elisedodeles_bip4ms, Author at Elise Dodeles Art

Paintings of local scenes

I couldn’t wait to paint the animals at the Kate De Lane Farm after I returned from purchasing eggs there. The animals came running toward me and it made my day. The other scene is of rowers on the Delaware inspired by older LOC photos and the works of Thomas Eakins. Both are for sale locally. Kate De Lane Farm can be purchased at Duck Soup in New Hope, PA, and The Rowers will be for sale either at the upcoming A&C small works show online and in Doylestown, PA or the AOY show in Yardley, PA

oil on canvas panel, 11 x 14 inches October 2021

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Portrait of Mo’ne Davis, almost completed

Part of the Women Play Baseball series supported by the Russell J Efros Foundation

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Mo’ne Davis

Really happy with this portrait so far

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Covered Bridge

This is the Buckhorn Covered Bridge, also known as the Cogan House Covered Bridge in Lycoming County, PA

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Figure painting so far

I was able to get back to working on this

Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, 2021 (in process)

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Two Models with Flowers

Finally complete, for now

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Beginning, middle, end

These three paintings are in various stages of completion: I just started the painting of the sheep today, while I am working to bring the painting of two male models to completion. Mike’s garden is pretty much done. The most difficult part of painting for me is finishing. I am not sure if it is the actual tasks involved or the anxiety it brings, but I feel aggravated. The questions I ask myself when I am trying to finish a painting add to the frustration. “Are you sure you are done?”; “Can you do better?”; and the old chestnut “Is it really good enough?”