Tuesday again

March 8, 2019 | Doreen E. Lepore

Last Tuesday was especially fun. My group painted at the Equine Rescue and Adoption Foundation in Palm City, FL. We had painted there before and will paint there again. So, I decided to paint one of the mini horses. It turns out he is an ambassador for ERAF and that’s understandable. Using pastels on Ampersand Pastelbord, I captured his sweetness and also have published the image on Amazon as one of my arty-tees – both a tshirt and a hoodie.

Here is the link to the tshirt:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PLFD5XT

and the hoodie:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PH4XRZR

Here is Harry the mini painted pony, ERAF Ambassador: 11×14 Pastels on Board

painted pony

Mokie’s Official Portrait

November 6, 2017 | Doreen E. Lepore

Finally, after having Mokie here for over three years, I’ve painted her official portrait. It’s a 16 x 20 pastel on sanded paper that I mounted onto gesso board.

Mokie - 16x20 - pastels — Mokie – 16×20 – pastels

Elliot Museum Show

June 10, 2017 | Doreen E. Lepore

Two of my plein air paintings were selected to be in this invitational show, which is already hung at the Elliot.

Topaz - oil on board - 9x12 — Topaz – oil on board – 9×12

Port Salerno - 9x12 - pastels — Port Salerno – 9×12 – pastels

If you are in the area, hope you get a chance to swing by. 🙂

Pastel Demo and more Tuesday Paintings

February 20, 2017 | Doreen E. Lepore

Recently I was asked to do a demonstration of my method of painting with watercolor and pastels at a local art club. It was a fun morning and well received. Here is the painting I did for them that I started with a watercolor underpainting.

Savannah - 12x16 - pastels — Savannah – 12×16 – pastels

and here are more plein air Tuesday paintings:

11 Maple St. - 9x12 - pastels — 11 Maple St. – 12×9 – pastels

Lyric Theater Building - 9x12 -oil — Lyric Theater Building – 9×12 -oil

Sewells Point Morning - 9x12 - oil — Sewells Point Morning – 9×12 – oil

Ancient Oak - 8x10 - oil — Ancient Oak – 8×10 – oil

Palms at Indian Riverside Park - 12x12 - oil — Palms at Indian Riverside Park – 12×12 – oil

“A Trip Down the Loxahatchee”

November 18, 2015 | Doreen E. Lepore

“A Trip Down the Loxahatchee” by Jim Snyder will debut on Nov. 21 when the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum holds the “Lighthouse River Rendezvous.” The annual fund raiser will unfold along the river, at the foot of the museum, on Saturday evening starting at 6:00 pm. http://www.jupiterlighthouse.org/jupiter-events-november.php

This coffee table book is made up of paintings and photographs by local artist of the Loxahatchee River and will be for sale in local gift shops. Some time ago Jim asked me if he could include this painting in the book and of course I said yes. It’s a small pastel painting that I did on location.

Cows

January 19, 2015 | Doreen E. Lepore

The Cow – Robert Lewis Stevenson, A Child’s Garden of Verses

The friendly cow all red and white,

I love with all my heart:
she gives me cream with all her might,

To eat with apple-tart.

She wanders lowing here and there,

And yet she cannot stray,

All in the pleasant open air,

The pleasant light of day;

And blown by all the winds that pass

And wet with all the showers,

She walks among the meadow grass

And eats the meadow flowers.

Publicity!

June 26, 2014January 16, 2015 | Doreen E. Lepore

It’s rare to get free publicity, at least for me it is, but one of my paintings will be in the next issue, July/August, of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine. (not on newsstands yet) http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/

The magazine is one of those well done, high quality, shiny art magazines that is aimed at collectors.

My painting is part of a photo essay on painting in parks, which is something I love to do. One of my favorite parks is a local one, Jonathan Dickinson State Park and the painting is one of several I’ve done of the Loxahatchee River. You’ve seen it here before, but here it is again:

Banks of Loxahatchee - 9x12 - Pastel on sanded paper — Banks of Loxahatchee – 9×12 – Pastel on sanded paper

You can see other paintings that are part of the Painting the Parks program on the Fine Art Gallery page.

Also here is the link to the website for Painting the Parks, so that you can see other park paintings. http://painttheparks.com/

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2014 | Doreen E. Lepore

This pastel painting hangs in the dining room framed in gold. The glass is reverse painted in black with a gold leaf border. This view is from the front entrance of The Arbors, where I live. It was done some time ago and is still a favorite of mine.

Turtle Lake

June 27, 2012 | Doreen E. Lepore

This lake is located within the community that we live in. It actually doesn’t have a name, as far as I know. Out in the middle there is a small raft that turtles and the occasional alligator sun themselves. Turtle Lake seems like a good name.

The pastel painting was started with a water color underpainting. Just using the maroon color in the land masses and a rosy pink in the sky and lake enables me to then quickly put in the middle values. You might notice that I didn’t use any green. Honestly, I just felt like not using green so this is probably considered a tonalist painting.