Post 185: Local Art in Northern Virginia Every Weekend

Clearbrook Center of the Arts: Artist Residents Display Art in Virginia

The Prince William Art Society (PWAS) displays original artwork every weekend at the Clearbrook Center of the Arts at Tackett's Mill in Northern Virginia located at:

2230 B Tackett's Mill Drive
Lake Ridge, VA 22192 

Clearbrook is in the shopping center on the lower back side where the Mill is and near the Bee Store. 

Every weekend, the gallery is open to the public from 1 to 4 pm and all of the artwork is made by local artists here in Prince William County, Virginia. There are many styles, sizes and subjects and of course, the artists have their work for sale as well. 

We would love to have you come by and visit, its free to and please ask about PWAS - especially if you are a local artist too and we can tell you all about the group!

Photo by Ana Quispe, member of PWAS

Do you like my paintings? Do you need a handmade, original painting for yourself or as a gift for a friend or family member? If you want to commission me to do a painting for you, please contact me through this blog, on Facebook, or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt to shop my available Artwork.

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Post 184: Peacock Face Mini Acrylic

Painting Name: Peacock Face

Some might argue about the most beautiful of birds - wouldn't peacocks be included in the argument?

SKU: 08DP21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Mini Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Includes Mini Easel

What Brought About this Painting?

I am also thinking the male peacock KNOWs how beautiful a bird he is!

Do you like my paintings? Do you need a handmade, original painting for yourself or as a gift for a friend or family member? If you want to commission me to do a painting for you, please contact me through this blog, on Facebook, or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt to shop my available Artwork.

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Post 183: Bunny Mini Paintings

Mini Bunny Paintings

Bunnies! I have two so far, we'll see if I can get a few more.

Painting Name: Gray Bunny Mini

This is the type of bunny we would see in Central Virginia all the time - every evening at Blue Ridge Shores growing up. 

SKU: 08DN21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

Who doesn't like bunnies? Excluding someone growing a garden or plants that a bunny finds tasty. They are so soft and cute (turn on the "awwwws" here).

Painting Name: Bunny Face Mini

Bunny Face - up close and personal-in-your-face-bunny-breath.

SKU: 08DO21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

Do you like my paintings? Do you need a handmade, original painting for yourself or as a gift for a friend or family member? If you want to commission me to do a painting for you, please contact me through this blog, on Facebook, or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt to shop my available Artwork.

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Post 182: Mini Flip Flop Paintings in the Sand

Mini Paintings with Flip Flops in the Sand

Pink Flip Flops on the Seashore and Blue Flip Flops, 3x4 Minis

Wait, does that title mean the paintings are in the sand or the flip flops are?

Painting Name: Blue Flip Flops Mini

Blue Flips Flops kicked off and laying in the sand. Where did the owner go? Off playing beach volleyball or swimming and playing in the water?

SKU: 08DJ21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: $26

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

Painting Name: Pink Flip Flops Seashore Mini

Little pink flip flops in the sand while the mermaid returns to the water

SKU: 08DK21ACM

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 3x4 Stretched Canvas

Price: SOLD

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

Mini Easel Included

Do you like my paintings? Do you need a handmade, original painting for yourself or as a gift for a friend or family member? If you want to commission me to do a painting for you, please contact me through this blog, on Facebook, or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt to shop my available Artwork.

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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

Do you like my paintings? Do you need a handmade, original painting for yourself or as a gift for a friend or family member? If you want to commission me to do a painting for you, please contact me through this blog, on Facebook, or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt to shop my available Artwork.

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Post 180: The Day That Brought This Baby Into the World

The Day That Brought This Baby Into the World

It is always a bit strange to hear the story of the day you were born, and funny too.

Birthday Ice Cream at Trattoria Villagio in Clifton, Virginia

My mother was just reminding me...

My Dad was away at Fort Lejeune when my Mom went into labor with me. My parents lived in Northern Virginia at the time near my Grandmother. My older brother, by almost 11 months was almost a year old so my Aunt Sonnie had to come over to watch him while my Grandma and Mom took a taxi to the hospital near by. 

My Grandma was shushing my mother to not make any noise...like that can happen with someone so far along into labor with their second child.

My Mom was struggling to keep the noise level down but was barely holding on.

I told my Mother that she really missed her opportunity to grab my G-Ma by the lapels and scream at her something along the lines of, "YOU NEVER TOLD ME WHAT CAUSED ALL THIS!"

Hospital arrival and they quickly got my Mom up to her room.

My Grandma had some errands to run and left.

The Doctor said this baby is about to be born.

Few minutes later, I arrived and there was no one there to share the news with so the Doctor had my mom call a lady in his office to tell her, "It's a GIRL!"

After awhile my Grandmother came back and was, I presume, semi-chastised by the nurses that she missed the whole thing. My Mother and I were just discussing that as many children as my Grandma had, she should have realized that second babies aren't waiting around. Oh well. (I love my G-Ma but she was really a tough bird.)

I know someone did contact my Dad and I'll have to give an update on when they let him out, but he did arrive at some point. That long ago they kept you in the hospital a lot longer than they do now.

So, this is the short story of my arrival and for 1 month and a few days, my older brother and I are the same age. It has always struck me as very funny - I catch up with him every year and then he passes me. I really don't mind at all, he can hit and take the lead on the big numbers ahead of me any time.

Photo by Senjuti Kundu on Unsplash

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Post 179: Underwater Coral Floral, 16x20 Acrylic on Canvas In Progress

Painting Name: Underwater Coral Floral

Under the water, under the sea, the coral and fish live in harmony...until someone gets hungry.

SKU: 08CX21ACL2

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 16x20 Stretched Canvas

Price: $Pending

Edition Year: 2021

Framed?: No

Commissioned? No

What Brought About this Painting?

Oh no, now I have the Sponge Bob theme stuck in my head...THAT has got to stop!

The beauty of the Earth is quite extraordinary, and in the ocean, maybe even more so. This work is still in progress as shown below. Our creator is pretty creative isn't He? 

Underwater sea life of coral and the some of the fish that live around it including a sea turtle.

Painting in Progress Images…

Monday, August 9, 2021 9:27AM Still working on this painting, the coral isn't quite where I want it and I feel like it can use some other sea creatures in it. Any ideas? A sea turtle, a dolphin, a shark?

Side note: that's a bit of sunshine showing in the right top corner from the window.

Monday, August 9, 2021 11:14 AM A few new fish swam in.

And the Finished Painting

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 9:29 AM I do believe I am done with this underwater painting. I know the traffic can be very busy around the coral reefs of the world. Commuting can be very congested, but I am more fond of a painting not being too overly busy. 

So the painting is now at the drying stage and then the varnishing on its way to "curing". 

Do you like my paintings? Do you need a handmade, original painting for yourself or as a gift for a friend or family member? If you want to commission me to do a painting for you, please contact me through this blog, on Facebook, or go to Donna Liguria Art on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DonnaLiguriaArt to shop my available Artwork.

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