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Sunday, January 15, 2023

Sleeping Fox 1 Miniature Oil Painting


Sleeping Fox 1

 
Sleeping Fox 1
4x6 Oil on Canvas
SOLD
 
 

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Sunday, May 30, 2021

Devon Horse Show, Barns Painting

Plein Air painting, painted while I was at the Devon Horse Show, looking across the Gold Ring (set up as a schooling ring at the time) at the iconic Devon barns.It's hard to believe it's situated right in the middle of town. The painting is an 8 x 10 oil on stretched canvas.  
 

Devon Horse Show, Irises
8x10 Oil on Canvas, unframed
$425.  free shipping
 

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Saturday, June 6, 2020

Red Fox, goldleaf and egg tempera

Red Fox, Egg tempera painting with goldleaf background.

5 x 7 on board

This painting of a red fox is done with techniques used in the creation of Italian Renaissance Altar pieces and Orthodox Icons. Trying to capture an accurate photo seems almost impossible, so I tried taking a number images but to me the beauty of the actual piece is still elusive. 

Scroll down to follow the ancient processes of creating this painting.


Red Fox
5x7 Egg tempera and goldleaf on panel
SOLD

Steps to create gold leaf and egg tempera painting

Starting with hardboard (Masonite) panels. These replace the wood panels used in the past. No problems with cracking. First they are sealed front and back with a hot gelatin size (really a thin glue)




After the sealer has thoroughly dried the panels are coated with layers of gesso. This is not the stuff that is sold in art stores, that is essentially an acrylic paint. True gesso is a mixture of chalk and glue. The glue, in this case the same gelatin mixture that was used to seal the panels is heated in a double boiler and the chalk carefully added and mixed to avoid forming lumps and air bubbles.




Multiple thin layers of warm gesso are brushed on.

These panels have seven layers built up.



After the gesso has hardened (these panels had dried for almost two weeks) the panels are polished with first a wet block of hardwood, then fine 2000grit sandpaper.

Using diluted India ink the image is drawn on the gessoed panel.

To prepare for the goldleaf, the areas to be gilded are covered with layers of bole, a mixture of very fine clay and yes, gelatin. It is brushed on warm and four or more layers are built up.



Once the bole has dried, the gilding can begin. An area of the bole is wetted using gilders liquor, a dilute alcohol mixture (in this case, 1/2 water and 1/2 Slivovitz brandy) The gold leaf is laid on the area of the wet bole which has be activited by the liquor.
Excess gold is carefully brushed off and the goldleaf is burnished to give it to a polished shine

Then the image is painted with egg tempera. The paint is mixed for each session using pure pigment powder, water and egg yolk. It is built up with layers of thin paint and tiny brush strokes. And next time I will take photos of the painting in progress. Here I am trying to show the look of the gold on the left hand side of the panel.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Prints, Keswick Horse Show

The 116th Keswick Horse Show has been cancelled along with so many others, Upperville and Deep Run. Here are prints of some painting that I had done at past shows. The original paintings were done on location at the show. Hope to be back next year.



Keswick Horse Show - Grandstand
Print 9 x 12 image on 11 x 14
29.95 shipping included
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Keswick Horse Show - Judges stand
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Keswick, Jumps
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

On the Beach

 Working in the studio, working in the (home) and thinking about: the mountains, the woods and the beach.  Walking along the beach, gathering shells with the grandkids. Time to rethink what is important now.  
Oil study on unstretched canvas, it can be matted and framed like a watercolor or print. 


 On the Beach, Gathering Shells
Oil on unstretched canvas (7 x 10 image fits a 11 x 14 mat)
$125. includes shipping


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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Prints, Sedgefield Horse Show

Here are some prints of paintings done at the Sedgefied Horse Show near Greensboro NC. With upcoming shows being canceled and the possiblity that the showgrounds will be sold by next year, these are most likely the last paintings I'll do of Sedgefield ad the Old Barn and old Stables



Ponies at the Old Barn, Sedgefield Horse Show
Print 8x10 image on 11 x 14 paper
29.95 including shipping




Old Barn at Sedgefield
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Old Barn and Judges Stand, Sedgefield
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Jumps and Stables at Sedgefield
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The Striped Tent, Sedgefield
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Under the Trees, Stables at Sedgefield
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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Upperville Horse Show At the Ingate

A glorious June morning Under the Oaks at the Upperville Horse Show. Painted on location.

Ingate at Upperville Horse and Colt Show
8x10 oil on canvas
365.00 shipping incl.



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Adding Prints 1 Foxhunt Blessing

 Going back over the image library of paintings and adding some prints to the shop. Here is a painting, originally a commission of the Blessing of the Hounds.


Blessing of the Hounds (Red Mountain)

Blessing of the Hounds (detail
11 x 14 print (9 x 12image)
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Devon Horse Show and Country Fair

The Dixon Oval at the Devon Horse Show was painted sitting by the entrance from the Gold Ring. Showing the jumps, the iconic Devon Blue architecture and including some rides from the Country Fair. Plus the Irises.

Devon Horse Show, Irises
8x10 Oil on Canvas
$425.  free shipping



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Old Barn at Warrenton Horse Show

One of the stables at the Warrenton Horse Show. One of the great old Virginia horse shows.I really don't know how old they are, but I was able to do this painting before they were repainted all green. So this painting still shows the rusty red metal roofing and the wear and tear on the paint and boards. I know repainting was needed to help preserve them, but spraying everything the same color green doesn't have the same aesthetic.

 
Old Stable at Warrenton Horse Show
8x10 Oil on linen panel
$365. free shipping 
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Sunday, March 22, 2020

More Deep Run Horse Show paintings


Two more paintings that were done on location at the Deep Run Horse Show.



Deep Run Horse Show, The Bales
8x10 Oil on linen panel
SOLD







Deep Run Horse Show, Grandstand
8x10 Oil on Canvas
 $365. free shipping




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