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Palette knife acrylic bird painting of a kingfisher with blue and rust plumage against a soft green background, framed in gold.
Day 17: Palette Knife Kingfisher — A Daily Bird Painting in Acrylic

“Still Returning — Kingfisher (Palette Knife Study),” 4×4, Acrylic on canvas Another acrylic bird joins the flock for Day 17...

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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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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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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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4x4 oil painting in a gold floater frame of a woman from the chest up with wild hair full of blossoming roses and a bluejay nesting among them. Lime green background.
Day 7. The Wild Life

“The Wild Life” 4×4, oil on canvas, framed A few months ago, the New Orleans gallery I signed with asked...

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Oil painting with vibrant textures of a woman sitting on a ledge looking at a yellow bird resting on her knee
Day 4. Reflection

“Reflection”, oil on canvas, framed I recently started using some unlikely objects in my studio– the core of a romaine...

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loose, abstracted palette knife oil painting of a hummingbird resting on a branch in a gold frame. Streaks of greens and oranges.
Day 3. Revisit

“If you Blink, You’ll Miss it” 6×6 in, oil on panel, framed Looks like I’m staying with the hummingbird again...

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