NEW PAINTING Baby Boy (Parker)

"Baby Boy (Parker)," 9" x 12", loose study done in acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas, featuring a baby Thoroughbred, reference photo credit to Linda Shantz, $199 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept Paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans. Please reach out to me with inquiries or questions. Please also note the special pricing - I consider this piece a sketch, or at least sketchier (meaning looser, not of questionable actions) than my more finished paintings, so am passing that onto you in the form of an affordable price.

This is my entry in the recent Virtual pARTy hosted by Linda Shantz. Long time readers of this blog may recall that about 10 years ago, she and I would host monthly pARTys, where we would share a reference photo and invite anyone to work from it. We had a lot of fun back then, choosing the subject for the pARTy and getting to know so many new artists. Linda decided to resurrect the idea, which I thought was fabulous, and she shared this pic of Parker, one of the babies from her farm.

You are welcome to play along by downloading the reference, grabbing your materials, and having a go. You can share your work on Linda's original post, and if you do share/publish your work elsewhere, please give reference credit to Linda Shantz Fine Art.

Come on, what's holding you back?

I also did this today. Am trying to paint live from my studio at least one afternoon a week. At the bare minimum, it gets me out of my pajamas one day. This week it was twice. Have you seen any of them? would you be more inclined to watch were they scheduled? let me know your thoughts.

Thanks for following along with my painting journey, Kim

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