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Saturday, June 28, 2014

commissions



It has been a while since I've painted animals and even longer since I painted people but this was really fun.  





This was also a lot of fun.  I was commissioned to do a series of pastels of a woman's grandmother's farm near Bealeton, Va.  I drove up and did some sketching and took lots of photos before getting started.  Also fun- having lunch with this wonderful family and learning about the local farming history. 

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

skagit valley barns

I went to Skagit Valley, Washington for the flower fields and was blessed to arrive at the peak of the tulip season.  After taking about 500 pictures of flowers I looked around and noticed the amazing barns.  I wasn't sure what I would do with them but I snapped about 20 barn photos too:




Inspiration!
"Skagit Valley Barn 1, 30x30