Preview of upcoming exhibition

Greetings all... I periodically pop in and read about the wonderful paintings that are being posted, but I have been basically inactive. I've been painting for about 10 months now for a solo exhibition of several dozen full-sheet and over-sized watercolors. The exhibition hangs at the end of October and I'm working on the last of my paintings, my oak frames have been built, cases of mat boards purchased and the framing process will soon begin. I thought I'd upload a composite of a few of the paintings that will be in my exhibition. Hopefully I will be more active in the coming year.

Wild Goldfish

6x6 watercolor over Pigma Micron 01 ink sketch I painted a few days ago from imagination.  Contact me for more information HERE.

The Deep

15x22 watercolor using a brush only, no pencil, of these colorful koi swimming towards the viewer.
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"She's so Koi" by Barbara Hackney

She's so Koi
Acrylic 11x14
Ampersand board
$150. contact Barbara Hackney at begeha@sbcglobal.net

Arboretum Koi by Kay Wyne

Arboretum Koi-SOLD!

This painting was sold last Saturday at the artists' reception for the opening at The Wine Therapist. Thanks to all the people who attended. We had a very good turn-out. A very cute couple (Kevin and Colleen) purchased this contemporary oil painting. I hope to get to the studio today to start a couple of commissions. Have an artful day!!!

Koi Pond by Kay Wyne

Koi Pond
24" x 30"
Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
This is my first koi painting...I layered and layered the paint on, and had the gold/orange koi way too light. I was happy with the colors in the white/gray koi, but not the golden ones. I enjoyed the first day on this painting, and struggled with the days following. I know the water in the koi pond needs to be greener, but I don't like painting green very well, so I just went with what I wanted on the water. I hope to get some better reference photographs when the sun comes out and it warms up in Dallas. More koi paintings in the future. Today I will hit the studio with some new blank canvas....hoping that my brushes are kind to me. Have a good Monday! Thanks for viewing this blog!

Koi at Arboretum by Kay Wyne

Arboretum Koi
Oil on 18" x 18" Gallery Wrap Canvas
This painting is probably going to be at the Arboretum Garden Gallery. It was my second koi painting, and I was very nervous about the green. Since I tend to "over-paint" on green, I was very careful not to get green paint on the fish. The water at the Koi Pond in the Arboretum was very green, even though my eye wanted to paint blue. Thanks for viewing this blog!

Christian's Koi

Copyright Kay Smith 2009

15x11 watercolor of various colorful koi fish just swimming around. For more information about this original art, contact me at 1971ks@att.net
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Koi ~ Watercolor by Nancy Standlee

"Koi"
15 x 22 inches
Cold Press Watercolor Paper

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This one may still be a little damp as I painted it this week in the Cheng-Khee Chee workshop at Artists Showplace in Dallas. I used a photo reference taken at the Japanese Botanic Garden in Fort Worth and hope to paint a few more using his saturated wet technique.

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CONTEMPORARY ~ WATERCOLOR ~ ACRYLIC ~ COLLAGE ~ GOUACHE
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Krazy Koi

6x15 inches on 140 CP Strathmore paper, DV/DS watercolors. I decided to do the mean-eyed koi as a quickie demo for a new art student in 25 minutes. I was showing him how I work dark to light, wet on dry, with one application. This one is SOLD.