Day #2 "Russ and Me in'95 in Boston Commons" by Charlotte Yealey

6x9

Acrylic on Arches

Day #2 of Leslie Saeta's "30 Paintings in 30 Days" challenge and I chose to paint Russ and I  in 1995 sitting on a bench in the Boston Commons, Massachusetts during our trip to Cape Cod. The reference photo is one of my favorite photos of us that I have ever taken. I chose to paint this since we will be celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary on Sunday.

"Saddle Bronc" Acrylic painting by Charlotte Yealey

16x20

Acrylic on illustration board

I love painting horses especially catching the action of their movement. I wish I could say that my reference photo for this painting was my own but an artist friend of mine, Joan Paredes from Montana gave me permisssion to paint this saddle bronc ride she caught with her camera at a rodeo. I changed several things-less cluttered background and some parts of the horse and rider.

Florida Rooster painting in Acrylic

4x6

Acrylic

I met this guy on a farmette in Florida where the owners were celebrating their 100th year anniversary of operating a farmer's market. The two older Peterson brothers said their grandfather started the business and now they continue to sell fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs and milk along with souvenirs and other novelties. The animals were in pens arranged as a petty zoo atmosphere. The roosters seemed very happy with all their hens and this one liked looking at my camera. Just had to paint him.

Chocolate Labrador Retriever

8x10

Acrylic on Aquabord

I took pictures at the "Codorus Blast" and this was a chocolate lab cooling off in the lake. His family was throwing sticks in the water for him to bring back.

"Zebra Look" Accepted into Explore This 8

I was notified that this painting called "Zebra Look" was accepted into the Colored Pencil Society of America's annual international exhibit called "Explore This 8". This is an acrylic and colored pencil painting on illustration board. I completed this last year and entered it into the York Art Association's 41st annual Juried show and during the juring, it was declined. Then I entered it into the Hanover Area Arts Guild fall show and it won "Best of Show".
This is my second entry that was accepted into the Colored Pencil Society of America's show. The last one was in 2009 and it was called "Horse's in the Snow". Art competitions can be sometimes  disappointing and also rewarding.

Standard Schnauzer Christmas Card

This is an acrylic painting for a Christmas card design for my friend who breeds and shows Standard Schnauzers. For the past 13 years, I create a design from Dana's idea and her Christmas cards are printed from it. This year she said create something where Santa is laying down with puppies around him.Click here to see my greeting card store.