THAT SLY COME HITHER STARE #873.
This funny little duck greeted me in my inbox this morning. What a look! And a great name for a painting!
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Amanda’s Paint Blog
“Morning C,” oil on linen board, 6″x12″
Revisiting a favorite subject. I have wanted to use this white linen tea towel in a still life for sometime. It was all about getting the composition to work with the red stripe. After more than a few challenging tries of pushing the towel around, rearranging the oranges, I found a setup that spoke to me… (click on the image to see the rest, and her blog)
I say: I’d hang that one in my kitchen for sure!
John Farnsworth (my pops) introduced me to this painting and this painter. Here’s what he said about it:
I like the graduated light and the road over the hills arrangement of the red stripe.
His daily painting today looked like this…
INDIO Oil on Panel / 6 x 6 Inches
I spent the day today at the Indio, California Dog Show. This thing is HUGE. I read somewhere that there are some 3500 participants. I could easily believe there are more. I’ll try to get more details tomorrow. Today, though, I got about 500 photographs (I hope that over time, that will result in ten paintings and five or six salvageable photographs [for his daily photograph blog]). I also managed this one painting of a Basset Hound that I call INDIO, from today’s shoot.
I say: What a face!!
RHODODENDRON by Tatsiana Mikhailava
I just discovered Tatsiana’s work today and am loving these rhododendron!
To see more of her work, go to http://tatsianaartstudio.blogspot.com/
***Announcement***
Indian Market in Santa Fe is this weekend and I couldn’t be more excited! I’ve been hearing wonderful, romantic stories about Indian Market since I was a child and Finally get to experience it first hand!! Today, my father painted a fabulous little Kachina in honor of the upcoming event and I just had to share it with you… If you don’t know about Indian Market, you can learn more at the website. If you want to find me on Friday or Saturday, I’ll be wandering around the Santa Fe Plaza nibbling on Hopi Piki bread. See you there!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A FARNSWORTH A DAY!!!
Can it be?! Has it already been a year? Yep! One year ago today, my father joined the daily painting movement. Having been a full time painter for about the last four decades (longer than I’ve been alive!) this wasn’t much of a stretch for him. What is different, though, is the size of these little paintings. Every day he paints a 6×6 inch oil painting. This is quite a bit smaller than his usual works- including a 20×30 foot mural!! He says the freedom of these little paintings is offering the most fun he’s had in years. Happy Birthday, Pops!
PRICKLY PEAR MARGARITA by Oriana Kacicek and… Give-Away Winner!
I could use a nice cold drink today! It’s been so hot and the fires burning are filling the air with smoke! The normally bright blue sky of Northern New Mexico looks more like the smog filled sky over a big city! This margarita looks so cool and crisp! I could just drink it up! Cheers!!
**********And for my Give-Away from last week**********
I wrote all of your names down on little pieces of paper and drew one out of the hat…
(please note Sugarfoot always at my feet!
also, please note that I did Not realize I was going to be
having my picture taken today when I got dressed this morning!)
The winner is……….. Peggy!!
Peggy and her husband, Conrad, are the owners of Trillium Woods Pleasure Horses in Homer, Michigan. Last year, they commissioned my father, John Farnsworth, to paint a large painting of their six adult horses. Trillium Six is an amazingly beautiful painting and a whopping 36 x 72 inches! (I did the math, that’s 3 feet by 6 feet!!)
Congratulations to you, Peggy!! I’ll get those Farnsworth Note Cards in the mail to you in the next couple of days!!
I’M A WINNER, YOU’RE A WINNER!
In celebration of Rosa’s Picks passing the 10,ooo visitors mark, I’m having a give-away! All you have to do to join in the fun is leave me a comment on this post- preferably congratulatory(!).
All commentors will be entered to win. I’m literally going to put your names into a hat and pull one out! Winner will be announced on Monday, June 27th.
“So, what do I win??”
The lucky winner will receive a package of 5 Farnsworth Note Cards! This is a $20 value!!
Each card will have one of the images below on it.
To see more paintings by John Farnsworth, go to http://afarnsworthaday.wordpress.com/
You can’t really see it, but there is a cool embossed signature at the bottom of the example card! The inside is blank, and on the back is the title, dimensions etc. of the painting.
PEAR ON A WOOD BLOCK by Abbey Ryan
My mouth is watering just looking at this plump, juicy pear painting!! I’d like to cut it up and put it on a fancy salad with candied walnuts and feta and…
This beautiful painting has been posted on Abbey’s blog and she offered it on the Help Japan Challenge at DailyPaintworks. The starting bid is low! Go bid, quick!!
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And just for fun… I’d like to show you two very different paintings that share the same title…
“ORANGE MARMALADE”
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