http://www.rachelmcotton.com The Art of Rachel M Cotton Tue, 08 May 2012 14:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/04/ye-olde-woody-graced-my-life/ http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/04/ye-olde-woody-graced-my-life/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:10:41 +0000 Rachel Cotton http://www.rachelmcotton.com/?p=2044 When Jenna Donahue called to ask me to create an old woody for her, I was stumped. I had no idea what an old woody was. I Googled it. Old trusty, that Google. I found tons of images of woodys.  Yet I wondered how on earth I was going to find a real life woody to photograph for original reference material, and then the universe once again amazed me with its magic. My studio neighbor, Lorene Lovell, told me she had a friend whose husband had a real life woody. A woody he rebuilt with his own hands. A woody that has won awards and been places. I was thrilled!! "When can we visit?" I asked. [c... Read more..]]> http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/04/ye-olde-woody-graced-my-life/feed/ 2 http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/04/pet-portrait-commission-complete/ http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/04/pet-portrait-commission-complete/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:40:19 +0000 Rachel Cotton http://www.rachelmcotton.com/?p=2041 I love to do pet portraits. Animals are amazing, and they bring such joy to our lives. This one I started twice. The first one just didn't capture the essence of this pups personality. I tried a new technique with this piece. The background w... Read more..]]> http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/04/pet-portrait-commission-complete/feed/ 2 http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/03/published-in-north-carolinas-gaston-woman-a-publication-of-the-gaston-gazette/ http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/03/published-in-north-carolinas-gaston-woman-a-publication-of-the-gaston-gazette/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:21:26 +0000 Rachel Cotton http://www.rachelmcotton.com/?p=2035 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Gaston Woman Cover Illustration"]I[/caption] I walked into Arts on Main. I was headed toward a productive arting session in my warm and cozy studio, but something caught my eye as I was chatting with my wo... Read more..]]> http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/03/published-in-north-carolinas-gaston-woman-a-publication-of-the-gaston-gazette/feed/ 0 http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/02/book-of-faces-perso-2/ http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/02/book-of-faces-perso-2/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:48 +0000 Rachel Cotton http://www.rachelmcotton.com/?p=1934 [caption id="attachment_1933" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Took the kids on a sort of spontaneous trip to Washington DC"][/caption] Title: "Took the ki... Read more..]]> http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/02/book-of-faces-perso-2/feed/ 0 http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/02/book-of-faces-person-1/ http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/02/book-of-faces-person-1/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:20:00 +0000 Rachel Cotton http://www.rachelmcotton.com/?p=1940 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Today is John's birthday"][/caption]   Title: "Today is John's birthday." Read more..]]> http://www.rachelmcotton.com/2012/02/book-of-faces-person-1/feed/ 0