Post 224: Cat Nap 10x20 Acrylic on Canvas

Painting Name: Cat Nap

A Christmas gift commission from a friend for her daughter for Christmas.

SKU: 08DM21ACG

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 10 x 20 Gallery Wrap Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? Yes

What Brought About this Painting?

My friend wanted all five cats napping on a bed, with this comforter that has been in their family awhile and the painting above the bed is another painting I did called "House in Richmond" where my friend's daughter used to live in Richmond, VA. - which I painted earlier this year. So sort of a painting within a painting.

Painting in Progress Images…

I started painting this one on October 24, 2021 for my neighbor, and here is the progression of the painting.

Update October 27, 2021 7:15 pm

Update Friday, October 29, 2021

Update Saturday, October 30, 2021

Update Sunday, October 31, 2021

Update Monday, November 1, 2021 5:48 pm

So now that Christmas has passed, I can post the images! She is supposed to send me pictures of her daughter with the painting, I'll add them when I get them.

Sunday, December 26, 2021 11:35 AM 

Alison and her family enjoying Christmas with their grandma and the new painting!

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Post 223: Nags Head, NC Beach Scenes on Wooden Plaques

Artworks - Nags Head, NC Beach Scenes on Wooden Plaques

I've been sitting on this post to close to a year! I painted these plaques for an aunt who needed four, for her four kids. They ALL love the beach - Nags Head is a destination for them every year. So these wooden plaques are a tribute to the years they have all spent time together at -  Nags Head, North Carolina as a family.

I'm not sure which cousin got which plaque, but I would LOVE to know and see it!

Each of the wooden plagues (unless noted below) have an ocean view painting with real sand and real seashells in the foreground. Of note also is the Nags Heard, NC mile marker signs which is in the vicinity of where they typically stay while at the beach. (I believe I did add the mile marker signs to all of them...probably after these pictures were taken.)

Painting Name: Beach Scene Plaque with Pier

SKU: 02AD21ACWP

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 5x18 Wooden Plaques

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? Yes

Painting Name: Beach Scene Plaque Dolphins

SKU: 02AM21ACWP

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 5x18 Wooden Plaques

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? Yes

Painting Name: Beach Scene Plaque Boardwalk

SKU: 02AN21ACWP

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 5x18 Wooden Plaques

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? Yes

Painting Name: Beach Scene Plaque Sailboat

SKU: 02AK21ACWP

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 5x18 Wooden Plaques

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? Yes

You may notice that there are more plaques than I have listed here. True. I gave the Blue Ridge Shores in Louisa, Virginia (Lake Louisa) plaque to my brother and sister-in-law. That one does not have sand on it.

The lighthouse and the rainbow plaques are still for sale and will be on another blog post. I've been keeping these artworks under the radar for the most part and away from cousin-viewing until Christmas of 2021. Merry Christmas by the way!

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Post 222: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and a Creative and Happy New Year!

2021 is drawing to a close. 

Reflecting on 2021 after the sadness and madness of 2020, it has been an interesting year indeed. 

I have painted A LOT. To date, I have painted 207 paintings just this year. Granted, about 89 of those were mini paintings, a few magnets, etc. The art inventory is getting better - I knew I needed to build it up in 2020.

I have joined the Prince William Art Society (PWAS), the Manassas Art Guild (MAG), and the Prince William County Arts Council (PWCAC). I've been meeting a lot of great people in these art groups as well as the talented ladies at Creative Brush Studio in Manassas, VA and the good folks over at Clearbrook Center of the Arts. Such interesting, fascinating and awesomely talented people in Woodbridge! It has been a pleasure getting to know all of them.

I have taken part in my first art show in May and done several more and had some success this year. Learning more about the "business" of art - and all that entails.

I have an Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt

I have this blog https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/

I have my own website at https://donnaliguriaart.com and I manage the PWAS Blog https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/

I am working some at Lake Ridge Middle School - can't complain about that 5 minute commute and the school hours! So very odd to be taking algebra again. I realized very quickly, I do not miss it. 

I'm very grateful for all my friends, the 'old' and the new, my Burke Community Church Lake Ridge Life Group friends and my neighbors.

I'm very thankful for all those that have supported my art and cheered me on. I appreciate my family most of all, the ones that love me no matter what. 💓

For all the craziness of the past year, I am reminded that God is still in control, He always has been and will be. My hope is in the babe He sent so many years ago and why we celebrate His birth at Christmas. He was born for us, in spite of us, and loves us more than anyone.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Creative New Year. He RULES!

Travel safe, hug your loved ones, and make something GREAT.

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Post 221: The Stonebridge Art Show November 26 - December 12, 2021

The Stonebridge Art Show was November 26 - December 12, 2021

The art show at Stonebridge was an awesome show. I am very grateful to everyone that participated and especially those that had a hand in getting us there to be in it. The Prince William County Arts Council and Prince William Art Society are both awesome ARTS groups to be a part of - heads up artists in the area - if you want to get your art 'out there' to be seen - a great way to start is to JOIN an art group! Start local and spread out baby!

Although I didn't sell any of my larger works at this show, they did garner a LOT of votes, discussion and gratefully appreciation. I was contacted by one young guy that loved my "Belmont Bay" painting and wanted a print of it, so he came back to purchase it the next weekend! Many PWAS Members sold some very, very nice artwork at the show and all of the people that visited loved having the gallery there to see.

Here is the artwork I had on display at Stonebridge...

My Mini Paintings on display - the Horse Face, the Peacock, the Goldfish, and the Hobbit Hole all sold.

"Mountain Path" tied for second in the voting for People's Choice Award

"Belmont Bay Marina on the Occoquan River" 

"Sailing Away" 

"No One Can Teach Riding So Well As a Horse"

"Mount Everest"

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Post 220: I've Been Busy! December is the Busiest Month!

I've Been Busy! December is the Busiest Month!

Like everyone else at this time of year, I've been busy...in my own way of course. I haven't necessarily kept my own blog updated as much but wanted to show that there is art work in progress and/or in their final stages of production.

The mini paintings are dancing in my head! I bought a box of 100 mini canvases awhile back and noticed yesterday that I have painted 85 out of the 100 so far. (That prompted me to buy another box...)

Varnishing time!

So all of these will be posted soon. The larger works will be wired and ready and the mini paintings may be going to new homes too.

So yes, I've been busy! Christmas is almost here!

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Post 219: Pink Parasol in Progress

Painting Name: Pink Parasol - in Progress

This painting is rather ambitious of me. I've always said, "I don't paint people." Yet, here I am, trying to paint people. This painting is of a man and woman in a row boat on a lake. The woman is in a pink dress with a pink parasol - with a Victorian time frame on it.

Status: In Progress

SKU: 12GG21AC

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 16x20 Stretched Canvas

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Check availability and Prints on my Etsy Shop

What Brought About this Painting?

An attempt to paint people. I'm reminded of all the sayings like, "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again" and "you don't know if you can do something unless you try" and "practice makes perfect". So, it may take a few attempts but I'll give it the attempt(s)...

And I've already painted over the woman's face twice.

Painting in Progress Images…

Actually, I started this painting a couple days ago, so the first rough in is below:

Let the games begin...rough paint in.

Saturday, December 11, 2021 9:53 AM

Sunday, December 12, 2021 10:16 PM A busy weekend. Volunteered at Clearbrook yesterday - there was a Clearbrook Winter Wonderland going on from 12 to 2 so we had a HUGE day because Santa was in the gallery. Wall to wall parents and kids. Then today I volunteered 12 to 3 at Stonebridge with today being the last day of that art show. Went back to Stonebridge at 5:30 and a bunch of us took our art down (if it didn't already sell) and took it home. The rest of the PWAS members will pick up theirs on Monday.

More added to the painting - still not happy with her face. And redoing the left bottom, wasn't happy with the ripples.

Monday, December 13, 2021 6:53 PM 

See the completed painting at (coming soon).

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Post 218: East Coast Beach Sunrise In Progress

Painting Name: East Coast Beach Sunrise

The inspiration of a sunrise on the East Coast of the United States.

SKU: 12GF21ACG

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 20x20 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas

Price: $Pending

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

What Brought About this Painting?

I haven't traveled through the United States all that much so my "view" is limited as far as sunrises. I have been to a few of the beaches in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida a few times to see the sun rise out over the water with many of those views being quite spectacular. 

A beautiful sunrise is a great way to start a day, in my belief. We have to remember who our Creator is and the beauty of the world He (originally) gave us. Like the beauty of a rainbow, a colorful sunrise, really the breaking of a new day can be such an inspiration to thank God for that love He hands to us and for us each and every hour of every day.

The actual inspiration for this painting came from a picture my cousin, Dwayne Jackson took and he commissioned a painting from me based on that image called, "Sunrise at Nags Head, North Carolina". See post https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/2021/04/sunrise-over-nags-head-north-carolina.html

I knew I wanted to paint more sunrises, so this painting is a continuation of that theme.

I have only been to California once to see the sunsets out over the water to the West (and WHY I don't seem to have pictures of that, I do not know.) I'm not sure their sunsets can be as awesome as an East Coast sunrise!

See the Painting in progress at

https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/2021/12/post-217-painting-in-progress-sunrise.html

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