CUCHARA CHAPEL

CUCHARA, COLORADO

August, 2008

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,

From whence cometh my help.

Psalm 121; 1

I did a plein air drawing of the church on
Sunday afternoon sitting outside in the cool
Colorado weather, August 3, 2008.

We saw several bear around Blue Lake where we fished
and in the valley along a stream, one was eating berries.

Hopefully you will see some paintings

from these wonderful views of

Colorado.

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painted on a canvas, wall or paper!

SAGAMORE CHURCH NURSERY MURALS

BED BABY ROOM

Blue Skies with White Puffy Clouds

Pink butterflies and Bluebirds

TODDLER ROOM

Monkeys Swinging from the Trees

2 Parrots sitting watching.

3 YEAR OLD ROOM

It's a Jungle Party, a Zebra, a Giraffe, a Monkey

and an Elephant with Balloons,

Oh My!

(The Jungle Party is still in progress. There is a baby tiger in the tree

and a monkey to be finished.)

The Nursery area of Sagamore Baptist Church located on

East Chase Blvd. right off I-30 is taking shape.

One more room after the Jungle room is complete is an Ocean Scene

with porpoise jumping, a sand castle, shells and star fish

and lots of Ocean Palm Trees.

My good friend Sandy is helping me with the murals.

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Come back in a couple of weeks to see the finished rooms.

OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

PRESIDENTS CLUB LUNCHEON

JULY 2, 2008

GAYLORD TEXAN

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS

I was honored to be invited to the President's Club luncheon of the Optimist International Foundation to help in the unveiling of the painting I did for their 2008-2009 fundraiser. As each Optimist Club around the US and Canada donate to the Foundation, the club receives a signed and numbered print of the painting.

I gave a short speech thanking the foundation for the opportunity
of working with Judi Smith, the OIF Director, and others the last four years that I have done their painting for the fund raisers.

Here is the painting covered before

the unveiling and I am speaking

to a room of about 160+ people.

The new presidents were

introduced, one is from

Canada and the other

is from the United States.

Judi Smith, the Director of OIF

The couple who introduced me to OIF

The next post shows 1 - 1000 prints of the painting

signed and numbered, packaged and ready to be shipped back

to the OIF offices in St. Louis.

1000 Signed and Numbered Prints

for the

Optimist International Foundation

2008-2009 Print

1000 prints packaged and ready to ship

UPS back to St. Louis and the Offices of

Optimist International Foundation

"OBS"

A Baby's Monogram

on a Polka Dot Wall

The Monogram matches the bedding for a special baby boy.

All in blue, lavender and green stripes accented by
a green polka dot wall.

The baby's crib will go under the monogram of his initials.

A scripture over the baby's closet reads...


Sons are a heritage from the Lord
Children a reward from Him.

Psalm 127:3

Other interesting blogs to visit are Canvas by Canvas

and The Artist Food Network

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" IN CONCERT "

24" x 30"

Oil on Canvas

Painted by Margie Whittington

A friend from high school which has been
forty+ years ago, asked me to do this portrait of
her when she was twelve years old at a piano recital.
The photo that the painting was done from was a black and
white with no color and some very dark areas.
She described the colors and the details of the photo and
this is what I painted.


It was a challenge and I am hoping my friend will be pleased
with the finished portrait.
Shhhh, she hasn't seen it yet. Her birthday is in August and I
think she has given up on me ever getting it finished.


A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE !

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PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN

by

Jessica Neary

@30" x 40"

Oil on Canvas

My friend, Jessica, has just completed

this painting in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln.

His birthday is coming up this fall and she wanted to

remember him as a great president and leader.

Jessica loves history

and enjoys painting historical subjects.

For further information on Jessica and her paintings please email:

jessica.neary@sbcglobal.net

Wednesday Watercolor Classes

RADISHES

by

Margie Whittington

Paintings from

WEDNESDAY WATERCOLOR CLASSES

LIGHTHOUSE #5

by

Margie Whittington

The morning class painted radishes from a cover of

Cook's Illustrated.

The afternoon class painted from a print by

Timothy Clark.

Everyone did a super job!!!

We missed those of you who were out, hope to see you for

our last class of this session next Wednesday.

Click on these links for more art work.....

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Come back to visit soon!

Paint Waxahachie

PAINT WAXAHACHIE !

This is the third year for a week long paint out in

Waxahachie. Artists have eight days to paint in and around

the Waxahachie square. The court house, shops, an old

feed store, the Gezendaner park and many

gingerbread houses are among

the interesting subjects to pick from to paint.

On the last two days of the paint out,

Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8

all the paintings done during the time period and painted on

location are hung for a juried show with cash awards

and on sale to the public.

On Friday there is a "Quick Draw". Each artist

participating has 90 minutes to complete a painting

around the downtown court house area.

At "high noon" 12 o'clock there will be a live auction of these

Quick Draw Paintings.

If you want to get outside this weekend, come to Waxahachie and see

the art along with the Gingerbread Trail of beautiful old homes in

picturesque Waxahachie, Texas.

Gezendaner Park

Oil on Canvas 11 x 14

Colorful Shop off Main Street

8 x 10 Acrylic on Canvas

Waxahachie Creek
Gezendaner Park
11 x 14
Oil on Canvas

Old Gate
Watercolor
5 x 7 on paper
sold

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PRESLEY'S NURSERY

"FOR THIS CHILD I HAVE PRAYED"

This is the scripture over the crib of a special baby girl.

Her parents have gone through

a lot and waited along time

to welcome this precious gift from God.

I had just chalked the design on the wall and asked the Mom to

OK it and she started crying. I have never had that

experience before. She was so excited about the nursury painting.

She and her husband had painted all the walls and the

stripes below the chair railing. It was so pretty even before I added

the scripture over the bed and the monogram

on the wall.

Flowers to match the valance were

added at the base of one wall.

A little white bunny with a pink nose and big blue eyes was added at the base of the wall by the window to complete the whimsical pink and green garden nursery.

The design and colors of the paintings were taken from the valance and the bedding.

Visit again soon to see what the next painting will be, either on a wall, canvas or paper!

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WHIMSICAL ANGELS ah la NANCY

Today a couple of my artists friends and I got together
to paint. We painted angels the way another artist friend,
Nancy showed some of the Canvas by Canvas
group. A loose painting technique using washes of
color as a base then adding a simple figure and stamping
designs on the background. It was a fun day spent
painting, listening to good music and enjoying time
with friends.

"ANGEL SWIRL"

Acrylic on Gessoed

Watercolor Paper

5" x 7"

"ANGEL IN A BLUE DRESS"

Acrylic on Gessoed

Watercolor Paper

5" x 7"

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Portrait of Three White Cats

" THE THREE BEAUTIES "

Daphnie, Felicity, Daisy

16" X 20"

Acrylic on Canvas

This painting was done for a birthday gift

to the three cat's owner.

The cats are similar in that they are white

but that is about the only similarity.

Daphnie is aloof and long haired with green eyes.

Felicity is playful and the leader with bright wide yellow eyes.

Daisy is so cute with one green eye and one blue eye.

These three beauties keep things lively

in their home.

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Jessica's Painting

My friend and a fellow artist, Jessica Neary has just finished

a painting that I would like to share.

She paints large oil paintings.

This one is 30" x 40" The title is,

"Flower Power"
Hope you enjoy!

Outdoor Painters Society

OUTDOOR PAINTERS SOCIETY

Fredericksburg, Texas

April 11,12,13, 2008

Oil Paintings by Margie Whittington

ENCHANTED ROCK
9 x 12
Oil on Canvas

WILLOW CITY LOOP

8 X 10

Oil on Canvas

A group of painters

called Outdoor Painters Society

painted in and around the Fredericksburg, Texas

area a couple of weekends ago in April. It was great fun

to go outside on location to paint the georgeous landscapes

of the hill country.

One especially pretty area is Willow CityLoop

a short drive to the north of Fredericksburg.

The painting below

is the entrance to a home on the loop. The

entrance was so interesting with the rock

formations and flowers. Everything was

budding out in rich dark greens and bright lime greens.

It is "God's Country" to quote a gentelman

who lives on Willow City Loop.

WILLOW CITY LOOP
8 x 10 Oil on Textured Canvas

There will be a few more paintings to come when I finish them.

One is a Mesquite tree just blooming. The other is a scene along the

Pedernalis River.

Come back soon to view the finished paintings.

Visit these other sites to see more paintings by

Margie Whittington

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Kyleigh's Farm

KYLEIGH'S FARM

Kyleigh is a 5 year old with a love of animals. She has lots of stuffed animals in her room. Now she has a mural on her bedroom wall with horses, ducks, lambs, kittens and a dog.

The mural was a birthday present from her parents.

Kyleigh was so excited. She would peek in every so often to see what was appearing on her wall. She would report to her mom and say now there are horses on my wall!!!!

Her mom asked her when the mural was finished which animal was her favorite. Kyleigh said she couldn't choose, she loved them all.

Kyleigh's name is painted over the window with butterflies flying over to the mural and some on the end of the mural. Butterflies are one of her favorite things in addition to all the animals.

Here are some close up photos of the animals on Kyleigh'sWall. Her brother asked me if the dog was a sheep dog?I said sure he can be a sheep dog herding a black and white lamb. There is a momma rabbit and her bunnies, a sleeping kitty and a kitten playing with one of the baby ducks. A momma duck and her ducklings. A mare and her colt and horses grazing in the background as the sun is setting in the distance.

To see more paintings on walls or canvases,

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