Art Therapy
“With a Little Luck” 18×24, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/cardinal-oil-painting-little-luck-18x24in/” icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] When I first started painting full time, I wrote a lot about my divorce; it was, after all, the catalyst for my newfound career ambitions. Eventually, I started writing more about the paintings themselves, the process, […]
Slowing Down
“Slow Down” 6×12, oil on canvas, $125.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/slow-down/407622″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] A hummingbird wings will beat about 70 times per second. Imagine that kind of productivity. I started this painting yesterday. After doing so many paintings a day, it’s hard to slow down. To not put up a finished product […]
Contradictions and Fairywrens
“Singing in the Rain” 6×6, oil on canvas, $80.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/singing-in-the-rain/406243″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I paint big. I paint small. I like texture and smoothness. My palette knives and brushes are at war. Or maybe they are just good friends who appreciate and admire each other’s strengths. I tend to […]
My Thing
“Resurface” 24×36, oil on canvas $420.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/resurface/403107″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] A lot of my past blog posts have been about searching for my “thing”. What do I do besides paint a whole lot birds? If I’ve got a thing, this painting is it: Taking an old canvas, a failed painting. […]
Days Without Numbers and Little Things
“Little Things,” 4x4in, oil on 1.5in canvas $65.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/little-things/401745″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] As I opened my browser to begin this post, moved my curser to the subject line, I was at a loss– how to a give a title to a post that isn’t one of my “days”. It’s a normal […]
Day 100/100. It’s All About the Doing
“On Eagle’s Wings” 18×24, oil on canvas 100 days. Oh. My. God. And I don’t mean that in an in-vain kind of way. I mean it in the awe-struck, completely inadequate way. Not that I am so impressed by my own silly achievement as much as I am amazed at what a silly achievement can […]
Party like it’s 99.
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” 10×10, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/i-want-to-hold-your-hand/397339″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] This is the last painting based on a photograph someone sent in to me. The last one of this challenge, that is. I still have so many great images that I am very much looking forward […]
Day 98. End in Sight
“Eye on You” 6×6, oil on canvas $75.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/eye-on-you/397123″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I am exceedingly excited that I’ve been able to explore some different subjects during this challenge. Among my favorites have been the small figure studies and the abstracts. I’m eager to do more. But at the end of […]
Day 97. In Rembrance
“Remembrance” 6x6in., oil on canvas About a week ago, my friend lost her mother-in-law. She shared a beautiful photograph of a sunset from her recent travels and posted it with this message on facebook: When a soul departs from this world it is both painful and beautiful. Painful for those left behind to mourn, […]