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Saturday, April 6, 2013

F is for Fish -- A Painting A Day

A to Z Blog Challenge

Today marks the end of the first week of the A to Z Blog Challenge. Thanks to all the organizers
and hosts. They are: founder Arlee Bird at Tossing It Out, Damyanti Biswas at Amlokiblogs, Alex J. Cavanaugh, Tina Downey at Life is Good, DL Hammons at Cruising Altitude 2.0, Jeremy Hawkins at Retro-Zombie, Shannon Lawrence at The Warrior Muse, Matthew MacNish at The QQQE, Konstanz Silverbow at No Thought 2 Small, Stephen Tremp at Breakthrough Blogs, Livia Peterson at Leave it to Livia, L. Diane Wolfe at Spunk on a Stick, and Nicole at The Madlab Post.

For today, my painting is of fish I saw and photographed at the Butterfly Conservatory in Key West, Florida. Although I think fish are especially beautiful when painted with watercolors, I used acrylic paints on canvas for this creation. This is a gallery wrap style canvas that does not require framing. It's my smallest yet--10" x 8".
"Key West Fish" - acrylic painting ©Mary Montague Sikes
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12 comments:

  1. Susan Gourley/KelleyApril 6, 2013 at 5:43 AM

    I don't know anything about painting, but I'm amazed you can do one a day.

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  2. Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague SikesApril 6, 2013 at 6:25 AM

    Thanks, Susan. Having an idea ahead of time helps.

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  3. ChuckApril 6, 2013 at 2:40 PM

    You certainly have many styles of painting and they are all so expressive. I like this one for it's simplicity.

    Keep up the good work!!

    Chuck at Apocalypse Now

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  4. Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague SikesApril 6, 2013 at 4:43 PM

    Thanks, Chuck. I think it all depends on the subject matter.

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  5. AnonymousApril 6, 2013 at 8:50 PM

    I wish I could paint! Love your work!

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  6. Michael Di GesuApril 7, 2013 at 6:12 AM

    Hi, Mary,

    Lovely painting of those charming Coy fish.... They a rumored to bring good luck. Such beautiful creatures.

    I live your art. It always has such a fresh and "happy" look to it.

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  7. Anstice BrownApril 7, 2013 at 7:27 AM

    That's a beautiful painting, you really captured the bright colours of the fish.

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  8. CathyApril 7, 2013 at 8:47 AM

    Your paintings are simply beautiful. I'll be following you every day--I might not stop by, but rest assured I'll be reading them via my Feedly account.

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  9. Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague SikesApril 7, 2013 at 8:55 AM

    Thank you, coffeybrownbooks, for the compliment.

    Thank you, Michael. I didn't know that about the fish.

    Antice, thank you for stopping by and for the compliment.

    Cathy, thank you. I appreciate you following my work.

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  10. Julie FlandersApril 7, 2013 at 11:43 AM

    Such gorgeous colors! Beautiful painting as always.

    Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

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  11. UnknownApril 7, 2013 at 6:15 PM

    WOW!! You are amazingly talented! Beautiful painting.
    Connie
    A to Z buddy
    Peanut Butter and Whine

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  12. Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague SikesApril 8, 2013 at 7:32 AM

    Julie, thank you! Sometimes the colors work better than other times.

    Connie, thanks! Appreciate you stopping by!

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