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April 17, 2017

How To Hang Ideas

The single image over a couch is the most common. How big the space is will determine if you can make a grouping or not. For more ideas check with your local framer. Deanne Lemley AWS, NWWS, OPA, has been working with framers for over 40 years as a Master Painter. We also offer canvas stretched on bars if you wish, please send email for questions on pricing.

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April 15, 2017

Squint

Have you ever squinted your eyes on a summer day? Try it again. That's really what the lines around edges look like. Not defined. You know mixing color on a palette is a science. I would marvel at how Mother got the exact color of the sage brush bush, or the color of those stones in this little dandy. But notice the child's little precious arms and legs are brush strokes of mixed paint.

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April 07, 2017

The Bell of the Ballroom - A tribute

This is cute of Mom. Deanne Lemley is an amazing human being and not always painting. Mother is a Master Painter in both watercolor and oil winning awards all over the Nation. A little known hobby is ballroom dancing. Here she's hugging her grandson and is so excited to have her family watch the performance. Let me tell you, she is very good, loving every minute of it. Way to stay strong Mom. Love you! Check out the giclees. Pick a favorite and let us know about it. Don't forget your Mother this year.

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April 04, 2017

Location Painting sets Her Apart

On location plein air painter, Deanne Lemley.

Houses From Her Sketch Book

One little realizes going through life sketching the things and places our Mother came in contact with. What a wonderful source of inspiration it becomes later on. Also, some become a part of you. A house silhouetted by a summer afternoon sky. The style of the house differs with others in neighborhood perhaps. The Artists paintbrush working it's color, each stroke is handled in a different manner from the blush roses in foreground to the upright pillars standing guard at the entrance of the Manor. It's PAINT as only impressionists do. Is it not hot here the Artists says? How...

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