Day 17. The Differences You Can’t See.
6×6, oil on canvas $95.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/untitled/534861″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Another heron. Yep. Yesterday, I said I was working on several paintings. Most of them are of this bird– my current obsession. What you don’t know is that I’m using this bird to try some new things. On this canvas, […]
Day 16. Keep it About the Work
Untitled, 4×4, oil on canvas, $50.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/untitled/534575″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] It was bound to happen: my most productive day to date, and yet not a whole lot to show for it. I worked on FIVE paintings this morning. I nearly completed a big one I’ve been thinking about. It’s 36×36. […]
Day 15. There is a Crack in Everything. That’s How the Light Gets in
“Leonard” 6×6, oil on canvas, $95.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/leonard/534290″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I’m grateful for all the stories I received. I’m out of them for now, but I’m hoping there are still a few of you who just haven’t e-mailed me yet (denise@denisehopkinsfineart.com). I think day 12 contributor, Butch, sensed the desperation […]
Day 14. Vriksasana: Seeing the Forest For the Trees
“Benito” 20×20, oil on canvas, $340.00[creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/benito/534115″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] This one I’m not sure about. A couple weeks ago I walked to Bogue Falaya Park, just a few minutes from my house. I was struck by a particular dark shadow on top of which emerged several trees; some were […]
Day 13. Who am I?
“Alisa” 4×4, oil on canvas, $50.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/alisa/533968″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I can hardly believe it myself. Today, instead of watching my beloved Saints play the Broncos, I took Ezra to the Aquarium where they were having a mermaid (his current obsession) exhibit. There is an older version of me that […]
Day 12. Not Even Medium Brave
“Rodney” 24×24, oil on canvas. [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/rodney/533703″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] An artist is born the moment he [she] gives up. That’s what abstract painter Brian Rutenberg says on a brilliant podcast I listen to regularly (see it here). My friend Rodney (“Butch”) is the inspiration for today’s painting. He talks about […]
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 […]