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| Our fawn…..who eats with our horses in their pasture.We are surrounded by deer. They are taking over Cob Cottage Farm,eating my gardens and grazing with the horse quite comfortable with the arrangement. Me??? Not so much! I have been playing with my new camera trying to learn what buttons do what….all so I don’t make a complete fool of myself when we are in Kentucky where I will be taking oodles of shots for reference for future paintings. Where else but in horse-country USA!! Lexington,KY. I am sure our farm-sitters will love seeing the deer around the farm. Something special to keep the New Yorkers amused!!
Nellie and her new chewy bone.
So I HAVE been reading and reading the manual on the camera and I must admit I am easily confused… Nellie has been helping my studies. As you see above. I am hoping that I can capture some action shots…something that I could capture before with my old digital. I am not even taking my 35 mm camera…..too heavy and too much film to develop when we get back!
My new camera is Fuji 12 mp and has a 18x zoom……this should help!
What has been “perking” in the studio???? Two new oils on copper,but I have to admit that I have not been in the studio much of late. Too busy chasing deer out of my gardens and orchards! The below oil is one of the two, almost done……and will be one of the paintings headed to Skyline Farm for their 5th annual Fall Art Exhibit, which opens next month. I will tell more about this as we get closer to the opening reception.
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| WIP of my Concord grapes and squash vines – oil on copper 10 x 10″I have to run …deer in the orchard…..horses in the fields… and dogs in my face… saying it is their dinner time!!! |
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This is a view of my studio as it was …in my loft….cozy, but very cramped.The ceiling slanting down to a point that I had to go on my hands and knees not a pretty sight to get to my paints and papers stored. I can’t count how many times I got up from my kneeling stool, that I sit on when working at my drawing board, only to bang my head on the ceiling above. My easel fit in the high side of the studio,where I could stand and look out the windows down onto the gardens below…. and down onto the fields with the barn and our horses. Lovely to look at, but I couldn’t stand back and look at my painting in progress for fear of backing up and falling down the spiral stair case. Not a pretty site either! So we are in the process of moving me and all my studio entails, down the spiral staircases..down into the bowels of Cob Cottage …where I will have a large…all on one floor studio with a ceiling high enough to stand up in and more….a room with a view onto my back gardens and the arbor.The room is darker for sure, but I can light it artificially. The added advantage is also the fact that I can use my oil paints here, far from our bedroom….and during warmer weather I will be able to work with the back door open ….or just step outside and paint plein air!!! So soon I will be able to post some photos of the new space which is not a pretty sight …at this point! And I so look forward to a positive change in studio space and artistic environs and atmosphere!
In the mean time….please take a look at my new page added on this blog with small 20 minute ‘challenge’ or less sketches done in pen and ink or pencil of any old subject that comes to my mind….. a change too of endeavors! Look up under my heading above to see the new pages added on my blog!! Look up!!!
P.S. This challenge was prompted by fellow artist, friend and blogger Michael Nobbs . I challenge you to follow him and his neat creative and thought provoking blog! Michael is a hoot!! 
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Looking out from my studio, the farm is starting to look a bit gray around the edges. The gold and orange of Fall makes way for the more solemn gray of the coming winter. But the one bright spot behind the barn,beside the pond, stands out with the still yellow of the Tamarack trees. I love them in the fall with their burst of yellow and again in spring when they put out their delicate soft Chromium Light Green needles that just whisper of the coming of warmth and growth on the farm.
The other bright spot being my awesome yellow barn doors. What a great statement they make!
Canvas is not the only thing I paint!!
Don’t forget the 140 Hours of Fame Art show and Auction that is taking place on Twitter….check it out. A great way to get some great art to brighten up your walls for this winter! It starts tomorrow, Nov.5th! Bid early and bid often! 
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This was obviously not from a current photo..but we have deer all over the farm…and this young buck is seen often around the pastures….and I am sure this will also be painted at some point. Now it is a graphite study, 8 x 10″.
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