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| Beautiful Explorations of Creative Passion |
| Beautiful Explorations of Creative Passion is a portal into the fine art nature and wildlife oil paintings of artist Boyd Greene revealing the beauty of the natural resources we hold most dear. You will find beautiful art, information about the artist, upcoming events and helpful tips and instruction for the budding artist. BoydGreeneArt thanks you for taking the time to visit and become a part a |
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| New Site in the Works |
| 2008-04-19 09:09:45 |
My new blog and site can be found at:
http://www.boydgreenewildlifeart.com/blog and my new web gallery can be found at http://www.boydgreenewildlifeart.com/. It is still under construction but things are starting to click so drop in for a visit.
To sign up for the RSS for my new blog click here.
To sign up for my email newsletter click here [...]...
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| News Update |
| 2008-04-06 21:30:05 |
I’m almost over the respiratory illness that has been going around with my energy gradually returning day by day. It really put a halt on all art for a few weeks.
As many of you know I have been working on putting up a new website with a built-in blog and I’m getting closer to making [...]...
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| Naples Pier |
| 2008-03-10 21:40:10 |
Naples is one of the beautiful places me and Holly visited on our honeymoon and Naples Pier is definitely a must see if you are in the area. People rush to the end of the pier at sunset to watch the sky come alive with vivid rays of light and then disperse as the sun [...]...
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| New Imagery |
| 2008-02-28 21:30:24 |
This beautiful tulip is new imagery for a future art project. Thank you for stopping by Boyd Greene Art for a browse....
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| Art is Beauty |
| 2008-02-25 17:05:37 |
Lori’s friend Terry (a.k.a Montucky to his pals) tagged her for a new meme and Lori of Random Musings was kind enough to pass it on to me. His personal and brilliant answer is right here. It’s a six word memoir, inspired by Hemingway, who once bet ten dollars that he could sum up his life in [...]...
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| Warner Park Rose Updated |
| 2008-02-11 21:43:12 |
Many of you have stated how you like seeing the stages I go through to complete a painting so here is a midpoint for one of the Chattanooga Warner Park rose paintings I’m working on. It is always a great pleasure sharing my art with each and every one of you. Thank you everyone for [...]...
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| Textured Rose |
| 2008-01-30 22:13:51 |
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Textured Rose 24″x30″
Textured Rose is the newest addition to my portfolio and the first completed fine art painting of 2008. I have another oil painting that is finished and a few close to completion so be on the lookout for them as they will be appearing here soon. One of the paintings for my Cherohala [...]...
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| Engagement Photo |
| 2008-01-26 13:26:31 |
Dotson Studios of the greater Chattanooga, Tennessee area was so kind as to email me this photo from my wedding engagement session with them. The session was shot at Berry College in Rome, Georgia.
Just as Grant states they focus on making you feel comfortable while working with them. They are very professional and lots of [...]...
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| New Warner Park Rose Painting |
| 2008-01-21 20:09:26 |
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“Turn every task into a product.” Tom Peters
This is one of the new oil paintings I’ll be doing on Old Holland professional linen canvas for those that prefer art on canvas or art without a frame. They can be framed or hung as is. I can also gild the edges with gold if you like. [...]...
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| Tagged by Artist Jennifer Young |
| 2008-01-08 19:34:53 |
I HAVE BEEN TAGGED By fine artist Jennifer Young a very talented artist in Virginia that was tagged by Manuela Valenti!
Here are the rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog. 2. Share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. 3. Tag 5 people at the [...]...
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| Fixer Upper |
| 2007-12-01 09:39:11 |
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Here is another painting that I’m throwing back on the easel to fix and finish. The yellow stem that was going to be a moss covered branch will be done away with, the blade of grass on the right side will be deleted and the branch will be pushed into the background. I may even [...]...
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| Happy Thanksgiving |
| 2007-11-21 19:49:31 |
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A very happy Thanksgiving to everyone on this most wonderful holiday! Thank you for stopping by BoydGreeneArt for a browse and if I can be of any help please email me at boyd@boydgreeneart.com.
Happy Thanksgiving from BoydGreeneArt...
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| Gold Rush Days |
| 2007-10-19 18:54:17 |
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Last weekend it was the New Salem Mountain Festival and this weekend it is Dahlonega, Georgia’s Gold Rush Days. I can’t wait, as it is one awesome art show in one pristine mountain city. Not only do you find great vendors but also there are great shops all around the square to browse [...]...
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| Snowball Bush Painting |
| 2007-09-28 18:02:29 |
Here is the snowball bush that I have been working on for a while. I actually missed labeled it as a hydrangea but that is not too bad as I found on the internet that they are of the same family.
This is from a large bush in one of my mom’s flowerbeds. I think it [...]...
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| Rock Spring Show and Sell |
| 2007-09-28 03:43:02 |
Rock Spring annual Show and Sell since 1971 by the Rock Spring United Methodist Church, Highway 95, Rock Spring, Georgia will be September 29, from 9:00 A.M until 4:00 P.M... There is plenty to do for the whole family.
Admission is free. There will be 75 artisans, antique tractors, antique cars, diving dogs, Civil War [...]...
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| Art Abuse |
| 2007-09-27 21:26:40 |
My article on this day of blogging against abuse will be about art abuse.
1. Hand painted reproductions are not originals. Original means one and only one. Hand painted art has its value but it is not original.
2. If an artist wants to make prints fine but the only original is the painting. I’ve seen sellers [...]...
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| Pipevine Swallowtail |
| 2007-09-27 05:03:08 |
The Pipevine Swallowtail is a butterfly that other species mimic due to their distastefulness to predators. Predators avoid its look a likes as much so as itself; which include female Black Swallowtails, female Spicebush Swallowtails, and Red Spotted Purples. The mimics have even come to have similar flight behaviors.
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly
The easiest way to identify [...]...
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| Screen Shot |
| 2007-09-26 03:29:02 |
Ankush Vimawala Photography daily dose tagged me for a screen shot so here it is the non-technical version. His photography is beautiful and quite often experimental delighting me with fresh perspectives on many subjects. Thanks Ankush for the tag.
Thank you everyone for stopping by BoydGreeneArt I’ll have some updates up soon....
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| The Artist’s Life Ambition |
| 2007-09-22 23:27:03 |
What is the theme of your life?
What is it that permeates your life and makes it worth living?
When you lie prone, with every bone near to its final stillness, what will you look back and be pleased with when you know there are no more tomorrows?
What is the value of your life?
What drives your business?
What [...]...
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| Tiger Rescue |
| 2007-09-21 17:35:53 |
“Hi, My name’s Tom King.
We’ve got a new website at http://www.tigerlink.org that tells about what we’re doing. It’s a pretty neat site.
We’re also scrambling to rescue 3 tigers from Nebraska that are fixing to be euthanized if we can’t get new cages built in time. We’ve raised about a third of what we need and [...]...
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| Grayscale Project Phase 5 |
| 2007-09-20 02:36:02 |
Something to think on before we get to the drawing stage today, how will you set your art apart from the pack?
Professional photographer Heather Angel commented on that very thing when Mark Edward Harris of Outdoor Photographer asked, “What do you see as challenges for the younger generation? What advice would you give?”
She replied, “Anyone [...]...
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| The Thoughtful Blogger Award |
| 2007-09-19 01:20:37 |
The Thoughtful Blogger Award
For those who answer blog comments, emails, and make their visitors feel at home on their blogs. For the people who take others feelings into consideration before speaking out and who are kind and courteous. Also for all of those bloggers who spend so much of their time helping others bloggers [...]...
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| Grayscale Project Phase 4 |
| 2007-09-18 03:15:46 |
I start very simply. Keep It Simple Smart! Bit by bit. Focus on one small area at a time. Break your drawing up into small pieces simplifying it down to its bare bones. As you complete it one area after another it will reveal itself to you broadening your understanding for future encounters of the [...]...
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| My Artistic Personality? |
| 2007-09-15 00:23:44 |
***Your Personality is Somewhat Rare (ISTP)***
Your personality type is reserved, methodical, spirited, and intense.
Only about 6% of all people have your personality, including 3% of all women and 8% of all men
You are Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Perceiving.
How Rare Is Your Personality?
http://www.blogthings.com/howrareisyourpersonalityquiz/...
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| Grayscale Project Phase 3 |
| 2007-09-14 22:59:07 |
“The development of an ability to work from memory, to select factors, to take things of certain constructive values and build with them a special thing, your unique vision of nature, the thing you caught in an instant look of a face or the formations of a moment in the sky, will make it [...]...
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| Grayscale Conversion |
| 2007-09-13 16:50:51 |
Here is the second step in my Creative Realism process.
I always like to simplify things as much as possible when using my Creative Realism technique to create works of fine art. Why not start with a grayscale subject since it is going to be a graphite study? My rule is to always Keep It Simple [...]...
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| The Beginning |
| 2007-09-13 03:57:44 |
“When we know the relative value of things we can do anything with them,” Robert Henri.
That is just what I shall attempt to do with this leaf hopefully transforming it into a work of art.
Over the next few days, I will be working with this photo of a leaf to show how I [...]...
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| Toned Rose |
| 2007-09-12 05:25:13 |
“A thing that has not been begun cannot be finished,” so said Robert Henri.
I am feeling a little blue today so I’m posting a photo that is just a little blue.
Thank you everyone for stopping by BoydGreeneArt for a browse....
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| Gulf Fritillary Backlighted |
| 2007-09-08 17:51:22 |
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“The study of art is the study of the relative value of things.” Robert Henri
Gulf Fritillary
Thank you everyone for stopping by for a browse and have an awesome weekend enjoying nature and all the wild things around you....
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| Warner Park Roses |
| 2007-09-08 00:57:57 |
Thank you everyone for dropping by to see Warner Park Roses a Creative Realism painting in its completion. All that is left is the final coats of Amber and framing. This year has moved along very well for my art and I owe it to every one of you that drop by to give a [...]...
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| Longwing Gulf Fritillary |
| 2007-09-07 16:45:01 |
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The great art teacher Robert Henri once stated, “You are to give the craftsman in you a motive, else he cannot develop.”
What he was saying is understand the subject you are photographing or painting. Know the traits of the animals you photograph to be ready at all times to capture their personality. Find their uniqueness [...]...
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| Inquiry |
| 2007-09-06 06:56:47 |
I have done very little adjusting on this photo; tone curve, clarity, vibrance, white balance, and sharpening in Lightroom.
In Photoshop I did a little cloning to a layer as this rose is a little aged but not much. A few marks stood out too much and didn’t add to the flower.
I believe this [...]...
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| New Project |
| 2007-09-05 16:33:27 |
I always look forward to hearing from all my friends and discovering their thoughts on what I’m doing. You are what make this site an interactive site full of fun and information for the picking. To each and everyone one of you a Big Thank You from BoydGreeneArt.
Kim at Laketrees and PoeARTica has been a [...]...
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| Quick Update |
| 2007-08-31 01:57:25 |
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Here is a Update">quick update before I head out of town for a few days to see Notre Dame and Georgia Tech play. Thank you everyone for stopping by BoydGreeneArt for a browse and I look forward to being back soon. Everyone take care and have an awesome weekend!...
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