by Deborah O’Sullivan. See original post here.
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I think that artists should do self-portraits every so often. I have blogged about that before. I don’t have live models available to work from, so if I do a self-portrait, I get a cheap model and can get a figurative work done. I try to get one self-portrait and maybe a still-life into my portfolio on a regular basis.
Over the past two weeks I have done two small acrylics and one graphite self-portraits. With the acrylics I approached them from a weird angle, and did the same view twice, but with difference crops.
“Retrospective #1″ acrylic 4 x 4″
” Retrospective #2″ Acrylic 4 x 4″
The graphite is a straight on view, looking strait at the mirror…..but I cropped it so just one side of my face is portrayed. The’ alive’ side? So…what do you think? Did I succeed in capturing provocative pieces?
“Self” graphite 10 x 3″
It is a very rainy day out…and I am only now getting to actually work in the studio…just one of those days!
©Copyright 2010 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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‘River Crossing’ 9 x 12 Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Mountain Herd Wild Appaloosa’ 24 x 36 Acrylic on Canvas
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‘Santa Fe One’ 30 x 40 Acrylic on Canvas
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Painted in 2007 but sold this spring 2010 to a new collector in China through the Red Tree Gallery.
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‘Horse 2′ 9 x 12 Acrylic on Canvas
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