Painting at Sassafras Farm
Spent all day painting at Sassafras Farm yesterday with my good friend Linda. She’s a terrific painter and a great sport to take on this huge project with me. Here’s Linda finishing up her painting of...
View ArticleCasper Goes on the Wall
This morning I am painting my favorite subject matter – dogs! Casper is a sweet, sweet yellow lab mix that loves us being here. I am working on him this morning then maybe Linda and I will take a...
View ArticleThe Finished Murals at Sassafras Farm
Casper, Spice and the Sheep Field Barnyard with Variety of Animals Chicken by Linda Kusior The Goat Yard with Baby Goats Maude
View ArticleChicken in the Bathroom
This chicken, painted by Linda Kusior, made it into the bathroom at the recent job we did in West Virginia. He’s standing on top of the paper towel dispenser.
View ArticleMr. Hyde
Having visited Sassafras Farm last week put me in the mood to add to my “Farm Animal” series. I took loads of new photos to work from so I will get started on those very soon. Here is “Mr. Hyde”, an...
View ArticleBlack Sheep
Black Sheep, oil on canvas, 8″x6″, available at Delilah’s. This is one of the photos I took last year while visiting a farm in West Virginia and painted for the “Farm Animal” series.
View ArticleLincoln and the Cows
Lincoln would love to get as close to the cows as he does to the fish but it ain’t happening.
View ArticleLots of Artists!
My Wednesday Adult Class was jealous that I had only posted my young artist’s paintings recently so they posed for me last night. Here’s Pat with her terrific painting of Jack and Pokey. And Shelly...
View ArticlePicnic at Sassafras Farm
Retreat Teachers Many people enjoyed the hay ride, especially the kids. It was a fabulous weekend of new friends, good food, and creativity and learning. I can’t wait til next year. And to read more...
View ArticleOreo Cows in Art Class
The kids painted a nice landscape this week with a Belted Galloway. It’s from a photo I took when in Newport a few years ago. I love these Oreo cows. They looks so cool. Good job kids with your...
View ArticleA Photography Day
There are very few days that I don’t actually paint. Yesterday was one of them. I spent the afternoon riding around the county taking photos of animals for an upcoming workshop that I will be...
View ArticleGeorge’s Goat
George’s Goat, oil on canvas, 8″x6″, available for $135. After taking the workshop last weekend on “Painting Animals” it reminded me that I need to paint more animals for the Farm Animal series that...
View ArticleThe Llama
Llama painting with reference photo A few weekends ago I took an art workshop in Staunton at the Beverley Street Studio School. What a neat place! The workshop was all about painting animals. So, of...
View ArticleKids Paint Sheep
The kids class painted a nice little farm landscape with sheep yesterday. They did a terrific job with this painting. Keep up the good work!
View ArticleGrazing Sheep
This is the second plein air painting that I worked on while at Sassafras Farm a few weekends ago. (See the first one here.) I still have a little more to add but it’s almost done. Now that the...
View ArticleJase
A few weeks ago a friend posted a photo of her duck, Jase, on Facebook. I immediately asked her if we could paint the photo in our kids class and she gave us permission. The kids did a great job...
View ArticleThe Horse Portrait
A few weeks ago a gentleman came by The Studio asking about portraits. He had a pretty faint photo of a horse that belongs to his daughter and he wanted it done for her birthday. This is the horse....
View ArticleDebbie’s Clarence
“Debbie’s Clarence” Clarence’s Reference Photo A friend posted a photo of Clarence on her Facebook page recently and I immediately sent her a message asking for permission to paint his portrait. What...
View ArticleFolk Art Sample
I worked on a sample painting in a “Folk Art” style for the Retreat that I am teaching at this weekend at Sassafras Farm. We will be doing one canvas painting as well as a painting on a bucket!...
View ArticleMore Scenes from Sassafras Farm
Cute Goat Cutest goats! Another shot of the cute goat Chickens everywhere The Chicken Poses Maia in her Tutu Maia Can’t Wait for her Animal Crackers Maia in her Super Hero Cape One thing I love about...
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