Their loss is your Gain

Sadly my painting, Well Traveled Memories, was not accepted into the Juried Exhibition in Athens, Ga. Honestly I’m not very discouraged over it. Artists have to deal with rejection all the time and the competition for this Exhibition is known to be steep! I was surprised though at the choice of Jurors for the Exhibition. [...]

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Well Traveled Memories – Completed

I finished my latest Earthscape painting, ‘Well Traveled Memories‘, earlier this week. The past few days I’ve just been looking over it (and getting over a stomach bug). I want to make sure it is truly complete because I’ve decided to enter it in Lyndon House Arts Center 34th Juried Exhibition here in Athens, Ga.
In [...]

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A Ginkgo Path

I first fell in love with Ginkgo trees while living in England. Their unique leaf shape and color in the fall are just amazing. I’m only now getting around to expresses this in my artwork. Today I finished the first new pen and ink drawing of the 2009. It depicts Ginkgo leaves strewn across a [...]

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More Works in Progress

I was slow to get motivated today, but I did manage to work on my painting, ‘Well Traveled Memories’. Here’s where I’m at:

If I’m able to find the time I might just finish this over the weekend. I had a stomach bug during the week and that really set me back, but that’s life. In [...]

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Painting Progress

I’m still working on my Gingko leaves painting I call – ‘Well Traveled Memories’ – but not for much longer! Here’s where I’m at:

Just a few more stones and then I will be listing this in my Etsy shop – Makepeace Arts. Hopefully when I’m finished the weather and the lighting will be better than [...]

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Tile Art Prints

Now available in my Etsy shop – Makepeace Arts – are Tile prints of my beloved painting ‘The Last Green’. Each tile measures 4.25” x 4.25” and 1/6-inch thick.
While these can be used as coasters they are more fun when used as a piece of art. They can be framed or just sit nicely in [...]

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Farewell to The Last Green

My small painting ‘The Last Green’ sold yesterday!! What more can I say? It makes me happy that people enjoy my paintings so much!
If you missed out on purchasing ‘The Last Green’ there are prints available through Imagekind. Follow this link for more details:
http://www.imagekind.com/showartwork.aspx?IMID=856f085d-3421-4377-8bec-14efe1b91b11
I have another small 5 x 7 in the works, [...]

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The Last Green – Available now on Etsy

I finished this lovely Autumn painting this morning and it is now available to purchase at Makepeace Arts on Etsy. The Last Green is a farewell to Summer and an awakening of Autumn. This small, original painting depicts a lone leaf upon a bed of stones. Its green is fading but in its place rises [...]

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Autumn Colours

I voted earlier last week so today was like a day off. My daughter and I decided to take a Nature walk down to the nearby river. It was a lot of fun except for almost loosing my keys!! I took two photos that I’ve decided were worthy enough to into my Imagekind [...]

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The Last Green – almost done!

This morning I worked on a large commissioned painting, but this afternoon I took some time to myself and worked on the small Earthscape painting I shared earlier. I’ve decided it will be called ‘The Last Green’ as in the last green of the season before winter takes its hold. It’s really a lovely little [...]

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