THE RUSSELL HOUSE, 30 X 30, oil on canvas by Georgia Nagle

Yup, a pup.

"Sauntering", 12 x 12, oil on canvas

This photo is cropped badly because this painting goes all the way to the edges and I didn't want to cut any of it off.
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"Valley Stream", ACEO, oil on paper, 2.5 x 3.5

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Jack Russell 3, ACEO, oil on paper

Goats in Progress, oil on canvas, 50 x 60

See! I can do bigger stuff, too. This is one of a pair of large canvases headed to Bennett street Gallery when done. The other is of a cow. Neither is finished yet. just wanted you to see what I've been working on. Well, I've also been working on taxes, but trust me...you don't want to see that!

Nantucket Sunset, ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5, oil on paper

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Roadside Cows, 2.5 x 3.5, oil on paper

You know, I was thinking about this ACEO business. These art trading cards are pretty cool, just bought one the other day. And I was thinking, if someone were to be invited to a dinner party, instead of taking the host a bottle of wine, take one of these paintings. Pretty much the same price and the painting is forever. An original work of art. And no headache the next morning. Hmmm.

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Little Kid, daily painting, oil, 8 x 10

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He's so cute! The goats I've been painting have moved so I have to find some more somewhere. This little guy was all wobbly and innocent - I wanted to take him home which might have been a good idea since we have a kudzu problem. We have a problem because our neighbors ignore their kudzu. Don't get me started.

Being Forward, daily painting, 6 x 8

Good to start having a routine again and feel as though I am once again driving my life instead of the other way around. Sometimes during the holidays I feel like a leaf in the wind.

Boo Cow, daily painting, oil on paper, 6 x 8

OK, here I go again with determination to keep up with this blog and really start this New Year right. Not that I did anything wrong last year but let's put that stuff behind us. I would really like to see it be "Fine in '09". Hope all of you are well and enjoying the start of this new year.

Fly lll, 6 x 6, oil on panel

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The flies have it. They are fun to paint though are a lot of detail I am not accustomed to doing. I've never really used a mahl stick but if I keep this up....
I am having trouble loading my "movie" onto the blog. It is really fun to see the transition my big painting went through to get finished. I'll keep trying. Like I said in my profile, this computer stuff is daunting. Wish I had a 7 year old who could do it all for me.
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Caster, 6 x 6, oil on panel

Whew, I am beat. I've been working on the 36 x 48 piece all day. Almost done and then I can post the "movie".
Went out with friends last night and though I am grateful they do what they do for a living, man is that not for me! One is a Major with the police department and the other is a nurse. Believe me, society is much better off if I stay in my basement and paint! I joke with them and say that just because they may have said as children "I am gonna grow up to be a police officer/nurse" that no one would have held them to it. But they are very good at what they do so I guess we all end up where we're supposed to.
More tomorrow.
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Paint Tube, 6 x 8, oil on canvas

Guess what I have lying around the studio...besides my pups. This was a good painting lesson. For one, the crimps in it were not predictable as they would be with drapery so I really had to study the thing to get it right. Secondly, knowing I was going to write about this, I found I was finally able to put into words why I omit the writing on the object. If it is not necessary, why do it except to practice hand lettering and minuscule details. I am basically a studio artist and I choose to edit a great deal. So even though I painted this from life, I only wanted the impression of the tube, not to convey the brand and all.

I am changing my selling policy now. Prices are down and no bidding involved. If you like it, you can have an original oil painting for $85.

The larger painting is coming along but I am getting too bogged in detail. I need to loosen up a lot more. I'm posting a couple of teasers. I've gone quite a bit farther than this but I don't want to give too much away.


I've intentionally given you a glimpse of the studio. Not really very telling, let me know if you want to see more some time. Lots of people ask to come see it as though it is where the Keebler elves come at night to help me...don't I wish.

"Fly ll", 6 x 6 oil on panel

Yep, another one. These are great fun. I have thought about learning to fly fish but I am so uncoordinated, I can't dance, play video games, guitar hero...its really quite sad. On the other hand this is why I am able to get so much painting done, no distractions.
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Cut Glass, 9 x 12, oil on panel

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Now that spring has arrived here in Georgia, I believe I will do more flower paintings! I have so many vases here in the studio, I love painting glass.

Zola, oil on board, 6 x 6

This is a quick and gummy painting of our Brittany Spaniel, Zola, who has since moved on to the great backyard in the sky where I can only hope that no one minds that he barks incessantly. He was such a beautiful dog. # I did this painting as quickly and painterly as I could, I've been bogged down in detail a lot lately and it's not for me. I prefer the somewhat ambiguous mark making rather than recording every detail as a court reporter might. I prefer that the audience members be able to fill in the blanks with their own life experience.
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