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  • “Surveying the Realm” Bald Eagle Painting Finished

    Posted on October 16th, 2011 admin No comments

    The last two weeks since my last post have been  hectic ones. Last weekend was the Images Studio Tour here at my gallery, a four day event with approximately 5000 people visiting over the Thanksgiving weekend (Canadian). Had a lot of fun socializing with many people I have not seen in awhile. On Tuesday I stated to work out the way I wanted to handle the eagle in my new painting by colour coping the original and then adding a little paint to the colour copy. Once I was satisfied I painted the eagle on the original. Doing a quick study on colour copies is a good way to workout ideas before you go to the final original, I do this allot. Below is a photo of the final piece which I think I will name “Surveying the Realm”. Once the original comes back from being photographed I will post the final high res shot to my website. This painting is a private commission piece for Mike & Pattie Callahan and will not be for sale, but a limited edition Giclée will be available in the near future.
    Last night was a very entertaining night in my neighborhood as a tree fell into a hydro wire and caused a whole transformer to blow! If you have never seen one go, it is like the fourth of July! Sparks and discharged energy everywhere. The fire department had to come and put out a fire in the woods started by the fireworks. I was without electricity for most of the night and my electric phones got zapped! We keep one traditional phone in my office in case of power failures so at least we have one phone for now. Scary night!
    Final editing continues on the two new PTP how to paint DVD’s. The two videos will be ready for the November 3 release date. Happy painting everyone!

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  • Derek C Wicks Fall Enewsletter 2011

    Posted on October 5th, 2011 admin No comments
    Derek C Wicks Enewsletter 6 Times aYear
    Hello everyone, I trust that this Enewsletter finds you enjoying  the beautiful fall colours! Today’s Enewsletter starts with an update on the frequency of the Enewsletter. Over the last year or two I have received several unhappy emails that my Enewsletter does not come  out enough with only four times a year. People would like to know what is going on more often, to my surprize. This news has done great things for my ego and I am happy to cater to the demand. I only published four times a year because I did not want people to get upset that I am always emailing them. Well it looks like I have gone to far the other way and I am happy to say that I will now send out the Enewsletter every two months on or about the first of the month. It will be my goal to make sure my life stays as interesting as I can to make the Enewsletters inspiring, if not…… I will just lie……LOL.

     

     

    New DVD’s

    The new Moving Water DVD has been completed and is ready to go. The second video – Rock Textures is almost complete and will be ready in about two weeks. I have made the release date for both of these DVD’s November 3, 2011. Along with the two new DVD’s there will be a new free video clip posted to the free video area of the Power to Paint website on how to use an airbrush to create rays of sun. The new soaring eagle painting to  the right is the source for the demonstration on this new free clip. Those that are signed up for the Power To Paint Enewsletter will automatically receive information on all these new releases in the next week or two. Happy painting!

     

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    Commissions, shows & workshops…

    I am so busy it is not funny! Right now I am painting like a mad man with 3 commissions on the go and DVD editing every night. When it rains it pours. I am very happy to be doing commissions for Mike & Pattie Callahan of Riverside, RI – Fidel & Michelle Singh of Mississauga, ON and Val & Dave Macdonald of Barrie, ON. All have asked for paintings I am very eager to paint. It makes my job so much easier when you love the paintings you are working on. I have been posting the progress of the Callahan painting on my blog and will continue to post progress on all upcoming paintings. here is the quick link to the blog.

    This weekend is the Images Studio Tour
    at my studio/gallery. I invite you {!firstname} to drop by to  visit and see what is going on at my studio. This is the one time
    of year I can guarantee I will be available and not painting! The Callahan original will be on display as well as two new Giclée canvas’s. One of those new reproductions is Legends Of The Mist. After 10 years of people asking I have finally made a new limited edition print and canvas of my favorite painting of all time (displayed below). The Images Tour also offers 23 other art stops with 39 different artist’s work on display. For more information on the Images Studio Tour visit the website.

    In November I will be back in St.Albert, AB to teach my “Racoon Portrait” workshop. St.Albert and Halifax are my two favorite places to have a workshop, everyone there is so eager to learn and gives 110%. This workshop will be three days long and focus on the creation of detailed fur painting. If you are interested in the workshop visit my wildlife art website or visit Carole Maxwell at Paint For Joy  www.paint4joy.com. My website offers details on the day to day instruction and Carole’s website is where you would sign up for the workshop.

    Have a great fall season!

    This Enewsletter will be posted on my BLOG.

     
    Soaring Eagle Commission
    My new original of a soaring eagle is a commissioned work for Mike & Pattie Callahan of Riverside, RI and is untitled.

    I have been posting the progress of this original in  my blog and you can view the painting from start to finish in the various posts, view Derek Wicks Blogs here. Would love everyone’s help to come up with a name for this painting. If you have a good name for it send me an email through the contact page on my website. If I use the name I will tell the world it was you in my next Enewsletter!

     


    Events Calendar

     

    Images Studio Tour

    Wicks Studio Gallery

    October 7-10, 2011

    Horseshoe Valley, ON

    (705)
    835-5480

    Paint For Joy Workshop November 11-13, 2011

    St.Albert, AB

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    SEWE Show February 17-19, 2012

    Charleston, SC

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derekcwicks posted a photo: "Nu'thin Bruin" is the second piece I did of a Grizzly Cub that I had the opportunity to photograph in Alaska in 2006. My wife and I visited a wildlife rehabilitation farm were three orphaned Grizzly cubs shared an enclosement. It seems that the mother was shott and the cubs were left to fend for themselves. The rehabilitation centre has raising the cubs with the intent of re-release when they were big enough to defend themselves. I was lucky enough to spend the whole afternoon with them shooting over 200 photographs and finishing a couple of quick sketches. "Mischief's Bruin" was the first painting I did from the experience and can be viewed on my original art website. The two paintings are both 12x 12 and painted in acrylics on masonite.Both "Nu'thin Bruin" and "Mischief's Bruin" are owned by Fidel & Michelle Singh of Mississauga, ON. The location of the rehabilitation centre is marked by the location of this photo. I also used the fist image "mischief's Bruin" as an art instruction video on my Power To Paint website. the video is free and can be view by the public. The rehabilitation centre is also just north of Seward Alaska on the Seward Highway between Seward and Anchorage Alaska. Hope you enjoy the original! derekcwicks posted a photo: This painting was a commissioned piece of art for Mike & Pattie Callahan of Rhode Island, USA. Mike & Pattie really liked a painting of mine named "Racing The Storm" and wanted to commission me to do a painting similar to that one. This painting started as simply a soaring eagle against a sunset sky in the background. As I produced more colour roughs for them I sensed that they would be open to an new direction, the eagle soaring over the Rockie mountains. After several colour roughs and a reference to an old painting I did for one of my how to paint videos called "Wings Of Pride" the stage was set to create the newest Derek C Wicks painting entitled " Surveying the Realm" The paint is in acrylics an is 24x16 in size and was painted on primed masonite. The original art can also be viewed on my wildlife art website. The mountains in the foreground are the range around Mount Denali in Alaska. derekcwicks posted a photo: This is a pianting I did for the Wildlife Habitat Canada as a conservation stamp. Loved the colour and the gentle mood of the piece. A full story on the piece is available on my wildlife art website. Derek Wicks Website or Art Instruction website

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