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At last! I have completed this painting that has been in the works for over a year. Starting with photos and sketches, then small oil painting sketches and a 16x12 piece, and many days of just drawing this out. The elipses in the fountain and the arches on the two windows on the left were killers, not to mention the horse and carriage. I used multiple photos for this and that is always a challenge to get them to look right. For example, getting the horse and carriage to be the right size compared to the fountain and awning of the building. I delivered it to my very patient clients on Saturday and was so please to see how happy they were with it. It will go above the main fireplace in the gorgeous old house they have recently moved into. I look forward to seeing it framed and hanging there. I am also looking forward to moving on to other paintings that are in my head waiting to get on my canvas. Thanks for viewing my blog. God bless, Jacki

This is a piece that I started earlier last year, but it never finished. I moved the horse closer and brightened the colors. It's like a whole new painting.

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Jacki Newell

Lights on Main Street

8x8 oil

$275

It's about time I make it to my computer and post something. 2013 was a good and busy year. I was constantly working on commissions and didn't spend much time at all on painting things just for the fun of it. I think this year is going to be different and here is the first painting of 2014.