Prep Work by Donna MacDonald

"Prep Work"
8 x 10 Oil on Linen Panel

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While on a Kim English workshop put on by Art in the Aspens we stayed at Red Rock Ranch. The main ranch house was beautiful with a rustic charm. During the 5 days we had a fabulous chef cooking for us. In the morning we'd wake up to the smell of fresh crepes and in the evenings he'd prepare amazing desserts. Marty Brens was a fabulous host and took care of every detail!

Double Duty

"Double Duty"

Original Oil Painting
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On our trip to SanFrancisco I snapped a few photos of the chefs that were serving us our buffet breakfast. The pictures turned out quite blurry but for this style it didn't really matter much. This was a fun little painting.

Sunday Brunch Reference

The website www.wetcanvas.com has been an amazing site and inspiration to me since I started on my journey of becoming a full time artist. There are many forums to choose from; acrylic, oil, portrait, figure, landscape and many more. The community of artists share their work and techniques; ask for critiques; take online classes and share reference material.

I was thinking it may be of interest to show the reference I used for Sunday Brunch (acquired from Wetcanvas) and how I adapted the background and figure. I played with the colour and composition as well as the light source to lead the eye around the painting. I took the liberty of inventing a painting for the wall to the right so that the composition was balanced.

I strive for impressionism in my paintings and am really happy with it and may do a larger painting at a later date. This painting is 8" x 8".

Original by Donna MacDonald - Sunday Brunch

"Sunday Brunch" 8 x 8 Original Oil Painting
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Don't you just LOVE Sunday Brunch - the wonderful array of fresh food; chefs ready to prepare fresh omelets and crepes..... My sister was in town recently and we took her to a downtown Calgary brunch. Yum!

It is signed front and back by me, the artist and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Thanks for your interest in my work!

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