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Original oil and acrylic bird painting with a patterned background
Day 16: Held in the Pattern (Trusting a Daily Painting Practice When Nothing Works)

“Held in the Pattern” 6×6, oil and acrylic on canvas When you’ve done as many 31 in 31 challenges as...

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Textured acrylic cardinal bird painting made with a palette knife on a soft green background
Day 15 of 31 in 31: Learning Acrylic Through a Cardinal Painting

“Getting Warmer” 4×4, acrylic on canvas   Yesterday’s painting clearly needed a friend, so today I gave it one—another small...

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Original acrylic blue jay painting on canvas created during a daily painting challenge by Denise Hopkins
Day 14: Trying Something New — Acrylic Painting, Health, and Small Shifts

“Small Things Carry Weight” 4×4, acrylic on canvas   Why do we do the things we know better than to...

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Expressive floral still life painting with pink, white, and yellow flowers in a black-and-white striped vase on a light blue background
Day 13. Painting Flowers as Hope

“Unfurling Fists” 6×6, oil on canvas, Framed An Unfurling Fist “What is a blossom anyway but a fist saying I...

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Impasto painting of a woman with closed eyes and flowers in her hair as bees hover nearby, painted in soft greens and pinks to evoke presence and calm.
Day 12. Being Where I am

“Be Where I Am” 6×6, oil on panel, framed “Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look...

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Impasto floral still life painting with pink and orange flowers in a blue patterned vase, created during a daily painting practice focused on showing up and staying present.
Day 11. Just Showing Up

“Just Showing Up” 8×8, oil on canvas, framed Last night was the opening of an art exhibition I’ve been working...

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Expressionist portrait of a woman with floral crown with a raven, painted in textured layers of pinks, blues, and earth tones.
Day 10. About Suffering

“About Suffering” 8×8, oil on canvas, framed I first read W. H. Auden’s poem “Musée des Beaux Arts” as a...

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Original impasto floral still life painting of peonies in a blue and white vase by contemporary artist Denise Hopkins.
Day 9. Precious, Pointless

“Precious, Pointless” 6×6, oil on canvas, framed I created this painting right before I noticed a box in the garage...

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4x4 oil painting of St. Cecilia playing a lute with a blue starling on her shoulder.
Day 8. Music to My Ears

“Let Your Music Play” 4×4, oil on canvas, framed This is a painting of St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians....

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