Do-Si-Do - acrylic figurative painting

I painted this one with regular heavy body acrylic paint, which dries really quickly, unlike the Golden Open that I love and most often use.  These figures are from a painting that I did last summer after observing the dancers following the August rodeo in Junction, Texas.  What a rich night for a figure painter that was!  I not only drew furiously, but snapped lots of pictures for later use in the studio.  This painting is 10 x 8" on panel and although I was taught that you should vary your brushes and brushstrokes in a painting, I used a #8 bright for the whole thing.  Just lazy, maybe.  Please click here to see more of my artwork at Hackberry Street Studio.

"The Spanish Comb" ~ Acrylic Figure ~ by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"The Silver Comb" SOLD
Acrylic on Textured Gallery Wrapped Canvas 18" x 24"

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"Fascination" by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Fascination"
Acrylic on Canvas

This is one of the pieces in our gallery show during November at the Dutch Art Gallery.

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Lylas Kay ~ Dutch Art Gallery ~ by Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Lylas Kay"

Acrylic on canvas
9" x 12"

This whimsical figure is one in a series I've called "Lylas". I don't have a sister but share a close association with 7 members of Canvas by Canvas and I refer to them as "my sisters" and we often sign our emails with "lylas". (Love You Like A Sister). One in the group suggested I name the paintings from the group so my list is expanding to family and now includes other friends. This one is named for an online friend who is assisting with the gallery show at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas where this painting will be found.
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Lylas Carol ~ Dutch Art Gallery ~ Acrylic Figurative by Nancy Standlee

"Lylas Carol"

9 x 12 in.
Acrylic on canvas

This whimsical figure is one in a series I've called "Lylas". I don't have a sister but share a close association with 7 members of Canvas by Canvas and I refer to them as "my sisters" and we often sign our emails with "lylas" (Love You Like A Sister). One in the group suggested I name the paintings from the group so my list is expanding to family and now includes other friends.
This painting was taken to the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas where this painting can be found.


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Choose Your Dream ~ by Texas Artist Nancy Standlee ~ American Art Collector

"Choose Your Dream"

20" x 20"
Acrylic Abstract with some collage on gallery wrapped canvas, 1 1/2" depth (Click on the image to enlarge)

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This abstract figurative painting is featured in the one page ad in the October 2009 issue of the American Art Collector magazine. The ad is for an invitation from 32 Artists of Texas to attend their October 17 to November 30 show "Somewhere in Texas: A Painting Begins" at the Dutch Art Gallery.

There will be a variety of styles and sizes of paintings from some of your favorite Texas artists.

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Lylas Courtney ~ Self Portrait Global Love In by Nancy Standlee

SOLD
9 x 13 in. Acrylic on Canvas
Lylas - Courtney

Read my post on my Nancy Standlee Art Blog about the Lylas paintings.

Artist Self Portraits:
David Lobenberg has just posted on his blog the results of the self portrait challenge #2.
This challenge was to paint yourself with something adorning your head. I've got my head wrap on straight but one of my eyes is slightly askew. Since it's a gouache painting, I will give it another hot lick. If you'd like to participate in challenge #3, he's accepting suggestions "from everyday prosaic to wild and whacky". It's great fun to see such an array of self portraits.

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Red Dancer ~ Figurative Acrylic by Nancy Standlee

"Red Dancer"
8" x 10"
Acrylic on canvas, stapled edge

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I've just added two new paintings to my web site so you can see both of them HERE. These two pieces will need to be framed as the edges of the canvas are stapled. There is some collage work and touches of gold pen and paint in this piece.

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Amigos by Barbara Hackney

More Donkeys !! These two Amigos are just ambling along discussing the happenings of the day.

I painted them on a 12x12 gallery wrapped canvas in acrylic and they are featured in The Fort Worth Art of Preservation Show now on display at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. The Amigos painting has been SOLD but there are many beautiful painting in the show, don't miss it during the month of September.

"Her Wings Were Never Seen" ~ Acrylic Figurative Painting ~ Nancy Standlee

"Her Wings Were Never Seen"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas
30 x 24 in.
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This painting is one of my entries for the Preservation is the Art of the City Show September 11-26 at the Community Arts Center. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Fifty local artists are selected to participate by a jury and a portion of sales will help fund preservation programming for Historic Fort Worth. I am working on 9 entries for this show and the above is the largest.
This is the disappearing painting. It was posted on DPOT at one time but the image has disappeared so here is the image and information again.
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"Enchantment" ~ Abstract Figurative ~ by Nancy Standlee

"Enchantment"

12 x 12 in.
Acrylic on deep gallery wrapped canvas
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Daily Painters of Texas will have their first statewide art show "Somewhere in Texas: A Painting Begins" at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas in October and this is one of the entries I've painted for the show. More will be posted about the show that opens October 17 until November 30.

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The Best Robe ~Acrylic Figure ~ Art Couture Gallery by Nancy Standlee

"The Best Robe"
16"x 20" Acrylic with collage on gallery wrapped Canvas
I had posted this painting March 1 and it is now at the Art Couture Gallery.
It is based on Luke 15:11-32 and was shown at the Park Cities Presbyterian Art Festival.

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Tribal Line at the Art Couture Gallery Dallas by Nancy Standlee

This original art work is at the Art Couture Gallery, 5301 Alpha Rd, Ste 16, Dallas, TX 75240
972 661-2431 and is also available as a giclee. Info@artcouturegallery.com

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Texas Collaborative Artists

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Never a Blue Monday -- Elizabeth Mitchell Taylor

Private Collection
11" x 14"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Inspiration for this fantasy floral came after I took a Bob Burridge workshop in April with the Southwestern Watercolor Society. The whole workshop experience was a lot of fun and very liberating as I learned to loosen up and paint faster!

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Abstract Figurative by Nancy Standlee

"Choose Your Dream", 20" x 20", Acrylic Abstract with some collage on gallery wrapped canvas, 1 1/2" depth (Click on the image to enlarge)
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