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Saturday, January 3, 2009
bluejays - work in progress
Background work today. This is going to take some time I think. I have to make some of the pine needles bigger.
These jays are coming along so nicely! When I was a teen, we had a cat that would laze around under the oak tree in our backyard. Blue jays nesting above would harass her relentlessly, dive bombing her and making such a racket. This went on for months. Then, one day, we found a pile of blue feathers under the tree, and the blue jays went missing.
Welcome to my blog. I am a miniaturist. I love to work small. Mostly under 8 inches down to 1 inch. A lot of my paintings are for doll house collectors. Some people dismiss miniature paintings as not quite art. The proverbial “big is better”. That is so ‘70’s. The whole “you must paint loose and big“, that’s not for me. . I love working with fine point brushes and paint very very small. To tell you the truth, I didn’t want other artists to see my little paintings at first, because they were small and some how insignificant. Since I have joined the small format movement so thoroughly and met so many talented artists I have fully embraced miniature paintings as a legitimate form of art. I am a Miniaturist and am proud of it. You can find most of my paintings for sale on Ebay under Southshoreartist. Thank you for popping in and please feel free to browse.
2 comments:
Absolutely stunning and how fun to watch the work in progress.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
These jays are coming along so nicely! When I was a teen, we had a cat that would laze around under the oak tree in our backyard. Blue jays nesting above would harass her relentlessly, dive bombing her and making such a racket. This went on for months. Then, one day, we found a pile of blue feathers under the tree, and the blue jays went missing.
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