One of our Wednesday evening art students, Leslie, reimagined Martin Johnson Heade’s Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds from 1871 and made it her own by recreating it into a collage piece. She painted each small piece seperately and then adhered it to a canvas raising it slightly. The effect is amazing! She even used small bits of moss to dangle from the upper trees. Great work Leslie. The patience you exhibited really paid off. It’s fabulous ..read more

Our painters created these lovely “Bluebells by the River” paintings at yesterday’s Paint Party. Great! And it was fun having a couple work together to create the diptych so they can hang them together. That was fun! Check out the upcoming events at The Studio here ..read more

We had a great group of painters yesterday at the Browntown Community Center for their fundraiser. Everyone did a fabulous job painting a mountain landscape with redbuds. Nice work all around! Can’t wait till we do it again. And if you would like to paint with us check out the upcoming Paint Parties at The Studio here ..read more

Barbara contacted me several weeks ago to see if I would set up a private party the day after Thanksgiving for her family and friends. Of course I would! I love private parties and it’s a wonderful way to spend time with family and friends and they get to take something home with them to remember the time spent together for a long time to come. Everyone had so much fun and were so supportive of one another. They did a fabulous job painting this winter barn scene. Great work everyone! I hope we get to paint together again soon. If you would like to set a party for your family and friends conta ..read more

After a great deal of planning, over 20 hours of painting, and I don’t know how much paint, Dianne and I completed the mural at her home. Well, almost complete. There are a few little details that I want to add….and Dianne wants us to put a little something in the field on the Summer panel…and I want to change the summer panel a bit so I’ll share it again when we finally do finish it. We’ll get to it as soon as Thanksgiving is over. We wanted to get it as far a possible so that Dianne could share it with her family tomorrow when they come to her home for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a BIG ..read more

We had a great time painting these beautiful fall scenes yesterday. Great work everyone ..read more

Last night these painters gave palette knife a try creating these abstract landscapes using on the knife. Nice work everyone. They look great! It’s always fun to give something new a try. Check out the upcoming classes at The Studio here and come paint with us ..read more

Teresa couldn’t make it to our Airing of the Quilts Paint Party last week so she came to our regular weekly class to make it up. Nice job Teresa. Why don’t you come join us to paint soon. Check our the schedule here ..read more

The mural continues…..we have 3 panels almost done and the last one about halfway. Dianne is hoping for it to be done before Thanksgiving but between her schedule and mine it probably won’t be done quite that soon but certainly before Christmas. Here she is touching up the snow on our winter panel. We’ll post another update after our next session ..read more

We worked at Dianne’s this past week on her mural. You see Dianne here getting ready to work on the Summer panel while Lincoln relaxes from his difficult supervisory job. We still have a way to go but we’re getting there. More to come ..read more