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August 14th, 2017

8/14/2017

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I'm nearing completion of my humorous take on a puppy’s introduction to its first live blue fin crab and I'm inviting you to participate in my Name This Painting Competition. The winner will receive a free print of this fun painting!
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Creating Happiness Painting ​Puppies and Children

presentations Saturday and Wednesday

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This Saturday, Aug. 19, and next Wednesday, Aug. 23, I'll debut the (finished) puppy painting above and present "Creating Happiness by Painting Children and Puppies" from 1 to 4 p.m. both days in my new gallery location in Ocean View.

I've got a "Name This Painting" competition going on, too, which will conclude on the 24th. The winner will receive a print of this humorous painting, so stop in with your suggestions or comment here by clicking Comments above.

Make sure you come to the right place! We moved this spring to a larger location in Ocean View near our old place. Click here for a map.

Although I'm perhaps best known for my paintings of the coastal area, my “Treasure Beaches of the Mid-Atlantic” map and my inspirational series, “The Strength of Woman,” painting children and animals is among my favorite things to do.
 
What you love doing is often what you do best. Your love of your subject comes through in your work. I smile the whole time I’m painting a child or puppy. They make me happy and I think that’s why people respond to these paintings so much.
 
In that vein, I'm continuing a series I started two years ago called “Children by the Sea” and now adding puppies to the mix. The combination is wonderful. The children series is almost to the point now of having enough images to debut a series of greeting cards meant to inspire by showing the joy of looking at life from a childlike perspective.
 
Heads up: I'm still accepting submissions of photos for consideration as models for the series!!!  I have some wonderful shots lined up to paint, but I hope to cover more topics, so parents and grandparents are welcome to show me their photos ~ and don’t eliminate cell pics! Two of my best portraits this year were done from grandparents’ cell phone photographs. Those who submit photos that are accepted have first right of refusal on the originals - and a discounted portrait price for contributing to the series.
 
You're all invited to my two events this week and also to participate in a Name This Painting competition. Light refreshments and wine & cheese will be served.

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7 Comments
Melody
8/14/2017 08:06:04 pm

I love the inquisitive look on the puppy's face, as he tries to figure out who he's looking at. I'd suggest "Hello Friend!" or "Let's Play!" I'm looking forward to seeing the finished painting!

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Ellen
8/15/2017 06:10:19 am

Thank you Melody. Your suggestions are filed. I'll post the winner on this blog.

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John Armstrong
8/18/2017 11:23:41 am

For the blue crab puppy contest I suggest,

"DON'T PINCH THE POOCH"

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Ellen
8/25/2017 06:26:35 am

John, you are the winner! Don't Pinch the Pooch will be available in print tomorrow after 2 p.m. Please contact me for arrangements for you to get your print!

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Ellen
8/18/2017 12:36:11 pm

Thank you, John! It's added to the list. I'll announce the winner here on Thursday.

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Mariann Bunting
8/24/2017 09:24:52 pm

I have two suggestions for your adorable painting: Curious George or Friends?

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Ellen
8/24/2017 10:03:32 pm

Thank you for your suggestions. Your ideas are both in our file and we'll announce the winner tomorrow on this blog! Thank you for participating.

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    Ellen Rice began painting as a small child, sitting across the dining room table from her mother, a Corcoran student who loved to volunteer her drawings for good causes.

    Ellen’s first love was drawing ballerinas and horses, then family pets, portraits of her sisters and the many aspects of life around her. She won her first award in the sixth grade for a Maryland safety poster she created and sold her first painting as a sophomore in high school to a fellow art student. It was enough money to get a bus to her summer job in Rehoboth Beach.

    Today one of the East Coast’s most collected artists, Ellen’s paintings are found in private homes and government and corporate collections throughout the United States and abroad

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    • No Way Out Vol III
    • Freedom Vol IV
    • The Narrow path Vol V
    • Reflection Vol VI
    • In God's Hands Vol VII
    • Whatsoever things are lovely Vol VIII
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    • Indian River Inlet paintings
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    • Dog Portraits & Prints
    • Pony & Horse Portraits & Prints
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