Sheep With Attitude

Sheep with Attitude

8 x 10 inch original oil on linen

I used a rough linen for this one.  The rough linen means you need to use thick juicy oil paints to over and that gives it a richness I like for farm animals.  This will be auctioned at my Daily Paintworks.

Cow #1 is an oil original

12 inch square oil painting on board

Will be for sale on my website or at Daily Paintworks by auction

Ashley

My daughter in law and one of her dogs.  This was a gift to my son for Christmas.

Labrador

For sale at my Daily Paintworks auction.  Link to the right.  Acrylic on board 8 x 10.

Accepted Into Randy Higbee Show 2012

This piece was accepted into the prestigious

Randy Higbee 6 x 6 Inch Show

The show starts December 8  at the Randy Higbee Gallery

Costa Mesa, California

I am very pleased with this piece and its acceptance!

Samta Claus

watercolor on Arches 300 lb.

9 x 12

Merlot

Loose and fun watercolor

6" square

For entry into Randy Higgbee show

Cocky

This is a 6" square watercolor for entry into the Randy Higgbee show in December (Los Angeles area)

Knit Cap

This is a large watercolor done in a Ted Nuttall workshop.  Though it doesn't look a lot like Ted's work (no sloppy dots),  I did learn a lot.

They're Off

6 x 6" submission to the Randy Higbee 6" Squared Show

Los Angeles, California

Rooster

For sale at my Daily Paintworks

White Lab

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Thailand Elephant

My daughter went to Thailand on vacation and got some amazing photos of elephants.  This is my take on one of them.  Watercolor on paper.

My Show and Talelfeathers

My show at the Cherokee Gallery in Murphy NC started today and will continue for the month of September.  And, my work is now carried at Talefeathers in Southport, NC.

Batman (watercolor on paper)

This is a rather large still life work for me.  It is about 16 x 20.  Had fun and learned a lot about hot pressed paper!

Gallery Show Slideshow

Vineyard Beauty

This is a 9 x 12 inch watercolor on paper.

Closeup, a watercolor on paper

Charleston Basket Artist

Painted for my upcoming show (September)

Cherokee Gallery & Winery

This is an original watercolor painting depicting the amazing

craftmanship of the basket weavers so famous in 

Charleston, SC.

New Puppy

9 x 12 inch watercolor on paper.

Auction at Daily Paintworks

Happy 4th of July from Melonmutt!

This is a 10 x 14 inch watercolor on board.  Melonmutt can be purchased at the Daily Paintworks auction.

Hound

This is a 9 x 12 inch watercolor on paper.  This will be in my gallery show in September unless it sells prior to that.  This is Hound.

Twisted

I got a strange size of Arches block paper (4 x 9 inches) and came up with this unusual crop.  This is watercolor on paper.

Rudy

This is a watercolor on 300 lb. Arches paper.  It was a commission for a dear friend.  This is Rudy, a Jack Russell who had a great life and will certainly be missed.  I hope this painting gives his person a great deal of good memories.

Sleeping Beauty

This is a 9 x 12 inch watercolor that will be in my upcoming gallery show in September.  This is Sleeping Beauty.

Redhead, watercolor on paper

Contact artist for purchase information - propstanne@yahoo.com

Easy Going - watercolor on paper

Watercolor figurative by Anne Marie Propst.  Size is 10 x 14 inches.  For Sale  Here

Two Dogs (oil on board) NFS

This was a request by my husband for his office.  These are our two dogs, Sam and Archie.  It is large (about 4 feet square).

Old Fashioned

9 x 12 inch watercolor on paper.  This is Old Fashioned.  For Sale at my DPW Gallery - link on the right.

Baby Bella

This is my son's dog, Bella.  This is a 18 x 24 inch pastel on suede matboard.  NFS

A Gentle Touch

This is another attempt at learning watercolor.  This is a larger 12 x 16 inch watercolor on rough 300 lb Arches paper.  I am still struggling to keep the highlights unpainted.  That is so different from other mediums.  I do like the looseness of this one.

Trying Watercolors...

Not sure what made me want to give them a try, but this is my first attempt.  This is George and he was all dressed up for his parents wedding.  This one is sold.

THANK YOU to the Cherokee Gallery in Murphy, NC

Just asked to present my works in September in a one artist show at this wonderful gallery and winery in the mountains of North Carolina.  Thank you so much to this gallery for their support.

First Dip by Anne Marie Propst

Available by contacting the artist directly (propstanne@yahoo.com)

Here Boy! (NFS)

This is a 9 x 12 inch in my series of dog paintings.  This is for a show so is NFS at this time.

Irish Setter by Anne Marie Propst

5 x 5 inch original acrylic

PURCHASE HERE

A Little Kitten painting

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Beagle Buddy

12 inch square original acrylic painting on panel - This is Beagle Buddy!

Purchase HERE

Yellow Lab

6 x 6 acrylic on board - for sale here

Dachshund

This is a small original painting of a beautiful dachshund with the sunset coming over the back of his head.  The orange glow made for an interesting idea for this painting.  This is a 6 inch square painting of a dachshund.  This is acrylic on linen board and will be for sale at my ETSY.

This is Lucy (Commission painting)

Lucy is an 8 x 10 boxer painting with a bit of whimsy in colors and off center border. (SOLD)

Weirmaraner

This was so much fun.  These dogs have the most gorgeous colors in their coats!  This is a 6 x 6 inch oil painting original on board.  This will be available at ETSY.  It is drying on my kitchen table.

Getting Ready for Easter?

For Sale at Etsy

Spencer (NFS)

Spencer is an 8 x 10 inch commission.

Buggie, an original oil (SOLD)

9 inch square tonal painting (sold)

Terry Muira Challenge

Terry Muira is a great tonalist painter that I have admired for years.  If you want to get great advice from a truely talented and successful artist, follow his blog.  This month, he posted a photograph of a simple traffic scene and invited fellow artists to interpret it into a cityscape.  Cityscapes are quite intimidating with the myriad of shapes, colors and detail.  The key, according to Terry, is to simplify.  So, this is my submission to the challenge.

Group Mass

Edgar Payne describes the use of groupings to develop a perspective of depth.  This painting uses that concept as well as atmospheric perspective.  In this painting, the further from the view, the less detail is seen.   My goal was to bathe the painting in golden light while developing the perspective.  Hopefully, I did that.  This is an 8 x 10 inch painting entitled, Crossing The Street.

Coastal Rocks, An Ell composition

As I mentioned in my last post, I am trying to gain knowledge from the famed book on landscape composition by Edgar Payne.  This painting could be considered a Steelyard composition which has a large tall mass on one side, but a smaller on the other; however, I think it fits the Ell (rectangular) compositon more completely.  The Ell basically is shaped like the letter "L" with an extended bottom line.  Hope you enjoy my compositon.  This is a 9 x 12 inch seascape based on the California coast.

Diagonal Line Landscape

I am reading Edgar Payne's book entitled "Composition of Outdoor Painting."  It is always recommended by landscape workshop artists.  It is extremely helpful in finding the composition that works for your art and your vision.   In an effort to learn and improve (we all want that!), I am going to paint a landscape from each of his compositional types.  This one is the diagonal and is entitled "Downhill".  This is an 8 x 10 somewhat tonalist painting.

For sale at my website or Etsy shop 

Point - A Cold Wax Painting

Artists have many choices of mediums or additives to change the way paint is manipulated and the way it appears when dry.  One choice I discovered recently is Dolands Cold Wax.  It is basically a wax product that can be used for abstraction and impasto effects.  It also leaves the finished painting with a beautiful matte finish.  When totally dry, it can be rubbed with a soft cloth to add a sheen.

The attached painting, Point, is done totally with cold wax medium, oil paints and a palette knife.  The strokes are buttery soft.  The medium also allows for gradual value changes.  I did three paintings with the wax before I got the hang of it.  I hope you enjoy seeing this unique medium at work.

8 x 10 inch cold wax and oil painting on linen board - for sale at Etsy shop.

Tie My Sash

Two little girls get ready for dance class.  Tie My Sash is an 8 x 10 inch impressionist figurative.  This painting is for sale at My Etsy Shop.

Lotus Chef

This is a larger painting for me.  It is 12 x 16 impressionist painting with an abstract background.  It is so hard for you to see the abstract strokes but that is my favorite part.

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