Piedmont Foxhounds at Oakley, 2009
Painting by Gail Guirreri of Piedmont Foxhounds at Oakley, 2009.
"I had only been back in hunt country a year when I followed hounds the day I took this reference photo. There were quite a few special ones to choose from. Oakley is a beautiful fixture. I picked up on a pink light by mood more than visually. When I first started this canvas it was stretched on heavy bars. But after coming in to the studio's dry air the canvas was not tight enough. After spending a day hoping I could ignore it and I whiped off my days work, pulled the canvas and stretched it on a board back. Bill, my better half, built all my canvas boards for this show Tally Ho Holiday. I have gotten quite used to the feel of board behind my canvas and will not likely ever go back to normal stretching. The surface allows me to work faster and be more definite with my large brushes."
"I had opened a tube of naphol red scarlet to see how it might play with the other colors on my fall palette. When I whiped off my first start the scarlet mixed in with my asphaltum (brown) and made a beautiful tone on the canvas. I could hardly wait to get back to the painting. During the first start I had worked the hounds in very loosely and enjoyed the effect of the brush stroke representing their movement as they were starting off. Hounds to the left were drawn in but the hounds out front did not have strong edges. The horse is pleasantly forward and one I would happily take home. The scarlet worked nicely with hansa yellow deep, quin violet, asphaltum and some phthalo blue. My new favortie PR 102, transparent red ochre, has been used in all my hunting canvases this fall. It is not nearly as potent as PR 101s but one step away from flesh tones and a perfect mix with phthalo blue for warm and cool greys. This is the second largest canvas in the show and one of my favorites. Long Branch manor shows all my work beautifully. Special thanks goes to exectutive director Kelli Scarrow Patterson for hanging the paintings perfectly."
Hashes: Tally Ho Art Show, Piedmont Foxhounds at Oakleigh, 2009, Hunt Country Impressions Byrne Gallery,
Tally Ho Art Show
Afternoon Ride
Hunt Landscape, V
Friesians, four in hand
The Three Huntsmen
Christmas Hound
Hunting Home
Flying Hunt Coat Field Hunter Championships
Tally Ho Holiday Art Show at Long Branch Historic House and Farm
Huntsman from the Forrest Shadows
Zohar Ben Dov on a grey hunter with Orange County Hounds
Middleburg Christmas Parade Huntsman
Summer Pleasures, Hound Walk
OCH Cubbing with Charlie Matheson, I
OCH Cubbing with Charlie Matheson II
Cubbing Field Hunters, Field Hunter Championships
BRH Closing Meet with Karen Ewbank
OCH Happy Hunting with Malcolm Matheson
Patience, a portrait of Jt MFH Penny Denegre and her champion sidesaddle mare Garnet
OCH Hunting on foot with Reg Spreadborough
Working Forward, a huntsman on the ridge
Full Cry Hounds
Jingles, a beagle portrait
Golden Field Hunter
The Field Hunter, I
The Tantivy Coach
Billy BC Douglas, a portrait
Blue Ridge Hunt Thanksgiving Meet with Graham Buston
Gone to Ground, OCH Thanksgiving Day
Hunt Country Impressions Byrne Gallery
The Three Huntsmen
Christmas Hound
Upperville Family Class, I
Summer Pleasures, Hound Walk
Cubbing Field Hunters, Field Hunter Championships
Working Forward, a huntsman on the ridge
Full Cry Hounds
The Field Hunter, I
Blue Ridge Hunt Thanksgiving Meet with Graham Buston
Summer Sunrise with Snickersville Hounds
Gone to Ground, OCH Thanksgiving Day
Summer Afternoon Carriage Drive
National Sporting Library Polo, I
Hunt Country Impressions Solo Artist Exhibition at Byrne Gallery
Sidesaddle in Purple and Green
Blue Ridge Hunt Races, II
Friesian Mare in the Stables
Champion hunter mare portrait of Rejoice and her colt Quiver
The Sun Bathers, dressage horses resting in water and light
First Field Orange Country Hounds
Cloverlone Mare Field Sunset
Hunting Aside, a portrait of Devon Z
Holsteiner Stallion Portrait, R-Flash-Gordon
Nancy Dillon hunting with Piedmont Fox Hounds, Liz Callar reference photo
Portrait of a Foxhunter in Piedmont Cubbing Season reference photo by Liz Callar
Pony Home the Fieldhunter
Showbiz, a portrait of a grand Dutch KWPN mare by Jazz
Portrait of a Conformation Hunter
The Sun Bathers, II
The Byrne Gallery Artist Reception, Hunt Country Impressions
Hunt Country Impressions Gallery Talk with Gail Guirreri-Maslyk, The Byrne Gallery
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