Annie Dover ~ Painting Today

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Kent #5

Last year I photographed my son Kent. Certain photographs had strong afternoon light and great contrast. I painted a series. This is #5. I will post them in irregular order. He's here right now teaching me how to post these on my blog. It's not easy for me but I'm learning. Bless him for being so patient.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Volcan Mountain Painting

A group of Julian artists was asked if we'd like to drive up Volcan Mountain Preserve to plein air paint. I joined the group. There were about a dozen of us. The preserve is gated. We were granted an easement for the day. We drove up a narrow windy road to a beautiful valley on top. Many of the artists painted around the meadow. I drove to the summit of the mountain where the views of the lower mountains and desert below were spectacular. I set up. This was to be my first watercolor plein air painting ever. I tried to concentrate on the beauty of the view and capturing that. I have to admit I thought about procedure more. I finished one painting. It will hang in the Julian Library for a couple weeks alongside the other artists works.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Soleil In Central Park

Last year Soleil, her parents, Robbie & Steffany and Stan & I went to New York. We spent an afternoon in Central Park. I took photo's of Soleil on the carousel; the photo's were blurry. Robbie said he liked the blurriness; one could see the motion of the horses & other animals the children rode. So I decided to paint an image; and yes there is motion in the painting. The painting is small: 8 X 10". Soleil hasn't seen the painting yet. I'll bring it to her Tuesday, Oct. 4th. Maybe she'll remember the ride.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Monsoons Arrived

Shortly after we arrived in Santa Fe the monsoons arrived; several said they followed us from CA. My show reception went well. Several friends attended. The paintings looked beautiful! I had a collage of

colorful images on one of the main walls.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

New Show In Santa Fe

I have a new body of work for my upcoming show in Santa Fe at the Peterson-Cody Gallery (www.petersoncodygallery.com) The reception is Fri., July 1, 2011 at 5:00pm I'll have 16 new paintings.

The title of the show is "Observed". I'll have my typical restaurant/cafe scenes plus I'll have some musicians, actors, and dancers as subjects. I'm looking forward to being in the southwest again; seeing artist friends, visiting galleries, savoring southwest chili, listening to music on the plaza, watching the summer monsoons and soaking up inspirational scenes & vistas. I'll be gone for 2 weeks; will update when I return. Adios

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Paintings Update

New & Old Oil Paintings are being added to my website (AnnieDover.com) and Online Portfolio for your viewing pleasure :)

Feel free to inquire about any pieces that catch your hearts eye~

Stay tuned for Daily Paintings! Coming soon...

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Welcome Back!

Hello everyone :] I'm learning about Blogging these days... Stay tuned for some recent, refreshing paintings, as well as updates regarding life's adventures. Before too long, I will be posting smaller-scale weekly, and hopefully daily paintings, to be put up for auction on eBay. Stop back soon!