Radnor Hunt Submission

Today I drove to the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA to drop off my submission for the Radnor Hunt Preview Party's charity auction.  I had time for a quick look around the museum, which houses several works by Andrew Wyeth.  The auction will take place on Sunday, May 1st and proceeds will benefit the Brandywine Conservancy which preserves art, clean water, and open space.  I am very excited to be taking part in this show.  The auction is for a good cause and it made me proud to see my painting being shown on the website right under a painting by Jamie Wyeth (Andrew Wyeth's son):

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The painting I submitted is a copy of Vincent van Gogh's "Roses and Anemones."  All of my copies are completely original, which means I never paint over canvas prints.  Usually I build and prepare my own canvases as well.  I took pictures of my painting at different stages because I liked watching how this painting developed.  Hope you enjoy it, too!

I begin by toning the canvas with a warm gray acrylic wash.  Then I switch to working in oil and add the vase and some of the flowers.

I add in the table cloth applying paint thickly as van Gogh did.

I work on developing the flowers.  I add more and more paint to each flower creating an impasto texture.

I add in the background color, let it dry, and frame it.  Now it is complete!