Day 22. Cooking with Ruby-Throated Fire
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “Ruby Throated” 24×24, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/ruby-throated-24×24-oil-on-canvas/” icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] This is what I meant to do in the beginning of this 31 days: Completely abstract the form such that you can only see the image upon which it’s […]
Day 21. Cutting through the fear (with a knife)
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “Not Just” 24×24, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/not-just-24×24-oil-on-canvas/” icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] When I do live paintings at weddings I hear a variation of this comment a lot: “Look, Suzanne! She’s painting that whole thing with a butter knife!” My favorite […]
Day 20. A Moment Composed
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “A Moment Composed” 4×4, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/moment-composed-4×4-oil-on-canvas/” icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I usually treat Sunday nights like a weekly new year’s eve. With lofty and numerous resolves for the week ahead, I go to sleep with the best of […]
Day 19. Covington White Linen
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “Baby Steps” 20×20, oil on canvas Earlier in the month, I knew I’d need some back up paintings for that inevitable day in the 31 where I just can’t quite complete a painting or don’t quite think what I have “completed” is actually done. […]
Day 18: A Gentler Approach
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “Gentle” 4×4, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/gentle-4×4-oil-on-canvas/” icon=”” label=”More Info” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Yesterday, I got the same good advice from a handful of people: be gentle on yourself. So yesterday, full of worry and panic, I opted to go for a walk […]
Day 17. On Being Present
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “In a Flash” 4×4, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/in-a-flash-4×4-oil-on-canvas/” icon=”” label=”More Info” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Yesterday morning I was staring out my kitchen window watching cardinals chase each other from the feeder as a woodpecker settled in and had a leisurely breakfast. This […]
Day 16. Blessed Palette Knife
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “Bright Side” 24×24, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/bright-side-24×24-oil-on-canvas/” icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Today’s painting is the larger, palette knife version of yesterday’s study. I didn’t move my little vase of sunflowers an inch– even the composition is the same. But painting […]
Day 15. On making part of the world
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “In Good Company” 10×10, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/in-good-company-10×10-oil-on-canvas/” icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I do this often: buy flowers at the local grocery store with the intention of painting them and instead watch them slowly die in a vase on my […]
Day 14. I see you, you matter
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “Face to Face” 20×20, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/face-to-face-20×20-oil-on-canvas/” icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] About a decade ago, I was chatting with a colleague in a writing program. When I briefly told him about my paintings and some of the trouble I […]