Whoop whoop! This graceful animal is one of the greater hard luck to winner stories.
There should be hope remaining for all the rest of us so long as life is still ours.
Hopefully this lovely painting will fly down to Port Aransas on January 20th to mingle with others for their annual whooping crane festival exhibit.
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$80.00
Curious about oil painting, but never had a chance to try it? Join us for a fun workshop where you can minimize toxic exposure and speed up drying times!
All materials are provided, so you can focus on creating an 11″x14″ beach-themed painting while making new friends!
Enjoy art in a cool environment from 12:30 to 3:30 PM in the Art Center classroom. Bring your own lunch if needed.
* Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Arnica will guide you in preparing your paint palette and mixing colors. Your painting will be dry to the touch in 24-48 hours, depending on thickness of paint applied, compared to the typical 6 months for traditional oil paintings, with no unpleasant fumes in your home or vacation home! Yay!
Join us for some creative fun!
Hopeful Horizons
As a painter, I love my supporters more than any of you can know. You keep me going, you are the stream that floats my boat. My desire is to keep creating things to draw our love and attention to what is good and right in the world. When my work is purchased and taken out to your world, the love goes both ways.
Thank you, dear patron, you who purchased this large work from the Port A Art Center this week. I am eternally grateful for the moral and financial support!
The moment of splashdown is captured. Water rolls away from this adult brown pelican in impasto waves that beckon the viewer closer. On closer look, the fine darker plumage glows in its transparencies of many shades of mahogany. Light reflects off of the wings, expressing the freedom of the sky in it’s echoes of color taken from the background of a colorful horizon.
Beast and environment are one, just as we all yearn to be one within our own environs and communities. Harmony in the work as in the wild.
Traditional oil techniques, including the use of marble dust in the impasto. Framed in a white wooden frame, hanging wire attached and ready to grace your wall!
Daydreams of ease and comfort. The pelican finds a place to survey his kingdom. A full belly and a cool breeze, a place in the sun. Peace and contentment are palpable here for this king of the hill reigns supreme. Be your own king or queen. Own your hill or boulder, even if just for this one moment. The world can be beautiful.
Thanks to everyone who has shown me the ropes through the years. There have been so many of you, and so many ropes, too!
I have completed my Associate of Applied Science in Paramedicine. It has been a two year journey of education and experience with some of the most wonderful people. My teachers, clinical preceptors, and laboratory organizers have kicked my butt into shape. The paramedics on ambulances who had my back as they let me treat their patients had such grace and kindness as I tried to understand better how to do my job and take care of people.
I have been enjoying working as a paramedic for Emergency Medical Protection Services- a private EMS provider.
Joyful, joyful, to be alive at the beach! Make every day count.
Imagine your walls with these swimmy fishes decorating them. Luxe. Gorgeous. Fun.
The painting demonstrates traditional oil painting technique. The ‘grisaille and glaze’ method has been used since oil painting was first made. Fish 1 is the sketch, Fish 2 is the grisaille, and Fish 3 has the glaze applied. All in all, a pretty result with ancient historic roots.
Tie into history! Great American Art is here for the catching.