Day 11. How to Take a Selfie And Why You Should
“Selfie Queen” 10×10, oil on canvas $75.00 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/selfie-queen/367269″] Buy Now[/button] I used to teach American Literature to high school sophomores so I was thrilled when Kristi Parks, a high school English teacher in St. Cloud, Florida was the first to respond to my Facebook request for models to use in attempt to create a palette […]
Day 10. Bock Bock says the Big, Fat Chicken
“DoDo’s Chicken” 20×20, oil on canvas, $250.00 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/dodos-chicken/367037″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD The other day I wrote on Facebook that I was dying to try a palette knife portrait and asked for models. I got a GREAT response, and I have completed my first palette knife portrait and plan to keep going. I’m still working […]
Day 9. Makin’ Movies
“Pelican in Pink”, oil on canvas, 16×20 $225.00[button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/pelican-in-pink/366681″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD The pink in this pelican painting came later, towards the end, and I’m not completely sure how I feel about it. But I do think it makes this bird look like a movie star, casually casting sexy eyes at the onlookers behind him. […]
Day 8. On Trying New Things In Old, Familiar Places
“Tchefuncte and Clouds” 12×12, oil on canvas $150 There’s a little spot of land about a mile from my house where the golf course backs up to the Tchefuncte River. To say it is beautiful is a disservice. It’s other-worldly but difficult to notice because it’s so readily available. I don’t have to take a […]
Day 7/100. Why Artists Are the Best People
“After You” 24×35, oil on canvas $375 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/after-you/365885″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD Back in January, I was the artist of the month at the Scotts’, a great little tapas restaurant near the lakefront in Mandeville. The show was up for a month during which a man’s wife saw a painting similar to today’s. She sent him a […]
Day 6. Tis the Season
“First Bite” 10×10, oil on canvas, $150.00 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/first-bite/365832″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] Two days in a row, a painting inspired by Erica. It’s the season for crawfish pictures dominating people’s social media feeds. There was something about this one. I’ve done several crawfish paintings but never one with a human hand in it. It changes things. I […]
Day 5. Go Outside (Kinda)
“Big, Bold, Beautiful Azaleas” 8×8, oil on canvas $100.00 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/big-bold-beautiful-azaleas/365562″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] Happy Easter! This is another painting based on a suggestion I received when I posted a picture of a large 30x30in blank canvas and asked what to paint. Erica, who has inspired several other paintings (see “Be a Duck” and “Visions […]
Day 4. Paint What You Love
“Bird Watcher” 8×8, oil on canvas, $100 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/bird-watcher/365362″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] “Mommy, you love birds?” Ezra asked me the other day. Together we’ve been seeing all kinds in the neighborhood lately. Several blue birds and quite a few cardinals (his favorite because they are red). And yet every time I paint one, something in me […]
Day 3. Think Like a Child
“Hey There!” 6×6, oil on canvas Meet Henry. My precious godson, child of my best friend Robyn. He’s two, independent and a little accident prone. I found the reference photo for this painting on Robyn’s instagram feed. Henry has an older brother, Marc. I did a large portrait of Marc well over a year ago and have been promising […]