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This
is my new print. I thought I'd step out of the box from what people
were used to seeing and do an oil painting that was unexpected.
One
of my favorite things to do is paint with a palette knife. Painting
with a palette knife was something I did frequently when I was younger.
Actually, it was uncommon for me to use a brush. The exciting thing
about a palette knife is that there is not the control I have with a
brush. Palette knives are rigid and can easily swipe the paint off a
canvas as easily as they can lay it on. Paint can be laid on thick and
dimensional shapes are left in the wake. I used to be up until all
hours; an Irish Setter by my side. A huge canvas would sit in front of
me with an array of palette knives at my fingertips. The bigger the
canvas the better. Once finished, I'd give the painting to the first
person who enjoyed it. Then 'd go out, purchase a new blank canvas and
start all over again.
When
thinking about what I'd like to create to be released at the 2015 ISCA
National, old recessed memories about the palette knife and a large
painting suddenly were vivid. I knew how I wanted to paint it, just not
what I would paint. Then it came to me, a mom and pups. We all love
to see little babies with their mom. Going through my reference photos
I came across a photo with the mom looking tenderly down at her
babies. There were five or six photos used for image reference to get
the nursing pups in the places that were perfect for my purposes. I
didn't want the pups to jump out at you, I wanted them to be hidden in
the coat of their mother. When Rich and I had the litter two years ago,
we were always trying to find the pups which were curled around Monet.
The pups blended in so easily. So, in the painting, the pups are
intertwined with their mother in natural poses. Can you count how many
there are? If it takes you a moment, my goal was successful. Though
there won't be panic when you can't find one!
The
background was done using the oil paint as a wash after the subjects
were almost completed. I took a large paint brush and saturated the
canvas with turpenoid, then another paint brush was loaded with paint
and glazed over the wet canvas. The turpenoid slightly dissolved the
paint and the paint ran down the canvas. This was done out in the grass
as it was pretty messy. Once the colors were satisfactory, the
painting was left on the porch to dry (the fumes were pretty extreme.)
Then I flipped the painting upside down and used this same technique for
the sky. The end result almost looks like a water color painting but
it is oil paint.
The
painting measures 3 feet x 4 feet. Sometimes the hardest thing to do
is find the perfect name. My mother thought of the name for this
painting. Her suggestion? "My Treasures". Isn't it perfect. To the
mother dog, her babies are her treasures. To the breeders, all the
dogs, mom and pups, are their treasures, to the owners of the pups - the
pup certainly becomes their treasure.
The
reproductions are going to all be on canvas. I've done this a few
times in the past and love how they turn out. With the canvas prints,
you can frame them with or without glass - your choice. The 11 x 14
prints are mounted on board.
11 x 14 $75.00
16 x 20 $165.00
20 x 24 $225.00 (artist proofs - to be special orders)
3 feet x 4 feet (artist proofs - to be special orders)
I
will be bringing 11 x 14 and 16 x 20 prints to the Irish Setter
National as well as one 3 foot by 4 foot to hang as a display.
The
artwork is available for pre-order and is in inventory at this time.
Please contact me by phone, email or click on the below link to purchase
directly from my website:
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