Artist Spotlite – Annette Speck
Artist: Annette Speck
Title: “My Angel” (My Daughter Stepheny)
Dimensions: 16×20
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Website: http://myspace.com/happee2bme
Comments By The Artist: This is my very first portrait painting I attempted (daughter, Stepheny). I began painting with acrylics earlier this year, and I LOVE IT! I used to draw as a child and recently felt there was something more creative inside of me. My daughter has been a blessing and an angel to me and I feel that love has shown through in this painting. I have now done some florals, seascapes, and others will be coming. I hope to make this not just a hobby but a living in doing what I love, and by selling paintings, I hope that others can also be touched by that love that I put into the creations.
Artist Spotlite – Shirley Flinn
Artist: Shirley Flinn
Location: Lacombe, Alberta.
Dimensions: 16×20
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Website: www.shirleyflinn.com
Comments By The Artist: I was really drawn to this image, I saw it on a horse rescue calendar. I contacted the publisher of the calendar and got the name of the owner of the image, and received permission to paint it. I changed the background, and added color to the horses coat and repositioned the horse on the canvas.
Artist Spotlite – Marie Cummings
Artist: Marie Cummings
Location: Treadwell, NY
Title: “Inside The Box”
Website: www.mariecummings.net
Comments About This Painting: “Inside The Box” is fifth in my box series. It was originally something totally different. A painting that was not working so I decided to make it part of the series. I covered the old painting with gesso leaving some of the original by scraping some of the gesso off the paper. The diamonds are gel beads. I cut the stencil out of contact paper and repeated the shape with paint. I blocked out the yellow line across the top with torn pieces of blue painters tape. The other colors were made with successive layers of Golden Fluid Acrylic paints. I keep layering the colors letting them dry between layers. The lines at the top and the bottom were done with corrugated board. I defined some of the shapes in the middle by gradating them. There is no collage in this painting. This painting is a process which is how I work. It took months to complete.
Artist Spotlite – Christy McGuire
Artist: Christy McGuire
Location: Florence, Alabama
Title: “Still Standing”
Dimensions: 16x20x3/4
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Website: www.mcguirestudio.blogspot.com
Artist Spotlite – Randall Jordan
Artist: Randall Jordan
Title: “A Moment In Time”
Dimensions: 34×34
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Website: www.1fineartist-randalljordan.com
Randall’s Comments: I saw this seen at Va. Bch., my hometown, snapped a pic, and went directly to my studio and sketched it out. After re-sketching several times, I finally got all the proportions just right, and layered in the whole scene in this format: top to bottom and back to front. I am really pleased with my result. I am also the website creator and maintainer for the Chesapeake Bay Art Association, a club of around 60 artist members in Norfolk, Va. That art site can be viewed at: http://www.chesapeakebayartassociation.com
Artist Spotlite – Susan Prislopski Dickens
Artist: Susan Prislopski Dickens
Title: “West River”
Dimensions: 26×38
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Website: www.spyglassstudio.com
Susan’s Comments: The West River feeds Canandaigua Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in upstate New York. I painted this after a canoe ride up the river and loved how the light reflected on the water and the trees. I have been painting since childhood and have recently returned to my studio after founding and being an executive director of an art center since 1995.
Artist Spotlite – Donald Neff
Artist: Donald Neff
Title: “Winter Break”
Dimensions: 30×40
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Website: http://www.donaldneff.com
Donald’s Comments : “I did a plein air at this same spot last winter looking in the opposite direction on the river. I saved this scene for a large studio work.”
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