9/11 Freedom Eagles

In remembrance of 9/11 and all who lost their lives that day, I have created two (2) small paintings of eagles carrying United States flags.

Small Paintings

GROUNDHOG DAY setting......Woodstock, ILL

www.http://bonnielynnsart.com/OceanColorsSmallPaintings.htmlIn 1992, the comedy movie, GROUNDHOG DAY, with actor Bill Murray, was filmed in the little historic burg of Woodstock, ILL.
I recently visited Woodstock and took many photos of the several "landmarks" from the movie which I have made into 8 small oil paintings.

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SketchBook entry: Underwater Scenes

Coral Reef is the newest entry:

Coral reef is the latest entry :

Paint box

 Last night's sketch.   Meaningless to most, but good practice to me.

Pages from my Sketchbook

I have finally decided to get back to trying to do a sketch a day, something I used to do in another life.
Here was last night's page of objects that were near my chair:

Beach Mural

This was a beach mural I did for a gentleman in the next town.

The wall space was 3'x17'.......not your usual kind of wall for a mural.   I labored over this design for about 2 weeks before settling on how I would paint it.   He had certain elements that he wanted included, so I had to consider those also. 

My photos of the mural are not very clear, but you can get the gist of it.

My next project

Now that my Bear on the Chain has been safely delivered to the Antioch Chamber, Antioch, Il, I am looking forward to my next project.

A gentleman has a family room that he would like a beach scene mural in.  Ok, no problem I said when I confirmed his address and a time to come over to look at the room. Usually I get a nice big, blank wall, 8x10 or larger, to paint on.
Well...............this is a blank wall alright, but it is above a chair railing, so the dimensions are 3' high by 17' long.  A challenge to say the least.  I have labored over how to present it..........water to the front, land along the back........or vice versa.  How to fit in all the requirements (huts, palm trees, etc) that he wants in it. 
Sketching and graphing the design in small sketchbooks just wasn't making it for me, so I finally taped some red paper (like found in Menards), 3'x17' long on the wall in my basement and started working on the design in that manner.  I think I have it good in my head now what I am going to do on Monday, May 23, when I start at his house.

I can't seem to get the pictures to align into a panaramic view for you, so use your imagination !
I will post pics as I progress on the mural