Dana Feagin Art News – February 2016
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Rogue Women: Unique Perspectives in Art – Opening Reception, February 5th, 5-8PM
Rogue Women are the featured artists at Art & Soul Gallery in Ashland during the month of February. We are a group of professional artists from the Rogue Valley and Northern California, working in a wide variety of art mediums. Join us at the opening reception on Friday, February 5th from 5-8PM for a fun evening of art, wine by Eliana Winery, and music by a local favorite, Jennifer Joss! Can’t make it? The show remains up through February 29th.
Dana Feagin Art News – January 2016
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Dana Feagin Art News – December 2015 Newsletter
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Dana’s November 2015 Newsletter
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Dana Feagin’s Recent Newsletter Links
Over the summer, I committed to doing a monthly newsletter. After struggling with MailChimp, I gave up on the auto feed for a post onto my website. Below are the first four newsletters. Just click on the images below and you will be connected to the newsletter for that month. My November newsletter will be coming out in the next two weeks. If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter, you can sign up through the home page of my website – or just use the contact page and let me know you want to be added to my list!
The Many Faces of Pookie, Zeus and Zena are Finished – Inspired Pet Portraits & Animal Paintings by Dana Feagin
The completed paintings of Pookie, Zeus and Zena are soon to be headed down to California! They are part of the “Limitless Love” project, which is now a 501(C)(3) – for a traveling museum show featuring artwork of Pookie, Zeus and Zena. Admission fees to the show will be donated to an animal charity. These sweet dogs are being memorialized in a wide variety of art forms and styles by over 100 artists in the US and Europe – paintings, drawings, Legos, animation, etc. My commission was to capture Pookie, Zeus, and Zena’s expressions, in a collection of whimsical 10 x 10 inch portraits. Some of the photos I was working with were quite blurry, and the coloring in each dog changed quite a bit as the dogs aged. That made this a much bigger challenge than I anticipated, as I needed to get the same level of detail across all of the paintings and the colors/age of the dogs looking consistent across the paintings for each dog – something to keep in mind for future projects!
Last Week for Ashland Community Hospital Animal Art – Inspired Pet Portraits and Animal Paintings by Dana Feagin
It will feel a bit sad to take these Sanctuary One paintings, and the Doxie painting, down from the main reception and waiting area at Ashland Community Hospital next week. My husband works at the hospital and walks past them several times a day, so I hear that there are often small kids with their parents looking at the sweet animal faces and commenting on them. The paintings will be split up and move back to my home studio, the Ashland Art Center, and to Starbucks on the south side of Ashland in early June. Greeting cards and magnets with these images will still be available at the hospital upstairs in the outpatient waiting area. 
“Flower Girl”, New Painting by Dana Feagin – Inspired Pet Portraits and Animal Paintings in Oil
After a bit of a mishap with the yellow background paint, this one is finally finished today – just waiting for the paint to dry so it can be imaged. The painting is based on a beautiful photo taken at a friend’s wedding by Justine Johnson Photograph. Thank you Cathy Connor and Justine Johnson, for allowing me to use this photo as a reference for my painting! Initially I wasn’t planning to include the flowers around Sophie’s neck, but an artist friend encouraged me. At times I though it would take longer to get the flowers looking right, than the overall painting of Sophie
– but in the end, I am happy with the result. This one is titled “Flower Girl” and will be entered into the Irving Arts Assocation Fine Art Pet Portrait competition in September. Wish me luck!
My Newest Cat Commission – Inspired Pet Portraits and Animal Paintings by Dana Feagin
This commission took a bit of time to find the right photo. Abby was a very special kitty, and since it is a memorial painting, it was really important to find the right picture as a reference. Last week the completed painting shipped off to Idaho, where she will be displayed in a very special place and Abby will always be remembered for the beautiful kitty that she was.
Abby is now featured in the “Selected Archives” section of my website.
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