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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog: September 2012
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog. Friday, September 28, 2012. Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville invited my daughter and I to exhibit at Anderson Hall Gallery this month. We both graduated from there before going on to finish our degrees in other universities. I attended NE in the 70s (nursing - RN program) and Susan in the 90s (pre-physical. Here are photos of both our works:. All the works below are Susan's works:. Friday, September 28, 2012. Links to this post. Life of an artist. Please co...
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog: Plein Air in the Garden
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog. Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Plein Air in the Garden. I love having a garden. I almost said I love gardening, but that isn't honest. I don't do any of it, my husband Jackie does it all. It's all his and he is devoted to it and also seems to enjoys it. But that is his true nature about everything and I'm so blessed to have him! Several years ago, when I talked him into starting a garden- yes I did- and he denies it but it's true- I had two requests :. 1 Plant apple trees. He has caugh...
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog: January 2013
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog. Tuesday, January 1, 2013. A Year in Review with Photos. Painted this in January 2012- Sold it in December 2012. A solo show at Caron Gallery in March. This ad was in American Art Collector Magazine. A book of my paintings - Landscapes of the South: The Paintings of Dot Courson - published in February and available from me. Two of my painting demos (one shown on the bottom left corner) were done in February and will be published in this book Creative Freedom. My daughter and my ...
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog: September 2013
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog. Saturday, September 21, 2013. Making and Recycling Art Panels. Art supplies are expensive: oil paints, brushes, canvas and frames. I look for ways to keep the quality up, and expenses down in order to be able to afford the very best products. I also want to paint like I am rich - uninhibited! And feel it is better to paint with abandon than to paint uptight and worried about the cost of supplies. Recycling your bad paintings:. 8221; - Vincent van Gogh. Now for how to make some ...
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog: July 2013
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog. Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Plein Air in the Garden. I love having a garden. I almost said I love gardening, but that isn't honest. I don't do any of it, my husband Jackie does it all. It's all his and he is devoted to it and also seems to enjoys it. But that is his true nature about everything and I'm so blessed to have him! Several years ago, when I talked him into starting a garden- yes I did- and he denies it but it's true- I had two requests :. 1 Plant apple trees. He has caugh...
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog: A New Year Begins
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog. Sunday, January 26, 2014. A New Year Begins. In a couple days I will post about a great workshop we had here with Roger Dale Brown. It was still life- and it was so inspiring! Roger and I were two of the artists interviewed recently IN A 2-part blog by John Pototschnik about what part faith plays in our work as artists. Read PART 1 HERE. And Read PART 2 HERE. But I'm behind on my blog. I have not shared my new car tag with you! More to come on that later! Finally, I have a birt...
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog: Southern Culture and Art
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog. Sunday, September 15, 2013. Southern Culture and Art. Some of the South Mississippi Art Association painters at my workshop this weekend in Hattiesburg, MS. Art as a metaphor:. To do that and they are some of my favorite artists. And speaking of interrelationships:. He asked me a question that taught me a lot about my own work:. Do you consider yourself and American landscape painter? I nodded, "Yeah. Pretty much.". And then just being me, I blurted out the simple truth:. Getti...
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog: May 2013
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog. Saturday, May 25, 2013. Workshop notes: Painting Landscapes. I recently taught a workshop on landscapes and wanted to share a few slides with you. I taught here in Pontotoc in January.The group was great and we had fun. Thank you to all the attendees. Jackie helped me welcome 14 artists form TN, AL and MS. My next workshop is in Greenville in May with the Delta Art Association. Hope you get to come! Here is a link. Value planes. ©2013 Dot Courson. Saturday, May 25, 2013. This p...
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog: May 2012
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Dot Courson Fine Art Blog. Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Guest Blog - Artist Robin Roberts. A note from Dot:. Robin Roberts was so kind to send this to me. and I want to share it with you. Dot Courson's Guest Blogger. You can see the reference photo of Dot that we used in the top photo . MY DEMO IN STAGES: looking strange at this stage. Now for the even funnier part of Dots painting class and painting friends:. Robin’s collectors find her art at: Dragonfly Gallery in Fayetteville Tn; ARTifacts Gallery i...
