Finished! Happy 4th

Getting closer

Saving the flags

Started a good one for the 4th!

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Sasha end of first session

Sasha at 15 minutes

Starting a new Sasha painting

3 sessions @ 45 minutes

Smoked beercan chicken anyone?

Yup that's carmleized onions underneath

Painting with head flashlight

Also from last night

Getting dark out

(from last night)

Getting started

Beer then paint

Hoping for one of these when I paint tonight

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Does this work

Don't mind me

Just a tester. Sorry
Trying to figure some tech out.

Is this bigger

Is it?

Does this work?

Does this picture work?








I sure hope so

tailgate food from redskins-chiefs

Here is the menu for the Redskins-Chiefs Tailgate

Sweet potato hash (leeks, sweet and regular potatoes, buttermilk and biscuick batter drizzle prepared in bacon fat)

12 oz ribeyes cooked medium, and 2 eggs over easy.

Sierra Nevada

I am putting this up now so that I can gather suggestions for tomorrows Monday Night Football redskins tailgate.. Thinking fried cheese grits and seafood for the appetizer. and?

New Dictionary Paintings

Howdy!

I have not been blogging much lately, but I have been painting!

Here are the 3 latest from my Dictionary Series (posted on eBay every Monday)

"Seacoast" - my take on a fantastic J.S. Sargent painting.

currently on eBay

"Illuminate" painting candles from life is tough.

"Spill" My kids did get to eat the cookie after I painted it.

The next post will show you a few of the major works that I have finished in the past few months.

American Girl "felicity" painting

Hello again. This is a quick note to all of my friends with American Girl oving daughters that might want a cute (and cheap) Don Ripper orginal painting.


The ebay auction ends this Evening! (click here to go to the auction)
or go to ebay and search don ripper


Some of you know about my weekly "Dictionary" series that I paint on the pages of my old grade school dictionary. This weeks word is "Doll" you can view the entire series here


I painted my daughters Felicity doll just as I paint any of my serious portraits.





I start with charcoal



then paint



and keep on painting. (notice the barrette change)

See you all soon,

Don

New Stuff

Hi everyone!

I am trying to get better with getting the word out on my latest work.

I have been on a roll lately and want to share with you a few new projects I have been working on.

"The Dictionary Series"

A weekly project painted on the pages of my high school dictionary.

"Antietam" currently 19 paintings of the rural landscape

I have also been working on several portraits that I will get together for next weeks post.

Thanks for all of your support! I could not do it without you.

If you have any great ideas for me, or just want to chat, please feel free to drop me a line.

mailto:donald.ripper@verizon.net

http://www.donripper.com/

I am Back yet again!

This is the Antietam Series.

So far it has 19 paintings. Go here to see the first 7

One day a couple of years ago I was on my way home from Nema-Colin Woodland Resort. The traffic was horrible and I decided to take the Sharpsburg - Antietam exit to see what I could find. I was rewarded with these fantastic farm scenes that I sketched and painted until the traffic let up.

Using the sketches and small plein-air paintings, I developed this series that I loosely title Antietam. There are 19 paintings in the series, but I have not photographed them yet. Almost all of the series is either sold or spoken for, but if you are interested please contact me and I will let you know if another painting becomes available.

Back from the Beach!

Howdy!
I am so fresh and recharged from our family vacation.
Sitting on the beach, playing with my kids, and painting all day long makes a week go by awfully fast.

I painted under a big umbrella sitting right in the sand. I finished 5 paintings, and nearly finished 3 more. Of the finished paintings, 3 were sold right off the easel! There is no better feeling (artistically) than selling a plein air painting to strangers who shared the same perfect day that you captured on canvas.

The painting above was the first painting of the week, and was the first to sell.




These are someone elses kids (mine were moving around too much)




Here is my sandy paintbox.
Thanks for a great time Rehoboth!

Shady Side Beach

I painted this beauty with the wife and kids out on the eastern shore.
I did most of the work fighting the wind and gulls on a long pier.

It was a great weekend in which I started 7 paintings. This one measures 11" x 14" and is waiting to be framed. I will show you another later in the week.

This painting is available for sale in my Del Ray Gallery 709-519-6949. Please let me know if you are interested.

Don