lesli devito paintings Ginger Pie 30″ x 40″ I love the colors in this painting…the deep pinks, the rusts and the golds and even oranges…. I love color. I love to paint. I get asked all the time “How did you get started painting? Did you go to ART School? Did you always want to… Read More lesli devito paintings – Ginger Pie and Being a ARTIST
Lesli DeVito Paintings introduces the NEWEST member of the herd “LILLY –of the VAlley” Lilly of the Valley30″ x 40″$1200 Currently for Sale- Hattie36″ x 36″$1,200 Rue30″ x 30″$850 Sunny30″ x 30″$850 Gardenia30″ x 30″$950 Ginger Pie30″ x 40″$1.200 lsdevito@gmail.com XO
I cannot believe that I leave in two days for the Haven Conference in Atlanta!!! Per usual, I am so in the weeds that I really have done little by way of preparation except …think about outfits. Every night I go to bed and say… “Okay, before you fall asleep think through all the logistics… Read More DOGS AND POOLS AND LAKES AND DOGS
Pet Portraits. Remember the painting I did of “Bogey”. THE LITTLE WHITE POODLE…. and the amazing mantle styling I featured a few weeks ago? Well, Bogey has a buddy… “Brodie” (LOVE these names) Brodie is quite the personaility and actually remindS me, in photos anyway, of our dog “Dash” “Brodie” and here is “Brodie” with his… Read More CUSTOM PET PORTRAITS – MEET "BRODIE"
Recently our Elemementary School PTO commissioned me to do a PET PORTRAIT of our retiring Vice Principal’s Dog… or rather of the Breed of dog, for as it turns out, the Vice Principal is foremost in the field of Breeding and showing Irish Wolfhounds. The eyes! Tonuchka Irish Wolf Hounds I learned so much about… Read More CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT – IRISH WOLFHOUND
THESE ARE BUSY TIMES… The end of the school year, as everyone knows can be crazy busy…. Everything comes to a head… Everything HAS to get done and in my house…everyone but one child is having a Graduation. It is all very VERY exciting. Grandparents are coming and gifts are flowing, parties are being planned… Read More LESLI DEVITO PAINTINGS…"BLUE RIDGE MEDITATION"
last week, I introduced you to Bogey… ..the poodle doggie with the sweet terrier haircut, the 14 year old sweet boy of whom I painted this portrait…. …and yesterday my client sent me a photo of the finished product in her home upon her GORGEOUS mantel!!!! get ready to weep!!!!! I am over the moon… Read More Bogey at Home
The number of the week is 14! Yesterday my sweet baby GIRL …..turned 14. I know for you Moms of bitty ones, that might seem like a million years from now… in fact… Some of you were probably 14 yourselves …what seems like a minute ago… but let me tell you… the day seemed to… Read More CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT- Meet "BOGEY" at FOURTEEN!
I kid you not… when I paint a portrait of a dog… or a cat or a cow or a chicken or anything really… by the time I am finished… I feel like I KNOW them… …it is such an intimate experience …getting the eyes, just right…the noses and the soft ears… I love what… Read More CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT – MEET "LUKE"
This week I will feature daily, NEW paintings which will be in my show which opens Saturday April 1. MONDAY “BIGBLUEBARN” 30″ x 30″acrylic on canvas 5 MORE DAYS! BIGBLUEBARN will have a different name… but will be in the show. The walls to the Gallery space are a beautiful deep red. I can’t wait… Read More Monday’s painting…BIG BLUE BARN
