Friday, July 5, 2013

Newly Minted -SOLD

'Newly Minted' 
ACEO 2.5 x 3.5 inches
watercolor on paper 
SOLD

I've always had a soft spot for palomino horses. This horse is actually a Haflinger, and has a gorgeous golden color with an INCREDIBLE flaxen mane. I have always wanted a Haflinger horse. But I'm a tall gal (5 ' 9") so I'd have to find a taller one since they are typically small horses. But beautiful. And gentle. And sweet. I could go on, but I sense I may be losing your interest with all my adjective throwing around. ;)




Reference photo by Limit of Gold on DeviantART. 

In other news, today I finally watched Neil Gaiman's 'Make Good Art' commencement speech, and was completely blown away. It is a little long (20 minutes) but so completely worth your time. I feel so inspired and uplifted since watching it. And Mr. Gaiman is so amazingly awesome that I. . . just. . . well, you should watch it. You'll see what I'm talking about. And this does not just apply to visual artists, but writers, photographers, dancers, musicians, knitters, whatever. Here it is: 


11 comments:

  1. Amazing how you manage to paint such detail so small.

    on another note: just want to say that I have lost my original blog! grrr. All explained on the new one I have set up and hope you will follow:

    www.annatstudiohyde.blogspot.com

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  2. How you can pack so much into such a tiny space is beyond me! So rich.
    Off to have a listen, and be inspired!

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  3. The brilliant colors in your painting are wonderful. I too was surprised at the small format. Beautiful.

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  4. OMGosh, Crystal! I can't believe how small this painting is...and detailed perfectly!!! Excellent painting!!

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  5. Love your art and use of color! That speech was so great and inspiring, thank you for sharing it.

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  6. I SO wish I had your talent Crystal. How you manage to churn out painting after painting, all consistently beautiful is beyond me! :0)

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  7. Beautiful, Crystal and it has your usual glow! Wouldn't guess it was ACEO size- it looks larger.

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  8. A lovely ACEO Crystal, I know these are hard to paint. And I also love the reference photo what a beautiful horse. I love all your paintings

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  9. So beautiful! You really spread such joy with your work, friend!

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  10. Lovely paintings -I especially love the one above of yournson ;) and thanks for sharing that video - lo Ed it!

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  11. Wow, thank you so much for sharing this video Crystal! I am so incredibly inspired - my heart feels close to bursting I'm so excited by what Neil's message held. I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to share this to my own blog - I'll make sure to link back to your own blog as well. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!! =D

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Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment they really do mean so much to me! Because not all bloggers have their email enabled so I can reply directly through email I will try to reply here in the comments. If I don't please forgive me, life must have been hectic that day! :)) Huzzah!!

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