Family Jewels #037

 

Jana sent in this image of her and her family. She writes, " This is a photo from my niece's wedding this past summer. For our family weddings, we make a bracelet for each female family member." Cool bracelets...cool tradition, huh?

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

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Beauty Girl #036

Mary-Jane sent this image of Beauty Girl. I don't paint horses often, so it was a fun one to do. I hope I've captured her majestic spirit.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

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Relaxation #035

This is Jen. She's my friend, an ex-colleague in my past education life and one of the best teachers I know. Her mom got this painting for her as a Christmas surprise and we pulled it off brilliantly if I must say! 
 Oil on panel, 6" x 6

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Tennis, Hennyone? #034

This is Henny. Looks like he'd be a fun playmate. Hands...paws...whatever. I couldn't resist this one!
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
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The Artist's Touch #033

 

Roger of Rock Garden Pottery sent an image for my ongoing One Hundred Hands project. As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to paint it. It was a blast to paint all that slippery wet clay! If you would like to see Roger's beautiful finished pieces, please click on his link above.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", $100 + shipping.
To purchase please contact brenda@brendaferguson.com

The Turner #032

 

This is my friend Peter, from Canada. He turns the most beautiful bowls! He ended up with this painting and I ended up with a gorgeous, one of a kind, curly maple bowl.

To read more about my One Hundred Hands project and to see all the paintings so far , please click here.
To see more of Peter's work, click here.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6", SOLD

Letting Go #031

 

This is my friend's mom and dad on their last Christmas together. They're practicing the art of letting go.

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"

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With This Ring #030

 

This image was taken in St. Lucia at a destination wedding. Lucky couple...and guests! 

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Anna's Ring #029

 Ahhh, I can almost smell the sweet scent of baby.

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Happy Days #028

 

Jennie submitted this photo of Happy and said, "I'm submitting a photo of our rescued Golden Retriever "Happy" with his purple collar.  All of the dogs adopted from GRRAND (a Golden rescue group in Louisville) go home with a purple collar and purple leash (as well as all shots, spay/neuter, necessary medical care, etc.). We lost Happy two years ago to kidney failure at age 11.  He truly was a happy boy throughout his life and I miss him still."

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Hand Out #027

 

Years ago we discovered we could hand feed the chickadees from my studio window. To read the full story and see photos please visit http://brendaferguson.blogspot.com/

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Friends #026

I was invited recently to snow shoe at Acadia National Park with my friend, Sue, and her daughter, Heather. At one point Sue stumbled (okay, so maybe she was making snow angels)and I helped her up. The cool thing about this painting is if you invert it, Sue's  helping me up. That's just how friendship works, doesn't it?
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Puppy Love and Puppy Love Too #024 & 025

 The dear lady, whose father is joyfully trying to contain "Piper", purchased this as a gift for her niece, the dog's owner. She soon decided she would gift herself, also. Though I was working from the same image, I wanted each piece to each be an original, so used the different horizontal /vertical formats and used different supports for each. The first painting (above) is done on Wallis sanded paper, the second (below) on a ground of Art Spectrum primer I applied myself.

Soft pastel, 5" x 7"

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Splish Splash #023

This was a challenge. I don't think I've ever painted running, splashing water like this before.

Soft pastel, 8" x 10"

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Baxter 022

This is one of my favorite paintings for this project so far. It was a delight to paint from this cool image of newborn Baxter cradling a baseball.

Soft pastel, 5" x 7"

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Masterstroke 021

At Carol Marine's workshops, she graciously encourages participants to get close. I took full advantage of this opportunity to soak in everything Carol was saying and doing. Any closer and my nose would have been touching the canvas! I also had my One Hundred Hands project in mind. This is Carol doing a demo...it just happens to be the painting I came home with.

Soft pastel, 5" x 7", $65 + shipping To purchase please contact brenda@brendaferguson.com

The Chosen One 020

This is Remi who found something to amuse himself while his Gram hung clothes out to dry. It was fun to paint the fluffy dandelions against the deep watercolor background.

Soft pastel, 5" x 7", $65 + shipping To purchase please contact brenda@brendaferguson.com

Camera Shy 019

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Pride and Joy 018

This is Egill, Óli's pride and Bína's joy. His grandma Bína is seen in painting #008, Threads of Love.

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I Did It! 017

I'm posting the seventeenth painting on May 17th, the day our son turns 17...how perfect!

The photo is from the day of Luke's 8th grade graduation 3 years ago.

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Peek a Boo 016

This is our neighbor having fun with her visiting Grandma.

Soft pastel, 5" x 7", $65 + shipping

To purchase please contact brenda@brendaferguson.com

I'm Melting! 015

Everyone enjoys those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer!

Soft pastel, 5" x 7", $65 + shipping

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Catch of the Day 014

I loved this amusing photo. It shows fishing off a wharf in Whitianga, New Zealand. The baby fish is a Trevally. It was released and is hopefully now swimming around as an adult.
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Hands of Time 013

This is a friend's cherished dad in the last weeks of his life. It was an emotional one to paint...but in the best way.

Soft pastel, 5" x 7", $65 + shipping

To purchase please contact brenda@brendaferguson.com