Curious Bandit – Raccoon, watercolor on board with sterling silver and 24kt gold, 12 in x 12 in, ©Rebecca Latham
Pleased to be showing at this new venue and national exhibition put on by the Irving Art Association, Rebecca’s “Curious Bandit – Raccoon”, and “Skylord – Great Horned Owl” will debut at this national exhibition celebrating animals in art. The show is a combination of their two animal-art exhibits joined as a single show (In 2012 the Wildlife Juried Art Competition was in its eleventh year, and the Unconditional Love: Pet Fine Art Juried in its fourth)
The exhibit is on show Sept. 2 – Sept. 27
Exhibit reception & awards, Sept. 15, 2-4pm
Jaycee Park Center for the Arts, Irving TX http://irvingart.org
Skylord – Great Horned Owl, watercolor on board with sterling silver and 24kt gold, 5 in x 7 in, ©Rebecca Latham
Hi Rebecca,
Whew girl, that is some awesome painting, and the 2-animal art exhibits, in your Texas Show will draw many people to see this dynamic work. The Racoon with his curious ways can be devasting too, while cute do a lot of raiding of precious bird nests, not so good. The Great Horned Owl, she is majestic and keeps the rodents at bay. These are very beautiful watercolors that are awesome, I too paint watercolors at times on panel and will be doing some more soon. I like to use the True Gesso panel made in USA in Santa Fe and I touch up with a light coating over.
Last week’s blog on large versus small painting is a wonderful topic for all artists and collectors. I painted a very large oil painting of a gray wolf from the International Wolf center in Ely,MN, a 48″ x 36″ and like you point out the degree of detail is very necessary of the painting will not work when loking across the room. I have a new large painting for the International Wolf Center, a 36″ x 60″ and will require a lot of time and patience and as a painter that is just sweet music to my eyes. I hope you enjoy your show, and you have a chance to meet so many wonderful people, thanks for sharing such great painting.
Jim Springett-wildlife painter