DAA Workshop with Dot Courson

Dot Courson returned once again to lead a wonderful workshop in oil painting. Delta Artist Association members created some beautiful landscapes this week, which may be viewed in an exhibit at The Leland Progress later in July.  Here's a progress and a finished picture of my painting "Cotton Field Sentinel", which I started at the workshop.

Progress snapshot of "Cotton Field Sentinel"

Finished painting, "Cotton Field Sentinel" by Kay Shropshire

GAC's Juried Biennial Invitational

Yay! Two of my paintings were jury-selected for Greenville Arts Council's 5th Juried Biennial Invitational! Happy dance! :-)

Come see the show from June 7 - August 16, 2013, at the Roger D. Malkin Gallery in the E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center, 323 South Main Street, Greenville, Mississippi.

Here's the two paintings that made it in the show!

"Country Road Take Me Home" by Kay Shropshire
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in.

"Winter On The Trace" by Kay Shropshire
Oil on canvas

Country Road Take Me Home

"Country Road Take Me Home" was painted at the John Pototschnik workshop in Pontotoc, Mississippi, this past weekend. I used an analogous palette, mixing all the colors used in the painting from only 3 colors: ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and cadmium lemon yellow plus titanium white. First time to use a limited palette like this; it was a challenge but I like how this turned out.

"Country Road Take Me Home" by Kay Shropshire
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in.