Two New Paintings by M. Whittington

On the drive home from an art show and reception for

PAINT, Professional Artists In North Texas, in Graham, TX,

We took pictures of wildfloweres along the road

on Hwy 4 in Palo Pinto heading for I- 20

Here are two acrylic paintings done as a

result of a couple of the photos.

"Roadside Wildflowers"

8x8 Acrylic

"Country Roads"

8x8 Acrylic

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"A Girl and Her Horse"

"A Girl and Her Horse"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

10"x10"

Painted for a friend. This is her grand daughter and the

grand daughter's horse.

Please visit a new Fine Art Gallery in Grapevine that

I have joined.

The Gidden's Gallery of Fine Art

624 S. Main Street

Grapevine, Texas 76051

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Blue Bird Series, Nest

BLUE  BIRD  NEST

5" x 5"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I'm not sure what color Blue Bird eggs are but my impression is

that they would be blue!

Garden Party Demo

GARDEN PARTY DEMO

12" x 12" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I was invited to paint during a garden party at a lovely home in Southlake, Texas.

The Arts League, which is an arm of The Arts Council of Northeast Tarrant County

 sponsored the garden party along with a fundraiser silent auction including a variety

of donated baskets filled with wonderful items. 

The funds raised are going to a summer art program for children. 

 During the first half, guests had refreshments,

 visited and listened to a string quartet play beautiful music

 while they bid on the silent auction items.  During this time I painted the

floral above while some of the ladies watched. I donated the painting to the 

auction and at the end of the party the painting was auctioned off in a live auction. It went to 

the highest bidder for $350.

What fun it was painting in such pretty surroundings while violins played in the background.

 GERBER DAISY

6" x 6"

Acrylic on Canvas

The painting of the this single Gerber Daisy was done from the centerpiece

of flowers on the serving table at the Garden Party.

I gave it to the hostess who had graciously offered her home for the party.

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Blue Birds

"Blue Bird Trio"

8x8

Acrylic on Canvas

 

"Blue Bird Solo"

8x8

Acrylic on Canvas

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"HILL COUNTRY PONIES" by Margie Whittington

"HILL  COUNTRY  PONIES"

A New Painting by

Margie Whittington

24" x 30"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

(no framing necessary)

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Fort Worth Community Art Center Show

PAINT, a group of 12 Professional Artists in North Texas of

which I am a member is

having a show the month of May, 2012 at the

Fort Worth Community Art Center in the Cultural District

of Fort Worth.

You are invited to the reception this Friday evening from

6-9pm for refreshments, painting demonstrations and viewing

of each artist's paintings.

Please join us!

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information about our

PAINT Artists.

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Morning in the Garden

Plein Air Painting in the

Fort Worth Botanic Gardens

"ROSE  GARDEN"

12"x12"

Acrylic on Canvas

The day was overcast but the gardens were

still beautiful.  The fragrant roses were heavenly.

What a lovely place to spend some quiet time.

Except it wasn't exactly quiet, lots of photography going on.

Babies portraits, wedding portraits, everyone wants a

picture of themselves among the roses.

Come back and visit soon and visit the

Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens if you get a chance.

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"MOODY  BLUES"

22"x28"

Acrylic on Canvas

by

Margie Whittington

This is a painting in a series of paintings I am doing called

LOOKING  UP!

Visit often to see new paintings in this series.  The paintings will

be featured in a show starting June 1, 2012 at the

 THE GOOD ART COMPANY

218 West Main Street

Fredericksburg, Texas

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Vinice Laundry 2

"VENICE LAUNDRY 2"

Batik with watercolor and Acrylic

Painted on Rice Paper and adhered to Canvas

10"x 10"

by

Margie Whittington

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Here's TEX...

"TEX"

Portrait of a Dog

11"x14"

Acrylic on Canvas

If you are interested in having a portrait of

your pet please contact me....

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Triptych, "Golden Aspens"

      

"GOLDEN ASPENS"
Three 8" x 8" Canvases
Acrylic
Painted as a Commission
by
Margie Whittington

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A Paint Out in Acton, Texas

The "Doug Club"  Paint out group met

in Acton, Texas close to Granbury at one of the group's property full

of interesting farm equipment and unique painting

subjects and a pond with a boat.  The May day was gorgeous, sunny with a

little breeze.  We all picked our spots and set up and got started painting

I was fortunate to have my husband, Phil, join me as he usually goes

to play golf on Saturdays. It was a fun day painting, meeting a

group of outdoor painters from Dallas, seeing artist friends and enjoying the beautiful

scenery and weather.

"The Red Tractor"

6" x 6" Acrylic on Canvas

Phil having a go at painting the swing!

Here's Doug, our leader.  He is so good to notify

the artists about paint outs at interesting locations.

The Red Tractor was a favorite subject!

A lazy summer day!

Hope you had a good weekend and a Happy Mother's Day!

Come back again soon.

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CHRISTMAS FUN!

FRIENDS AND CHRISTMAS FUN DAY!

Two of my creative friends, Patty and Janet, and I got together

for a Creative Play Day this week.

We cut and pasted, stamped and glittered all day long.

Patty made a delicious lunch of corn chowder and I brought

Jiffy corn bread, fruit and cookies for dessert.

Here are some Christmas gift tags I made with the

the inspiration of my creative buddies.

I decided to hang the tags on my tree since

they were so festive!



Visit again soon to see more art projects and paintings.

"TEXAS LONGHORN" by Margie Whittington

See the progression of this painting in reverse order

Photo No. 1, Finished Painting

Photo No. 2, Second Phase of Painting

Photo No. 3, First Phase of Painting

"TEXAS LONGHORN"

24" X 30"

Acrylic on Wrapped Canvas

Finished Painting

See the progression of this painting below.

In this last pase of the painting process, I strengthened

the colors on the steer, paid attention to the details on the

steer's head and patterns on his hide.  Also, refined the

grassy area with some light grasses and darkened the

tree behind the steer.

In the second phase of the longhorn painting (see the first phase below)

I painted the dark grass area and the tree behind the steer.

Then I started painting and developing the steer, the face, horns

and the patterns on the steer's hide.  Ending with the painting above.

In the first phase of this painting, I drew the longhorn steer. After painting

the sky blue, I decided to put some texture in the sky and surrounding the

steer.  Then I painted a thin wash of quinacradome gold over the background.

I developed some of the dark patterns on the steer. The photo preceding this one shows

the second phase of the longhorn painting.

Small Acrylic Paintings, Cedar Creek Lake House Painting Retreat

SMALL ACRYLIC PAINTINGS

Cedar Creek Lake House

Painting Retreat

October, 2009

Initials of three of the ladies on the retreat who celebrated birthdays recently.

Painted on small 4" x 4" canvases in Acrylic

"LIMADE"

Acrylic on Canvas

6" x 6"

"LIMES"

Acrylic on Canvas

6" x 6"

This completes the posts on the Lake House Paintings.

Hope you enjoyed them.  I had a great time painting.

Come back soon to see the plein air painting I did on

the shore of the Brazos River at Pecan Platation recently.

(Plein Air Painting - Painting on location outdoors)

HAPPY  PAINTING!

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Granbury Plein Air Paint Out

©mawhittington

HEWLETT PARK

 Granbury, Texas
Acrylic 11 x 14

©mawhittington

"WELCOME  HOME"
Acrylic
11 x 14

©mawhittington

"THE  MAYOR'S  PORCH"
Acrylic
11 x 14

All the above paintings were painted
 on location in Granbury, Texas.
The three paintings are 11" x 14"
Acrylic paintings on canvas.
There will be a show/sale
Court House Lawn in Granbury,
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009
2pm - 4pm

A nice outing for a Sunday Afternoon.

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