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Art Talk with Kristen & Leonor
Kristen Kerr, of Cultivate the Creative Foundation and Leonor Martinez, of Leo Art Creations, sat down via Zoom to talk about how Leo got started in painting. Leo just started a year ago. It’s their hope that viewers, especially new artists, can learn from their experience starting this wonderful adventure. Leonor shows some of her…
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Jamie’s Lily
This cutie was my good friend Jamie Jordan’s four-legged baby for many years and it was an honor to paint her. I painted this puppy in acrylic and creating white fur with paint always has its challenges because you need to see past the white and bring out the underlying colors. What I love most…
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Mountain Escape
This scenic escape is an acrylic painting I did a few weeks ago for a colleague who loves mountains and nature. I truly enjoy working with different tools to get the effects and detail I’m looking for throughout the piece. To see the full size painting, click to my Landscape Painting Page.
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Lucy – A Loving Pet Portrait
Lucy, the Goldendoodle, was inspired by a get well card I was sent and the puppy with beautiful red-toned locks reminded me of “our favorite red-head,” aside from my hubby 😜, Lucille Ball during the sitcom I Love Lucy reruns we watched in the 70’s. I gave Lucy lots of contrasting colors and texture in…
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Island Beach
Growing up in Florida, going to the beach was often our best entertainment. The time was full of adventure and usually packed with locals enjoying fun in the sun. As a teenager in the summer, my parents would pack up the station wagon with food for an entire day. I would spend most of the…
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Summer in the Country
My daughter, Nicole, recently moved to an apartment in Orlando where they have beautiful trails and it reminded me of summers in the country. That was the inspiration for this painting, for which I took a course from artist, Angela Anderson, to create this acrylic piece on canvas full of mid-morning sunshine and reminded me…
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Adventure Begins for Leonor
By R. Michael Brown, Marketing Consultant, Writer & Multimedia Producer — My wife Leonor is very smart, creative, and beautiful – inside and out. Leonor has been shooting photos with her family and as she travels around the world for her job. On Valentines Day this year I brought home rose bushes so she could…
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Pet portraits warm hearts
The love we have for our pets and the loyalty and love they have for us is a special bond. Many of the pet portraits I’ve done are of pets from my family and friends. A remarkable aspect of a pet’s personality is in the eyes so I try to bring that out in my…
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ALBERT’S LUNAR GATEWAY
For many years of our adult life, I have known of my brother Albert’s intrigue and passion for NASA and all of the studies and mysteries of our universe. I don’t remember ever seeing a telescope in his house, yet remember sitting in his backyard late at night one time when our kids were young…
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Travel Inspired Landscapes
Painting landscapes is how I started. At first I was inspired by my world-wide travel for my job. But since I started painting, inspiration comes from so many unique places. I’ve learned that creating art on a regular basis causes you to see things differently. If you would like to commission a custom landscape painting, click…
