"Koi" Daily Painting #33

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Daily Painting #33 “Koi”

February 12, 2008

Well it is Award Season, which is why I’ve been a bit absent from the Daily Paintings. I’ll probably be able to finish one more before the Red Carpet for the Oscar’s starts. If you don’t already know, my business partner, Dena and I will be painting the big golden Oscar statues all week down in Hollywood. If you think about it, google either one of us during the week, we pop up in all kinds of strange places on the web (Gayle Etcheverry & Dena D'Angelo)

So the subject for today’s painting is from a photograph I took in Maui at the Westin Hotel in Kanapali. They have a beautiful courtyard area with a huge koi pond that has black swans and flamingos. So stay tuned, I’m sure I’ll be painting the other inhabitants of the pond soon.

This is a 6”x8” canvas, acrylic painting. You can see the steps taken in my small, 30-second video on youtube titled ‘Koi’ at http://www.youtube.com/GBHArtists

I’ve been reading the book, ‘A New Earth’ by Eckart Tolle over the past few days, and I must say I am enjoying it. It’s a lot to absorb, but if you had any interest in The Secret DVD, you could say this book is for someone who is looking to dive much deeper into the unknown of your own inner being (without trying to sound too wacky ☺) Oprah is doing an online class with this book beginning March 3rd, so I am trying to finish the book before the class begins. That way I can reread each chapter with the virtual class. Its free, so if you are interested check out her web site http://www.Oprah.com and let me know if you are reading it too, maybe we can make a study group of our own? What do you think of that??

Well I hope you have a great day and until next time…

Peace & blessings,
Gayle Etcheverry

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