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Pamela’s Posh Picks: Holiday Photo Cards
Dec 07 2012 ·0This is one of my favorite times of the year to go to my mailbox. Along with the usual crush of junk mail and catalogs, December is when the holiday cards arrive! While it seems fewer and fewer people send out paper cards, I for one love receiving them. It’s especially exciting to open up a holiday card and be greeted with the smiling faces of family and friends. I just love to see how families are growing and changing!
Even though my own children are now in their 20s, I still enjoy sending a holiday greeting card with a photo. I haven’t yet decided on a design for this year, but it sure if fun looking ~ that’s why this week’s Posh Picks feature Holiday Photo Cards…
Pamela’s Posh Picks: Holiday Paperie
Nov 23 2012 ·0Now that Thanksgiving has passed, one of my favorite times of the year has begun: the wrapping season! 😉
As you may know, I just love wrapping holiday presents! I believe that giving a beautifully wrapped and adorned package is as much a part of the gift as the present itself. One of my tips for creating beautifully wrapped packages is to start wrapping early. Another tip: gather beautiful supplies that you can mix and match…
Pamela’s Posh Picks: My Favorite Paintings
Nov 02 2012 ·0This week during Superstorm Sandy, I took advantage of time at home to {semi} organize my studio. Today I thought I would share with you my favorite petite oil paintings from this year.
Tell me what you think…. are any of these your favorites too?
Pamela's Posh Picks: Royal Ascot Hats 2012
Jun 22 2012 ·0The United States may have the Kentucky Derby, but our Derby headpieces are no match for the outrageous hats seen at this week’s Royal Ascot races in England!
What is the Royal Ascot?
“Royal Ascot is one of the pinnacle events of the summer social season and the racecourse will be playing its part, in this historic year, in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Royal Meeting will certainly be one of the must-attend events of the year to enjoy all of the pageantry and history of a quintessentially British day out.”
This week’s Posh Picks are all about the wonderfully imaginative, must-be-seen-to-be-believed hats of the Royal Ascot…
I love this spirited, bedazzled tribute to the Queen’s Jubilee
These gray beaded flowers are a-mazing
And then things go a bit over-the-top…
A proper English breakfast…on your head??
Did someone say Royal Ascot was a BYOB event??
Can you imagine sitting behind (or beside) this spectacularly bizarre birdcage hat??
And of course, this week’s petite oil painting:
Have an outrageously enjoyable weekend!
xo,
Pamela
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Girls Just Wanna Paint
Jun 04 2012 ·0As many of you know, along with being an interior designer I am also an oil painter. I am constantly working to improve my skills by taking classes with local artists and painting as frequently as possible. What a thrill it was then when I was recently invited to join the women artists of Girls Just Wanna Paint.
"I Love Red" 6x6 oil on board by Mary Sheehan Winn
Formed in 2009, Girls Just Wanna Paint is group of 12 artists who challenge themselves each month to incorporate a selected object or idea into a painting. The paintings are posted at the beginning of each month on the Girls Just Wanna Paint blog where we invite your comments and feedback.
"Brush With Great Effort..." by Kelley MacDonald 6"x6"
The group meets during the first week of every month. We view each other’s work in person, enjoy some great food and wine, and decide what the next month’s subject will be. This is a collection of serious artists who also have a lot of fun–right up my alley!
I am delighted to be a part of this esteemed group of women. Most of the artists are professionals and teachers and all are very inspiring. Their individual spirit and soul comes through in their work. I invite you to visit the Girls Just Wanna Paint site and peruse the artists’ websites and blogs. I guarantee you will fall in love with their work as I have~
My next painting as part of the Girls Just Wanna Paint group will be up at the beginning of July. As a complement to this new venture, I am pleased to announce a new weekly feature on my blog. Each week at the end of one of the blog posts (typically Pamela’s Posh Picks) I will be sharing one of my petite Interiors oil paintings. I would love to hear your feedback on these paintings. Of course I am also open to painting custom pieces of your special Interior space in oil. These works can be framed or reproduced as beautiful stationery.
"Let the Fun Begin" by Pam Copeman
I hope you will enjoy this new feature and look forward to sharing my painting journey with you!
xo,
Pamela
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{featured paintings are from the GJWP May challenge: “Tools of the Trade”}
My Interior Art Paintings
Apr 10 2012 ·0For years now, I’ve been learning to paint with oils. Thanks in no small part to the wide variety of classes I’ve taken with so many gifted instructors and artists, I’ve made great strides. I so enjoy the process of oil painting, the tranquility and creativity it affords, and with much practice, the results. Over the years I’ve painted an array of subject matter: from flowers and landscapes to portraits and figures to still life. However, I had yet to find a genre that would “just fit me”. Then came my a-ha moment: I decided to try painting interiors. Using my own designs along with designs from magazines as inspiration, I think I may have found my niche!
I am really having fun with this new genre and I’m loving these petite (6″x6″) room portraits. Come take a peek and please, let me know what you think~
This first one is almost an exact duplicate of the magazine shot with the exception of the carpet which is my interpretation as you can see.
It’s amazing what you can fit on a 6×6 canvas, isn’t it?
The next magazine shot I rendered very loosely.
The under painting is a coral red and I love how it peeks out from the taupe paint. I changed the color of the pink pouf to my new fave, orange. It seems to be very “in” to paint with large brush strokes and not with too much detail~ this is an example of that style.
Ah, my friend Paul insisted I find a room that was masculine.
I think this is perfect: the dark wood paneling, the painting of a virile animal and books in bold, dark colors. You may notice the original has a black cross drawn in the middle of it, this helps guide me in the drawing of the furniture and other large details.
My friend, teacher, and outstanding painter, Lisa Daria Kennedy encouraged me to paint the edges of this room very loosely to draw the eye towards the chair and the desk. I experimented and loved the result… 
Thank you L.
And finally my favorite~My interpretation of the cover of Veranda (note the absence of the puppy…). However the silk window creation, niches and soft peach hues remain and frame the window overlooking this grand view. Ahhh, Spring…..
If you would like a painting of one of your favorite interiors please contact me~ these also make extra special stationary…
I hope you enjoy sharing in my painting journey as much as I am enjoying taking it! As always, thank you for your feedback and support!
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
~Henry Ward Beecher
xo,
Pamela
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