Day 57. Just Keep Painting
“Clawing” 6×6, oil on canvas, $75 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/clawing/387728″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] When I asked what other paintings should go in my little seafood series, the consensus seemed to be a crab. But a crab is so much bigger than a crawfish, oyster, and shrimp that I thought I’d try something new […]
Day 56. Seek
“Seek” 12×12 oil on canvas $150 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/seek/387481″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Seek and you shall find. Knock and it will be opened. Yesterday, I was discouraged and sought out prayers from others. And what I got was beyond my what I ever could have envisioned. All I can say […]
Day 55. Say a Little Prayer for Me
“Holding On” 11×14, oil on canvas, $150.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/holding-on/387354″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] SOLD The madonna is one of my staple images– one I visit and revisit so I’m surprised this is the first in my 100 day series. This one is loosely based off a statue. I’m trying to play around […]
Day 54. And The Band Plays On
“Music Man” 6×6, oil on canvas $75.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/music-man/387184″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] SOLD Another one in the ongoing series, all based on the same photos I took years ago. I did a larger painting of this guy in college, but I’m so afraid to see what it looks like that I […]
Day 53. Finding a Rhythm
“The Casual Violinist” 10×10 oil on canvas, $125 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/the-casual-violinist/386970″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] This is another one based on those old photographs I took of New Orleans street musicians. I remember showing it to my art professor in college– she found the photo particularly interesting. She said this man belongs […]
Day 52. Taking Breaks
“Standing Tall” 24×30, oil on canvas, $340.00 [creativ_button url=”Buy Now” icon=”” label=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/standing-tall/386777″ colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I’m still working on my musician series and have a couple that are almost ready to go. I just can’t seem to get the last touches right. That’s when I pulled out this peacock painting that I’d never […]
Day 51. All Jazzed
“Day Job” 6×6, oil on canvas. $75.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/day-job/386579″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I really loved doing the musician painting on Day 46, so I revisited some of those old French Quarter photos from years ago. I’ve started a few others, but this one feels the most complete. The 6x6s are becoming increasingly […]
Day 50. Glass Half Full
“Feeling Blue” 8×10, oil on canvas, $115 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/feeling-blue/386322″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] SOLD Day 50. Day 50. Day 50. I just have to say it few times so it sinks in. I feel like I’ve just started. I feel like I’ve been doing this my whole life, and there’s no […]
Day 49. Let’s Keep Going
“oyster” 6×6, oil on canvas, $75 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/oyster/386056″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Sometimes the 6×6 canvases are so small, people aren’t really sure what to do with them. Sometimes they need company. So I thought I’d continue my tiny seafood series with a little oyster to go with the little shrimp and […]