Sunday, April 28, 2013

"Lo Bello" (Beautiful)


This girl was too hard to resist and needed to be painted. She has also been selected to be in the 8th Calgary Timeraiser. 
This will be the second time i have had the good fortune of being selected for this gala event which is an art related endeavour to raise volunteer hours for select charities. People bid on the paintings using hours which are then directed toward the charity of their choosing. Once the volunteer hours have been completed the winning bidder gets to painting. They have one year to complete the task. The artists are paid ahead of time for the artwork. Everyone benefits. 
This is an acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. 

10 comments:

  1. 'This girl' is gorgeous! You did a great job.

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    1. Thanks Duta. i appreciate your comment. I have not had much time with acrylic but look forward to doing more. Must visit your blog to see what you are up to.

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    1. Hi Lorraine. thanks so much for dropping by. I usually go with a strong compliment but decided on this one to use a more analogous colour scheme which turned out to be rather refreshing. A change is always good i think.

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  3. She does justice to the title bestowed on her!

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    1. Aww, how sweet Padmaja. I think cows are rather beautiful creatures and appreciate them so much. I think they are my favourite subject to paint and try to capture their personality with each one. I always appreciate greatly your visits.

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  4. so much character in this lady! love the palette and composition too! hope you are well!

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    1. All is well here Suzanne. Thanks! Hope you are doing okay and must pop over to your blog to see what amazing works of art you are working on. Thanks for your comment. It means a lot!

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  5. Congratulations, Ross, on having this really endearing work included in Time Raiser...and it's an acrylic! I too am working more and more with acrylic paints.

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    1. Christiane, how nice to see you here. It certainly has been a long while. I have to admit i did lurk once in a while and pop by your blog to see what you are up to. Busy and productive i see. :) Thanks for your comment. I am having so much fun with the acrylics and wonder why it took me so long to get to them. Stubborn i suppose.

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