Annamieka Davidson

artworks in progress & my life in the pacific northwest. portland, oregon USA

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A self portrait - we are introducing ourselves in week one of @florabowley's bloom true online painting class. She has invited all alumni to join in again this summer and there are 458 people in the class! You can still register. I am honored and delighted to take part again. It is already so different. I am already so different. #bloomtrue #nofilter #selfie

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Delivering this painting to its new home this morning! A good way to start the week!

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Figuring out the figure; four hours of figure painting, condensed into fifteen seconds wheeee! painting from a live model - thinking about color - I'm loving exaggerating the pinks in the noses and feet and hands here. #figurepainting #howitsmade #timelapse #paintingtimelapse

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Focused. Working on paintings in my home art studio that Peter recently built. Photo by Seika, visiting us from Japan. #studioshot #atwork #inthestudio #focus #palette #painter #portlandartist #portlandoregon

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Want to see six hours of painting sped up into fifteen seconds? Figuring out the figure...painting from a live model over two consecutive Saturdays. You can see in the middle, I completely start over on the head. There is a sign up in the studio at OCAC that says "there is nothing that I cannot paint over" and I totally took that to heart this time. #figurepainting #livemodel #portrait

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Sold!!! This woman came over and bought this painting before I was even set up! Here she is walking home with it in her hands💕🔹💪🌎🌊🌿🙌

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Keep your chin up! I'm at 21st and Alberta although I may be relocating due to a strong smell of solvents I didn't notice when I first set up here chalk it all up to learning!

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Today I'm double-dog-daring myself to sell my art at the Last Thursday event on Alberta St even though I don't feel ready at all! So I set up my booth in my backyard this morning to practice. I could use the practice of putting myself out there a few times before all my big fancy art events in May. And I could use the income right now from selling things if anything sells. And I'm just curious about how the world will react to my work. But I don't have all the details and things in place and I'm freaking out. I am doing this to learn how to do this. My mentors all say "start before you're ready" so ...here we go!!! Come visit me today if you're in Portland! #startbeforeyoureready #lastthursday #alberta #portlandoregon #portlandartist #paintingsforsale #workinprogress

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My amazing friend Corie @talkingwallsmurals presented a whole body of art work tonight that tells the story of her time in Madagascar as a peace corps volunteer. All sales from this series go to fund a non profit that supports Madagascar. She's always been an incredible artist and she used her talents as a force of good, as she painted educational murals and illustrated a medicinal plant book. Simply amazing. I'm so proud of you Corie!!!! You can hire her to paint lush, colorful custom murals and more: TalkingWallsMurals.com #amazingfriends #madagascar #benefit #paintings #talkingwallsmurals

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I made another flipagram as I painted the finishing details and then I take you on a close up tour of the finished painting. "Spring emerging" 60" x 40" x 1.5" Acrylic on canvas $950 for the original painting Prints will be available soon, $28 on 8 x10" paper I'll make this into a textile, and make a set of throw pillows, too! #painting #process #howitsmade #timelapse #surfacedesign #spring #leaf #emerge #acrylicpaint

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Weaving imagery through the layers as the painting emerges. #paintingprocess #workinprogress #emerging #leaves #spring #wip

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So grateful for this day of wave riding with my amazing friend Stacey Mairs @midnightpacific; kindred spirits in art, massage and surfing! We were actually able to take our minds off of our businesses for most of the day✨Check out her incredible jewelry infused with a deep love of the ocean @midnightpacific #midnightpacific #oregoncoast #oregonsurfing #womensurf

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Series of three bicycle paintings with their model, Linus the bike. I think I'll carry small canvases around with me more often that was a fun stop on the bike ride home. These will be for sale in my Etsy store in a couple of minutes...wheeee!

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This was me, super excited the very first moment I stepped foot on the campus of #ocac #oregoncollegeofartandcraft earlier today. Today was day one of The Figure in Paint class that will go for ten weeks. I am a lucky duck and I am on a scholarship to be able to take part in this class. Good things are happening and I'm in love with painting. #stoked #grateful (at OCAC -- Oregon College of Art and Craft)

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There's no more reason to wait. The first painting baby is born in the new series. Line is from a song by the band Joseph i have been singing along to their album the whole evening. Love love love them.

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ending my work day, grateful to for this peaceful place to practice. ✨✨✨✨✨🙌 If you know anyone looking for space in SE Portland, I'm renting out Sundays and half day Mondays, with other days occasionally available as well. Shared with ND and two LMTs. #massage #clinic #healing #space #southeast #portland #pdx (at Nourish Integrative Massage Therapy)

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GO OREGON!!!