New tulip petal party painting...

This is a new tulip petal painting...it is cut out of hardboard and painted in acrylics...aiming to have several completed before the Thieves Market in Iowa City December 3rd & 4th!  SOLD

My theory on painting!

No matter what you paint...what style your art when I teach you will hear me say "feel the painting". By that I mean put yourself into the art..feel the roundness of a sphere. Feel the coolness of the shade when you put your hand into the shade of your painted tree. Feel the heat of the sun..if you can not feel then perhaps you need to stand back and "feel" the changes you need to make. Imagine you are creating a sculpture..you have to feel the roundness of the object...the same with painting!

Whether it is an Iowa landscape or a flower petal...step inside and get the "feel" of the trees or the curve of the petals!

The classes at the Shueyville Art Gallery are a series of 6-2hour sessions. My students work to accomplish the sense of feel during these.

New commission in its final stages

This is a painting for a law office. This is 3' X 5' gallery wrapped canvas.

My latest commission completed for a client

Thanks to the Solon Economist

Thanks to the Solon Economist and Lori Linder for the wonderful feature they published about the gallery. As always Lori wrote a great article was enjoyed by many people. What a great local paper!

Childs Play

This is one of my paintings that is juried into the 2010 Iowa State Fair. Stop by and see "Childs Play" and "Tulip Petal Party"

Petal party series

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Animal & Wildlife

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COMMISSIONED AND LIVING IN COLORADO!

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Animal & Wildlife Paintings

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Animal & Wildlife Art

SOLD AND LIVING IN BELIZE

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Figurative Art

Figurative Art

Capturing the personality is always a challenge in portraits. Perhaps that is why I enjoy painting them!

Iowa State Fair Award

Today I received notice that one of my paintings...either "Tulip Petal Party" or "Childs Play" won an award at the Iowa State Fair. The awards ceremony is August 10th at 7 pm. This is when I will find out which painting won what award!

Red Hot!

A new one for my opening show at the Orange Crate Gallery on April 22nd in Cedar Rapids.

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Knight Orchid

I named this Knight orchid because a neighbor sent me a link with orchids and it inspired me to paint one!

Kia Hunting

This is a commission that I completed for Christmas...24inX36in

Swimmer

I think this is finished....will look at it a few days to decide.

New commission almost finished

12X12 acrylic on canvas

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Large petal painting

24X36 on canvas Fluid acrylics

Hawk

Acrylic on hardboard 4"X4"

One more turtle!!

Another turtle in my series and another thanks to my talented brother Steve Twaddle of Arkansas Photographed who took the photograph!

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Snapper finished!

This lovely snapping turtle is finally complete. The entire painting was created using only 3 colors!

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Egret

Another wonder reference photo from my brother Steve Twaddle!

In the Shadows

Fluid acrylics. A just for fun painting!

Turtle

Painted several years ago...another shot taken by my talented brother Steve Twaddle (Arkansas Photographed). Watercolor.

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Hidden Treasure

I found this morel mushroom last spring...the only one so I took its picture instead of picking him.

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Colorado Elk

We saw this beautiful animal when driving through the Colorado Rockies this summer. I still have much to do on this guy too!!

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Bird of Paradise

This is a rather large painting 48X38. The bird of paradise was one of my favorites in my Texas watergarden!

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Solitary lily

A recent floral-I liked this for its simplicity. Originally posted as Solitary Iris....thanks for the poster who corrected me...

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Florida flower

Hibiscus

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A work in progress-may get ditched due to bad canvas

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