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Origami (Broncs #1)


Origami (Broncs #1), 8" x 16", acrylic on canvasboard, depicting a variety of broncs, $599 to the first taker. Inquiries may always come to me.

My friend Donna Ridgway is a gifted artist and photographer. Last summer she took a series of rodeo shots, photos which called to me so strongly I asked for permission to paint them. I purchased the rights to create a series of paintings from her photographs, but hadn't gotten the chance to get the pieces started until today. (By the way, Donna sells both reprints of her photos and copyrights, in addition to her artwork - you can catch up with her life here.)

And I started today simply because of a looming deadline. I have yet to get juried into Ex Arte Equinas, a prestigious equine art exhibition and publication, but being the eternal optimist, I am not nearly ready to throw in the towel. Nothing's due till the end of October, so I've still got plenty of time to continue tweaking and working these ideas out.

Meanwhile, the notecard storefront is coming along! I'll be open for business tomorrow, so if you are interested in ordering cards with a Painting a Dog a Day image on them, let me know what you are looking for so that I can get it set up.

Thanks, as always, for looking at - and sharing - my artwork with your friends and family.
Kim
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  1. Dogmom Diva10:12 PM

    Hi Kim, I just wanted to let you know I gave you a little blog award, no big deal, but you can check it out on my blog at
    http://dogmomdiva.blogspot.com/
    hugs
    Barb

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  2. Kimberly Kelly Santini11:19 AM

    Barb, thank you so much - blog awards are a big deal, and I wish I could invest time in acknowledging and passing them on. I need to clone myself so that you and everyone else knows I am not ungrateful for these gifts - which it is, your time and attention, a tremendous gift.

    THANK YOU!! :)

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