Saturday, November 27, 2010

Another Work Day

I have been a horse lover all my life, and I noticed this one earning his keep shuttling tourists around in Charleston, S.C.

5x7" Oil on gessoboard
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Charleston Doorway

A Yellow Lab waiting in the doorway of a Charleston, S.C. shop.

6x6" Oil on Gessoboard
$75 +s&h

Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting, or if you would like to commission a pet portrait.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Kind Eyes

I saw this dog in a park in Charleston, S.C. and couldn't resist the sweet expression on her face. A lot of fun to paint. Sometimes the stars line up, and the paint flows out of my brush without much effort at all!

6x6"
Oil on gessoboard
$75




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Early Morning Creekside

This was a lovely morning scene outside Charleston, S.C. 
 5x7" Oil on gessoboard
$75 + s&h 
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Monday, November 15, 2010

Lone Bird

This is a painting I did before I went on my Karin Jurick workshop adventure. I finished it off yesterday.


 6x6" Oil on cradled panel
$70 + s&h 
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Afternoon in Paradise

This another painting from the Karin Jurick workshop. This little guy was having a blissful stroll with his owner.

6x6"
Oil on gessoboard
$75

Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting, or if you would like to commission a pet portrait.

catgillespie@gmail.com

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Back from Hilton Head


I am back from the Karin Jurick workshop in Hilton Head, S.C, but my feet have not quite touched the ground.
It was truly an inspiring and exciting experience, and I met a fine bunch of creative people in my class. There were 17 of us all together.
Karin did demos, gave us lots of sage advice and critiqued our work. We worked from photos that we took ourselves.
The painting posted here was the exception - Karin supplied a photo to us all on the first day, and this is the result. All were so different, even though we were painting the same subject.

I think every experience such as this will change how I paint. That is the nature of growth. I will take away a bunch of things that I learned and incorporate them into the artist that I already am.
I used a totally different palette of exciting colours, and I will continue to work with them, and different brushes and supports. The journey continues...

Pink Lady
8x10 Oil on gessoboard

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