This painting was awarded the Robert & Leslie Starke Award for the Best Work By A Young Artist at the International Miniature Art Exhibition in Dunedin, Florida earlier this year. The image is watercolor on ivorine and smaller than 25 sq inches. The painting is of a young Native American woman in full costume for an inter-tribal powwow I had the honor to attend.
Congratulations on your award! Lovely as usual…cheers
Thank you, Cindy….I appreciate that. : ) Have a great weekend!
Congratulations, it is a beautiful picture, you talent shows in all you do….RaeDi
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Thank you,RaeDi! I'm glad you like it : ) Thanks for your message earlier. Loved the photos….I'll be dropping you a note soon…
Rebecca …
I am totally enthralled by your work. I have a question … What do you find appealing about painting in miniature? I took a few classes in watercolour this past spring and I am just curious ….. I have worked with acrylics for the past few years and tend to select larger canvasses, mostly 16 x 20. My one and only true watercolour – that I have deemed fit for framing – is approx. 9 x 11.
Hi Brenda. Thank you — I'm happy to hear that you like it so much!
Well… I started out painting loose soft pastels and various big splashy florals in watercolor. It was fun…I loved playing the bold colors, flooding them, etc. But it got to the point after a while, where it wasn't as challenging as I would like. (I often finished several in an afternoon, and I could add extra petals to flowers and no one would notice.) So I started working in a tighter, more complex style. …and even more so after studying with Carl Brenders.
Miniature doesn't mean small, though I paint numerous small paintings. I have a 24"x36" miniature painting on one of my easels right now. Traditional classic miniature is painting tightly detailed and refined. …..large and small have their own unique qualities, I like keeping a mixture of both. :)
Happy painting! :)