Post 207: A Flock of Mini Paintings on the Way

A Flock of Mini Paintings, Hot Off the Presses

Painting in Progress Images…

This is how they started on Saturday morning November 6, 2021

By Sunday morning, November 7, this is where they are. Please pardon the Hamster, the light above washed him out. 

Painting Name: Beach Sunrise

SKU: 11EU21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26.00

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

Painting Name: Penguin Dance

SKU: 11EV21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26.00

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

Painting Name: Hamster

SKU: 11EW21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

Painting Name: Cardinal on the Fence

SKU: 11EX21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26.00

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

Painting Name: Neons

SKU: 11EY21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26.00

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

Painting Name: Goldfish

SKU: 11EZ21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26.00

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

The third goldfish painting this year

Painting Name: Tree Trunk Squirrel

SKU: 11FA21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

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Post 202: Restocking the Fish, Sea Turtles, the Bunnies, and the Sailboats - Mini Paintings

Mini Paintings Restock

With all the recent art events, shows and at Clearbrook, I have sold off some of my mini paintings - they do make a nice original homemade - support your local small business and support the arts / support starving artists - gifts.

Painting Name: Goldie Goldfish

Mini Goldfish painting 2 is Goldie Goldfish. I think they are kinda cute.

SKU: 10EO21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Mini Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Mini Easel Included

Painting Name: Field Bunny

Bunny with a flower is my second bunny painting.

SKU: 10EQ21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Mini Stretched Canvas

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Mini Easel Included

Painting Name: Sailboat White Sails

SKU: 10EN21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Mini Stretched Canvas

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Mini Easel Included

I'll have to consider naming my next Sailboat painting "Calgon".

If you are of a certain age, you will remember the Calgon bath powder commercials and their, "Calgon, take me away...."

Painting Name: Sea Turtles Cruising

SKU: 10EP21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Mini Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Mini Easel Included

I have painted quite a few sea turtles so I have no idea what number this guy is.

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Post 196: The Orange Koi Acrylic 8x16

Painting Name: The Orange Koi

An upcoming theme in January and February at Clearbrook Center of the Artists for PWAS is "Orange". I did not want to have fall colors again, so this is my submission for "Orange".

SKU: 10EF21ACL2

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 8x16 Stretched Canvas 

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

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Painting in Progress

The koi fish roughed in.

The Orange Koi is close to being finished, I may tweak him a bit more.

What Brought About this Painting?

As stated above, the theme for January/February at Clearbrook Center of the Arts in Lake Ridge, VA - the art gallery for the Prince William Art Society, is simply the color Orange. Lots of things can be orange, although the brain at this time of year may go straight to pumpkins and the changing leaves.

Carrots, flowers, goldfish, some football, school or sports team's colors, basketballs, sometimes a sunrise or a sunset, fruit, some butterflies, some birds, cats (large and small), sweet potatoes and so much more - can all be orange. Or an abstract painting with orange in it for goodness sake! 

My thought went to Koi Fish as an entry for the Orange theme.

So here he is, "The Orange Koi", Acrylic on Stretched Canvas 8x16

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Post 195: Restocking the Mini Easel Paintings: Goldfish Fancy Pants 3x4

Painting Name: Goldfish Fancy Pants

In the recent rush of art shows, I sold off a fair amount of my mini paintings, hence, the need to replenish the minis! 

SKU: 10EG21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Mini Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

What Brought About this Painting?

If you have always had an issue with keeping the goldfish alive in the fish bowl, maybe this mini painting will help. Have the goldfish without killing it. Fish food not included.

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Post 181: Many Mini Paintings including a Shark, Strawberries, a Duck, a Bee, Nests, and a Turtle

Mini Paintings 3x4 Acrylic on Wee Canvases

A day in the life of a mini easel! Pick a mini painting! These were so much fun to paint. See them on my Etsy Shop!

Paintings Name: Shark Fin Sighted Mini

Cue up the "Jaws" theme music, there goes a shark across the water as we see by his fin above the surface. OK ok ok, go ahead and comment, "We're going to need a bigger easel."

SKU: 08DA21AC

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

Painting Name: Ocean Waves Mini

Waves across the water mini painting, not big waves, just small waves.

SKU: 08CZ21AC

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

Painting Name: Flower Hugging Bee Mini

A Bumblebee doing his duty to mankind, or is it bee-kind? Both really. He's pollinating and being a busy bee, hugging a flower - actually he's hanging onto a flower and exploring tasty treats.

SKU: 08DB21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

Painting Name: Eggs in Bird Nest Mini

Three eggs in this bird nest in the tree. Where is momma bird?

SKU: 08DC21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

Painting Name: Sea Turtle Mini

A blue background with a sea turtle swimming underwater, searching for a snack

SKU: 08DD21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

Painting Name: Golf Ball Green Mini

A golf ball stopped short of the hole, the golf green stretching out beyond with a lone tree on the horizon.

SKU: 08DG21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

Painting Name: Laughing Dolphin Mini

A bottleneck dolphin - I may work on his eyes and nose again...

SKU: 08DH21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

Painting Name: Mallard the Duck Mini

A duck called a Mallard, swimming off the grassy shore in a lake somewhere.

SKU: 08DI21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

Painting Name: Bird Nest with Eggs Mini

Another bird nest in the tree with 3 speckled eggs. Anyone in there?

SKU: 08DF21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

Painting Name: Bowl of Strawberries Mini

A bowl of ripe red strawberries ready to chow up.

SKU: 08DE21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel included

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Post 160: Jellyfish Hijinks, 8x16 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas

Painting Name: Jellyfish Hijinks

In the water, especially in an aquarium, jellyfish can be quite beautiful creatures. Having that glass between you and them is the key there, as up close and in person while in the water with them is NOT where I would ever want to be.

SKU: 07CI21ACL2

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 8x16 Stretched Canvas

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

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What Brought About this Painting?

There are so many creatures in the world that we may never encounter, especially in the deep blue oceans, and that is a GREAT thing. Some we may see at a zoo or an aquarium. Some we may only see pictures of. And sometimes, we may see them beached, ruined in death, baking in the sun and shriveled. 

Jellyfish don't look like much when found on the beach. It is while in the ocean water where we can appreciate them, from a safe distance. Or on a canvas...

See the Painting in progress at 

https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/2021/07/post-158-painting-in-progress-jellyfish.html

Do you have any jellyfish stories to share?

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Post 158: A Painting in Progress - Jellyfish Hijinks

A Painting in Progress: Jellyfish Hijinks

It is rather amazing that something so -yukky- can be so beautiful. Beautiful and terrifying. Beautiful to see floating and drifting about but -do not touch- ! They can sting (even if dead) and some of them can kill.

SKU: 07CI21ACL2

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 8x16 Stretched Canvas

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

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Painting in Progress Images…

What would you name this Jellyfish Painting? Help me name it! "Jellyfish" just doesn't seem right...

Ok, I came up with one. Jellyfish Hijinks. It works. Playful, mischievous, rowdy activity as perpetrated by the jellyfish.

Wondering a bit online whilst considering the jellyfish, I had in mind "on the ocean, blue"...and I found this band called The Ocean Blue and the name of the song is "Between Something and Nothing" https://youtu.be/SCIEv73PF4Y - nice lyrics...

"...Could not convey the meaning, Of what this man has done, In a painting, On canvas"

https://dontforgetthesongs365.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/the-ocean-blue-between-something-nothing/

This is the PHOTO that my painting will be loosely based on is by Kristy Galecka at https://unsplash.com/@kgalecka13

Photo Credits: Kristy Galecka on Unsplash - think she took the photo viewing an aquarium.

I'm going with a narrow canvas - 8x16. Anyway, I'm starting to wash in the background and layout. Layer, layer, layer...

Thursday, July 22, 2021 12:51 PM - Jellies - I believe these brown jellyfish are Compass Jellyfish. https://www.beaches.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/jellyfish-id-card.pdf

Thursday, July 22, 2021 3:47 PM - I am liking these Jellies!

Friday, July 23, 2021 9:48 AM - I still need a name for Jellyfish. And the debate has begun on is this done or not? What else does it need? Should I stop? What is it missing? Will anything else added start being too much?

The end of a painting is often up for debate. I would think this is true for many artists? How about you?

Let me know what you think, leave a comment below!

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Post 119: The Koi Pond with Lily Pads, 8x8 Acrylic Canvas

Painting Name: The Koi Pond with Lily Pads

Calming waters while colorful koi glide under the greenery, and lilies rise above the surface to show their shining faces.

SKU: 05BK21AC

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 8x8 Stretched Canvas

Price: $99.00 + Shipping

Edition Year: 2021

Commissioned? No

What Brought About this Painting?

I love a koi pond. It is it's own little world. Life goes on within it and around it and sometimes interacting with it. The fish, the frogs, the dragonflies just keep doing their thing. The colors and the seasons with their color changes are beautiful, and life just seems to be much more calm as you gaze upon the surface. 

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Post 63: Saltwater Aquarium 16x20 Acrylic Framed Stretched Canvas

Painting Name: Saltwater Aquarium

This was a fun painting to do - and pairing the right fish together took some research!

SKU: 01V21AC

Medium:  Acrylic

Size: 16x20 Stretched Canvas

Framed?: Yes, Framed in a simple black floating frame

Edition Year: 2021

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About this Painting…

I always liked aquariums and have had a few of them going over the years but never a saltwater tank. Therefore, I painted one. It is a 16x20 acrylic painted stretched canvas with some of those brightly colored favorite saltwater fish we all love - including, you guessed it, we found Nemo.

Easy care fish aquarium! No fish food required.

See the painting in progress at https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-painting-in-progress-saltwater.html

Update: Friday, May 7, 2021

This painting was juried and selected to appear at Sunshine Ridge Farm Winery at 

15850 Sunshine Ridge Lane, Gainesville, VA 20155 from about May 25 to June 29, 2021. Gratefully, 4 out of 5 of my pieces entered were chosen for display!

Update: September 22, 2021

This painting was entered into a juried event called "Best of the Region 4" - wish me luck! Creative Brush is once again hosting the Best of the Region 4, which is sponsored by p-ART-ners and the Manassas Art Guild

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Post 62: A Painting In Progress: Saltwater Aquarium

A Painting in Progress Name: Saltwater Aquarium

I already painted a Freshwater Aquarium, so naturally, I HAD to paint a saltwater one.

SKU: 01V21AC

Medium:  Acrylic

Size:  16x20 Stretched Canvas

Price: $Pending

Edition Year: 2021

Commissioned? No

Painting in Progress Images...

The habitat must be setup first...Although I don't always necessarily follow the rules, the background comes first. I look at whatever is farthest away, paint it first. If you are painting a landscape with a sun, you paint the sun first then fill in the sky, then the clouds.

2:15 Friday, January 29, 2021 progress thus far. The first fish emerges...

3:20 his friends are started to show up...

Things change at times. At first I thought on the right side foreground, there would be a rock there. Changed my mind.

10:25 AM Saturday, January 30, 2021 getting closer to being done...The next blog post will be the final painting.

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Post 48: Koi Pond in Louisa, Virginia 15x30 Acrylic on Canvas 2021 Commissioned Painting

Painting Name: Koi Pond in Louisa, Virginia

SKU: 01F21ACG

Medium:  Acrylic

Size:  15x30 Stretched Canvas

Price: Not Available

Edition Year: 2021

Commissioned? Yes

About this Painting…

Wouldn't it be great if every yard had room for a koi pond, or at least a water feature? 

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Post 34: Koi Fish and Lily Pads 8x10 Acrylic Painting on Stretched Canvas

Painting Name: Koi Fish and Lily Pads

SKU: 12AI20AC

Medium: Acrylic Painting

Size: 8 x 10 Stretched Canvas

Price: $99.00 + shipping

Framed?: Yes, a simple black floating frame

Edition Year: 2020

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Fish painting on canvas is completed. It's an acrylic medium artwork with Koi Fish swimming - brightly colored fishies with some lily pads.

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Post 20: Freshwater Aquarium 10 x 20 Acrylic on Canvas

Painting Name: Freshwater Aquarium

SKU: #10T20AC
Medium: Acrylic Painting

Size: 10 x 20 Stretched Canvas

Edition Year: 2020

    (fish food not included)

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This original artwork is a painting of a fresh water fish aquarium. It includes various fish the could be found in a fish tank, but no feeding is required.

Growing up, we had a freshwater aquarium going for many years and enjoyed watching our finned friends going through their busy, watery days. Not to mention the cycle of life...the stories we remember - from guppy babies, and "where did the Red-Tailed Shark go?"*, to "oooops!", the Angelfish ate one of our brand new Neon Tetras we -just- introduced to the aquarium.

So in honor of Neon Tetras everywhere, if you can't have the real aquarium, here is a maintenance-free aquarium. 

There IS a story on "Where did the Red-Tailed Shark go?" I am hoping to get my brother to explain it...will update if I can get him to do it.

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