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Home is Where Some of My Art Is

March 10, 2015 by dnart

Last year at the Fall Foliage Festival I got a request for a custom painting. Because I try not push my work on anyone, I said sure and asked them to email their dimensions and some color do’s and don’ts. Then I left it alone and waited. That particular festival takes place in early October. When I was home for the holidays, the project was brought up again and the client was kinda like “What the hell man? Where’s my painting?” […]

Categories: Acrylic on Canvas, Commissions • Tags: acrylic wash, Canvas, Commission, David Norcross Art, NC art, Virginia

Straight as an Arrow

November 4, 2014 by dnart

Painting a straight line sounds easy enough for anyone who claims to be a “painter.” It seems so basic that you would think it would be second nature, but honestly, for me, it does not come naturally. I find that making the initial outline in a painting is somewhat stressful and physically demanding. I end up holding my breath for long periods of time, trying to maintain the same body posture and limit any movement to allow for the steadiest […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood • Tags: Acrylic on Wood, acrylic wash, mountains, Space Rock, straight lines, Wood panels

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Nature Lovers

September 9, 2014 by dnart

I recently finished my latest commission that has been in the works for the past two months. After many hours going back and forth in my head and my studio, it finally came together and I am very excited with where it ended. These clients are actually repeat customers – they are the same ones who commissioned Cosmic Stains. This time around they were looking to go in a different direction. The main objective was to create something funky and abstract, […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood, Commissions • Tags: abstract, Acrylic on Wood, Acrylic paint, acrylic wash, Commission, Custom artwork, Wood panels

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Betsy, Your Art is Showing

June 17, 2014 by dnart

I have been busy recently in my studio and am happy to report that I have submitted work to two shows so far for the month of June. The first venue is a familiar one – The Carrack celebrated its third anniversary and hosted another community show. Over 60 local artists participated. Me and my ladies (wife + daughter) stopped by the reception on Saturday and had a cold one while we listened to DJ Mike B and took in the […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood, Art Shows, Durham • Tags: abstract, Acrylic on Wood, acrylic wash, Carrack Modern Art, Durham, Wood panels

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Second Time Around

May 30, 2014 by dnart

This week I finished up a commission for a friend and fellow artist. She was originally interested in this piece, titled Bird Man’s Magic, for her son. But with her second son on the way, she thought it would be cool for each boy to have his own painting to grow with. Specifically, she wanted a blue bird facing left… And a red bird facing right. These paintings are on 24″ square birch panels. After sanding them and giving them a […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood, Commissions • Tags: Acrylic on Wood, acrylic wash, bird painting, Commission, Wood panels

Cosmic Stains

April 25, 2014 by dnart

This past weekend I finished working on a commission for some friends in Chapel Hill. They recently moved into their beautiful new home and wanted to add some color. With a request for a triptych, some measurements and color suggestions, I got started. Using 1×2 poplar, nails and some canvas, I stretched these long monsters. Each panel measures 16″x68″. So when I put them all together, it was pretty much like painting a 4.5’x6′ painting – a scale that is […]

Categories: Acrylic on Canvas, Commissions • Tags: acrylic wash, Canvas, Chapel Hill, Commission, triptych

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A Return to Canvas

April 4, 2014 by dnart

Its been a while since I painted on canvas – especially on this scale. This piece measures 20×30 and I titled it Smells of Nature. I began this painting by laying down many layers of acrylics in different earth tones. I thinned the paint allowing it to drip and run down the canvas vertically. Then I worked on the overlay image. I started with the buck with its rack separated from the skull. Then I added in the pink pattern […]

Categories: Acrylic on Canvas • Tags: abstract, acrylic wash, Art, Canvas, Durham

New Year, New Work

January 7, 2014 by dnart

The holidays were great. They left me well rested and amped up to get back to work. This weekend I was able to finish three new paintings – two of which I had started at the end of last year. The third was my first completed painting of 2014. Working with the idea of non-traditional portraits, the two blue, square paintings were actually influenced by photographs of real people. With each there was a particular characteristic that I was drawn […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood • Tags: Acrylic on Wood, acrylic wash, pop portrait

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(com)Mission Completed

November 14, 2013 by dnart

Today I varnished both commission pieces from the art show back in October, which means I can officially call these guys done. The first piece is another Blue Bird on Birch. I had three of these in the show and ended up selling two to one of my buddies and had another friend take home the third as well as commission a fourth so she would have a set as well. For this piece, I definitely wanted to stay within […]

Categories: Acrylic on Canvas, Commissions • Tags: abstract, acrylic wash, bird painting, Commission, triptych

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Tag: acrylic wash

Home is Where Some of My Art Is

Straight as an Arrow

Nature Lovers

Betsy, Your Art is Showing

Second Time Around

Cosmic Stains

A Return to Canvas

New Year, New Work

(com)Mission Completed