Day 6. Holding Fast
“Hold Fast to Dreams” 11×14, oil on canvas, $150 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/hold-fast-to-dreams/255307″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?” When I started this project, I had a […]
Day Five. Muddy Waters
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 8×10, oil on canvas $112 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/our-lady-of-mount-carmel/255084″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD Just when I think I’m going to run out of stories (and it’s only day five), another appears in my inbox. I’ve still got a few I’ve left simmering for a while but the list is a short one. […]
Day 4/30. Be a Duck
“Be a Duck” 8×8, oil on gallery wrapped canvas (1.5 in). $100 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/untitled/254861″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD My mom used this parable often when I was a child: Take a lesson from the duck, sailing smoothly against the surface of the water but underneath paddling like hell. Day four. Be a duck. Remember […]
Day 3. Biting. Chewing.
“Love Tomatoes” 6×6, oil on canvas, $75 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/love-tomatoes/254604″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD What does it mean if at the end of day two I felt completely spent, ready to quit, decidedly convinced that I have in fact bitten off more than I can chew? One bite at a time. I suppose. Paint today and […]
Day 2. On the Horizon
“On the Horizon” 11×14, oil on canvas $150.00 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/untitled/254328″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD I met Laura in high school, and, to be honest, other than her huge belly, she’s not changed much. She’s pregnant, of course. But it wasn’t an easy road, and she’s struggled more than most. You can read her blog to […]
Painting a Day, Day 1. In Loving Memory.
“In Loving Memory” 8×10, oil on canvas Robert Howard Lavigne 1927-1987 Painting a day, part two. This time around I wanted some kind of theme and since my last thirty in thirty was all about me (sometimes painfully so), I thought it would be a great idea to share a story each day– […]
Fight or Flight
“Fight or Flight” 30×24, oil on canvas $337.00 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/fight-or-flight/251566″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD I started this pelican painting weeks ago, and just like the last piece I wrote about, it started off magically. In mere moments I had shapes and colors I loved.
Blobs and Scratches, Blue Heron Painting # 2,537
“Watchful” 18×24, oil on gessoboard, $262 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/watchful/251227″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] Blue herons in my dreams. Never moving, always still. This one started so magically. In ten minutes I had a loose sketch– thin paint that flowed across the canvas. But real paintings can’t take ten minutes. Impossible.
The Art of Parenting: You Win Some, You Lose Some, and Then…
“When He Looks at Me”, 8×10, oil on canvas My mom has a friend whose daughter had triplets. Triplets. They came over today. It took both mother and daughter to carry in three fancy- looking baby carriers which they then sat down on our kitchen floor. Three sets of wide-eyed, incredibly calm eyes looked […]