Virginia M O'Connor - artist

Lifesize Cheetah bronze for The Living Desert

2011-12-17T13:33:00.001-08:00

back at last...

2007-10-22T18:51:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been a long time between posts! A few big projects have kept me occupied, so no daily paintings for the summer!

Here is the life-size bobcat sculpture in bronze, finally.

Mexican Grey Wolf

2007-03-21T22:37:00.000-07:00

place holder

2007-03-20T22:03:00.000-07:00

Gazelle

Bighorn sheep

2007-03-18T20:58:00.000-07:00

Another watercolor for TLD
NFS

Ground squirrel

2007-03-09T21:42:00.000-08:00

Another commission for The Living Desert projects.

New

2007-02-18T21:45:00.001-08:00

Something a little different

2007-02-17T19:17:00.000-08:00

I went to a great workshop today, and this (still unfinished) watercolor is the result! Trying to loosen up a bit and play with color and shape.

new zebras

2007-02-15T14:36:00.000-08:00

Bobcat 2

2007-02-12T20:40:00.000-08:00

A second bobcat
Commission - NFS

New

2007-02-11T18:57:00.000-08:00

Bird #3

2007-02-10T19:27:00.000-08:00

Commission - NFS

Bobcat

2007-02-09T18:12:00.001-08:00

Commission - NFS

Another bird study

2007-02-08T21:44:00.001-08:00

I'm not wild for this one, will probably redo it at some point.

The first of the birds

2007-02-07T21:57:00.000-08:00

A red-bellied parrot
Commission - NFS

Amur Leopard

2007-02-06T19:18:00.000-08:00

A leopard study
Commission - NFS

Zebra

2007-02-05T22:59:00.001-08:00

Grevy's zebra

giraffe browsing

2007-02-04T10:22:00.000-08:00

Silly me, I forgot to do a post last night - so this will be a twofer again today! These should be the last giraffes for awhile.
Commission - NFS

Mom & baby giraffe

2007-02-02T22:52:00.000-08:00

One of the last for this particular commission. Hope to have some new dogs and horses to add soon - my real favorites! I missed a day of posting so the last two days have been twofers to catch up!

Giraffes again

2007-02-02T18:27:00.000-08:00

Two giraffes

2007-01-31T22:27:00.003-08:00

A double head study for The Living Desert giraffe project. Watercolor, not for sale.

Giraffe drinking

2007-01-31T22:27:00.001-08:00

A little bit different study for the giraffe project for The Living Desert. 8 x 10 watercolor. Not for sale.

Baby giraffe

2007-01-29T23:01:00.000-08:00

Another giraffe in the series.

Bronze work in progress

2007-01-28T11:22:00.000-08:00

This is a head study of a Smooth Fox Terrier, a breed of dog I have raise and shown since 1981. You can visit my SFT wesite at laurelton.net

African wild dog - 1/19/2007

2007-01-28T10:14:00.000-08:00

An African wild dog watercolor study for The Living Desert project.

Addax - 1/18/2007

2007-01-28T10:12:00.000-08:00

Another watercolor study for The Living Desert.

Striped Hyena - 1/16/2007

2007-01-28T10:04:00.000-08:00

Another watercolor study for The Living Desert project, this time, a striped hyena.

Cheetah -1/15/2007

2007-01-28T10:01:00.000-08:00

This King Cheetah is from a whole series of watercolors for The Living Desert and is not for sale.

Giraffe study

2007-01-27T16:18:00.000-08:00

This is the first giraffe study in a series of watercolors for The Living Desert.

Welcome

2007-01-27T13:34:00.000-08:00

Thank you for stopping by to visit my artist's daily journal.

I invite you to keep coming by to share my works in progress and finished pieces, something new nearly every day. I have been inspired to do some smaller pieces on a regular basis by the fabulous works of Julian Merrow-Smith, Duane Keiser and Elin Pendleton as well as others who are pioneers in Daily Painting.

I usually work in oils, and have been a painter of horse and dog portraits for over twenty years, and at one time I specialized in Thoroughbred racehourses, having been connected with the industry for many years. I have works in collections on three continents and in many countries. I also sometimes work in other mediums, recently watercolor, and have done a bit of sculpting, with a couple of new works in progress which I will have cast eventually.

I often work on commission, so many of my works will not be for sale, but those that are will have a purchase link included in the entry.

I'll be adding some previous work as well as new things in the coming days.

Virginia