Love 8×8 – oil on canvas Love is……all we need. Let’s cast fear aside. Let’s jump into these waters with our whole hearts. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— My Favorite Things – Day 17 Happy Holidays from Dorsey McHugh Fine Art! Dorsey is offering a series of paintings, ‘My Favorite Things’ – 8×8 oil on wrapped canvas – for […]
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True Home 8×8 – oil on canvas These little yellow houses with red roofs have been inside me for a long time… of course they represent “home”. They are, in my inside landscape, magical. Though they are tiny on the outside, when you walk in the door, they are large. They have secret passages to wings
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Romance 8×8 – oil on canvas My father used to get tears in his eyes if I made him laugh. That’s just how he was made. I loved those tears. They encouraged me to use my voice. The night sky used to freak me out. It fascinated me. But it made me, even when I
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Well, this has been such a well-received offering that I’m going to continue 12 more days through Christmas Eve! Please enjoy the coming days of my favorite things. Best! Dorsey MY FAVORITE THINGS…. DAY 13 Go Ahead…Just Be Yourself People ask me sometimes why I paint sheep. I don’t really know. I strongly dislike mutton and I
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MY FAVORITE THINGS….. DAY 11 A Dog and His Girl oil on canvas (8×8) My childhood held only 3 dogs in it. Our neighbors had a big black short haired one, and we had a red dog we called “Rover”. My only memories of those two dogs are of them fighting….viciously and violently fighting. The adults
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MY FAVORITE THINGS….. DAY 9 True oil on canvas 8×8 Dearest True, I have such a passion for finding you. You are like a brilliant idea that is on the tip of my tongue, or that illusive butterfly that is always dancing somewhere in my peripheral vision. I am seeing that while I expect
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MY FAVORITE THINGS….. DAY 8 Hope oil on canvas 8×8 This is a deeply personal moment in Patience’s life. She feels lonely sometimes, confused, embarrassed at her vulnerability – and oddly, she feels hope. Hope which extends beyond the walls of this world. Hope is water to the thirsty. She knows who she is now. Her main goal is
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MY FAVORITE THINGS….DAY 5 A NEW PARADISE (8×8/oil on canvas) She dreams of home. In the past, she did not even dare to believe it existed. Now, it is a real place. It expands every moment like a painting that is being painted by some invisible hand, her future reveals itself. And in this future
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DAY 3 Yellow Roses 8×8 oil on canvas When he boarded the train to meet Patience, True thought of how he felt about her. Their magnetic attraction, even after all this time, was still a surprise. He had chosen yellow roses to communicate his feelings for her. Soon they would be in the same
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Christmas is appropriately just after Thanksgiving. We have already been thinking about what we are thankful for. Christmas is the time of year when we reflect upon the fact that we are loved. The Creator of the universe is crazy in love with us. He loves us so much He gives us all we need.
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