admin | August 31, 2008
I am honored to be the September Featured Artist of the Month for a local publication, The Amplifier. Please click on the link to learn all about me. http://www.bgdailynews.com/articles/2008/08/31/the_amplifier/arts/9829-featured_artist-rhonda_smith.txt I’ve been on a motorcycle trip for the last couple of days to visit friends in Chicago, IL and to go to Milwaukee, WI to the [...]
admin | August 26, 2008
5×5Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 I love the floppy hat that this boy is wearing–does anyone know what they’re called? He’s found something in the water, perhaps a nice big shell. I’m always afraid a jelly fish will find me! There is a beach that Sandy and I go to on the Gulf side of [...]
admin | August 24, 2008
5×5Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 She’s having a great time playing in the water! I was visiting my good friend Sandy in Florida (don’t remember the beach–somewhere around Ft. Myers) when we saw her. All these beach paintings are making me want to go to the beach again! Here is my latest post. Thanks for [...]
admin | August 22, 2008
8×10 Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 I don’t have a cat but couldn’t resist painting this one that belongs to a friend of mine. I like the contrast between the flowers, the pitcher and the cat. Here is my latest post. Thanks for subscribing! Rhonda email: rsmithstudio@insightbb.com
admin | August 19, 2008
9×12 Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 This is the latest in my series of ballerinas. Note the very dramatic lighting from the top. I’m not sure if I am finished with this one yet. I will have to look at it and mull over it, probably tweak it here or there. . .really I don’t [...]
admin | August 19, 2008
5×5 Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 Griffin looking so thoughtful–unusual for one so little. I wanted this painting to be loose with just a few edges. Notice the warm sunshine on his back–I really wish I was there right now! Here is my latest post. Thanks for subscribing! Rhonda email: rsmithstudio@insightbb.com
admin | August 15, 2008
5×7 Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 This is my Great Niece Kara walking on the beach in Hilton Head, SC. She was really having a good time, enjoying the sand and the breeze from the ocean in the late afternoon sun. Here is my latest post. Thanks for subscribing! Rhonda email: rsmithstudio@insightbb.com
admin | August 9, 2008
Unnamed 8×10 Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 Last night I decided to paint a horse portrait. There are still some tweaks to be made but I hope I captured the essence of this lovely horse. I’ll have to find out his or her name and post it. My reference pic is below (don’t look too [...]
admin | August 7, 2008
Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2008 This is a painting of Erin from our live model session last Monday night. Erin is dressed in a 1920′s style with a long flowing halter dress on. My canvas wasn’t big enough to capture her lovely pose so I opted for a head and shoulder composition. She still needs [...]
