Day 11. Into the Woods.
“Hailey” 16×20, oil on canvas. $300.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/hailey/533541″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] The other day I picked up the newspaper from my driveway– the Covington edition of the Times Pic. On the front page was a photograph of some woods at the Nature Conservancy in Abita Springs. The article described world famous […]
Day 10. I Want You to See What Real Courage is
“Stephanie” 6×6, oil on canvas, 95.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/stephane/533319″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Today’s painting is a mockingbird. In the background, if you look closely enough, you’ll see some words scratched in. They are the words of Atticus Finch defining courage to Jem in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The inspiration […]
Day 9. Time Out
‘Brene” 24×36, oil on canvas. $510.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/brene/533137″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Time out. I’m taking one because I woke up this morning with a heavy heart. On my best days, when my four-year-old son gets emotional, frazzled, or downright defiant, I tell him to take a break. To have a moment […]
Day 8. Patience and Persistence
“Rebecca” 4×4, oil on canvas, $50.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/rebecca/532959″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] No surprises here, but I read a lot of parenting books, a lot of which can be summarized by this: you aren’t perfect. How you handle your struggles and shortcomings can teach your kids as much as your flashes […]
Day 7. Hope is the Thing with Feathers
“Melanie” 8×10, oil on canvas. $215.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/melanie/532791″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I am impressed by the theme already emerging in these thirty days– that bravery is often born of weakness. It’s more about doing a task anyway than ever having been perfectly prepared or capable at the start. Today’s inspiration […]
Day 6. It’s the Teeny Tiny Things.
“Mary Eleanor” 4×4, oil on canvas $50.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/mary-eleanor/532548″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I write this knowing but also hoping I’m not the only parent who repeatedly compares myself to other parents. Last year, my college roommates and I (now scattered in different cities) decided that we were doing a woefully […]
Day 5. Rise Above.
“Cheree” 24×24, oil on canvas $400.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/cheree/532305″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] In one of my favorite art books, The War of Art, Steven Pressfield describes resistance as the force that keep us from dong what we long to do– weather it is painting, writing, composing, or opening a new business venture. […]
Day 4. Don’t Be A Chicken.
“Erica” 12×12, oil on canvas, $200.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/erica/532214″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I moved into my new house in July. The whole buying and moving process stunted my painting productivity for a couple weeks. I eventually unpacked the unruly boxes of paints and canvases, and started a painting before I’d ever organized […]
Day 3. Things you Don’t Know.
“Anne” 18×24, oil on canvas. $360.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/anne/532063″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Things you don’t know. In 2006 I got my first real career type job. I was teaching high school English and art. I didn’t know any of the other teachers, and I was cautious. Having spent most of my […]