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I've been having fun posting photos on Instagram.  This was posted recently, taken in my studio. The painting is, "Trio", oil on linen/panel, 5x8 inches.

You can also follow me on my new page, Bobbi Dunlop Fine Art, on Face Book.  Here you'll find some postings of paintings in progress which you wouldn't find on my website.

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"DYNASTY ICON"

"Dynasty Icon", oil on linen, 26x22

 

 

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I've been working on a body of work for the past year, surrounding horses.  My latest,  titled, "Dynasty Icon",  is not real, as you can see, but an icon from the "Tang Dynasty" (China, 618 - 907). 

 

If you've been following my work you'll know that I have come full-circle, returning to a familiar subject which enables me to explore paint while painting something that I love.

 

Happily, my studio has come alive with the stable of canvases lining the room in their various stages of completion.  My little piece of heaven.

 

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"Paint Pony"

"Paint Pony", oil on linen on panel, 6x6 inches

I have always loved paintings where the subject is backlit but have seldom painted one myself.

In this painting, "Paint Pony", I focused on 'simplicity' ... simple shapes being the main thought.

In November I'm doing a demo and teaching a portrait workshop  titled, "Simple Ideas: Powerful Paintings".  I thought it might be wise to take some of my own advice ... and had lots of fun painting this one.

This painting is available at Rustica Gallery.



Painting News....

"Relic Ride and Roses", oil on Belgian linen, 20x24

As a child I would spend hours drawing horses, dogs and people. These were my favourite subjects of all and I never grew tired of them. Many years later, horses were often the subject of my paintings, as were cows, dogs, kittens and the people in my life. Growing up in a rural farm setting in Saskatchewan, it turned out it was natural for me to paint these subjects. My Dad raised a few horses, restored and drove his collection of buggies and he passed along to me his love for the country life and animals. It's been a number of years since I've painted those pastoral scenes of the farm that I loved so much. I am so happy that I did, because the farm is no longer there. Painting this sculpture of a relic horse was a pleasant reminder for me, and while not the real thing, it dropped me into a huge pleasure pool of reminiscences.