The annual exhibition of the Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF) opens on January 15th at the Dunedin Fine Art Center and I am delighted that my five paintings (above) were juried into this huge show. It was also lovely to learn that my painting of The Ross Fountain in Edinburgh received first place in the opaque watercolour category (I took a few pictures as I painted this one which you can see again here). I completed this painting at the end of last year but this is the first time its been exhibited.
If you have the chance to visit this show I'm sure you will not be disappointed - along with literally hundreds of miniature paintings for sale, from many of the best artists in the field, there are also painting demonstrations and the chance to view the Society's own collection.
The Ross Fountain © Tracy Hall 2010
3.25" x 2.25" watercolour on board
I have been really busy lately and below are some snippets of recent paintings for jigsaw companies - I'll show them in full once they have been released next year.
The final two paintings from the latest group going to the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery in London have just left and are shown below framed -contact me or the gallery for purchase information.
Its been tricky to find enough time for my miniatures lately, but I have an amur leopard in progress just now (below). We were lucky enough to see them at Marwell Zoo a few weeks ago and I have been trying to get it finished ever since. These beautiful cats are critically endangered and its sobering to learn that there are only around 35 individuals left in the wild. If you would like to find out more please visit Amur Leopard Conservation or the WWF.
On the same note, I've also been doing some drawing by the fire in the evenings and was really enjoying this study of the amur leopard...until the cat decided to make herself comfortable and rolled all over it. Serves me right for leaving the sketchbook open on the chair I guess....here's the abandoned, totally smudged, result!
Finally, I doubt I will be posting again before the holidays so I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy new year!
