tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90662370972440418762024-03-13T21:35:10.349-07:00Art by Melissa RicksMelissa Rickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068361974176558679noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066237097244041876.post-21808869806412505732009-05-15T13:54:00.000-07:002009-05-15T13:58:37.836-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yQbhmEAhyphenhyphenNe4W3pdkF2QFfqO2XYrGtzfRSpFZZlDFD-S2xTRhyphenhyphenADeFBqDRa3MuSSp3EDj2aNOSav49KO8QGdmXWL36JId9BVmvrEGy4zommDtXx28KTxbFIx7pcBaiB9Uoe28qDMuYM/s1600-h/finalpaintingrenee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yQbhmEAhyphenhyphenNe4W3pdkF2QFfqO2XYrGtzfRSpFZZlDFD-S2xTRhyphenhyphenADeFBqDRa3MuSSp3EDj2aNOSav49KO8QGdmXWL36JId9BVmvrEGy4zommDtXx28KTxbFIx7pcBaiB9Uoe28qDMuYM/s400/finalpaintingrenee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336157671047375810" /></a><br />Most recent painting. Private commission. Watercolor on watercolor paper.Melissa Rickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068361974176558679noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066237097244041876.post-84864581304460361322009-03-28T07:49:00.001-07:002009-03-28T08:23:44.686-07:008th International Church Art CompetitionI just spent way too much time on the computer looking at some great artwork found on this site <a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/museum/competition/1,16118,4091-1,00.html">HERE.</a><br />I set a goal to enter this competition and started working on a piece for it. But with a few challenges that surfaced around that time I wasn't able to finish the piece how I liked and I was running out of time. So I entered this piece at the last minute just to fulfill my goal. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUs5DY6BKY_ez4TwBZLRKd27xuUPtCqHcIm2VVCd_n_74BoOJJVsqXThiWu5SM2WpO31qo2dP4RnLHqCIYfYRhcRAKUxQPGzYsNTrNYmFO848Cs1fVr7_0yoN-RSHNUwuU5C57z2iyizA/s1600-h/finalpriesthood2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUs5DY6BKY_ez4TwBZLRKd27xuUPtCqHcIm2VVCd_n_74BoOJJVsqXThiWu5SM2WpO31qo2dP4RnLHqCIYfYRhcRAKUxQPGzYsNTrNYmFO848Cs1fVr7_0yoN-RSHNUwuU5C57z2iyizA/s400/finalpriesthood2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318257318919111250" /></a><br /> I took a photo that I used for this painting at a <a href="http://lds.org/broadcast/gc/0,5161,8584,00.html">General Conference</a> nearly 9 years ago. My dad was reading his scriptures while he waited in line for the General Priesthood meeting. There must have been a church photographer who took the exact same photo right before or after me because I later found the same photo in the Liahona magazine in the conference issue. Anyways I thought it was a great photo to paint but as I expected it didn't make the cut but at least I entered and I'm hoping and planning that next time I can devote more time on a better piece. <br /><br />Here is another watercolor painting that I did around the same time from a photo I took at the Utah Heritage Park in SLC.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-MHFIt8FzwGS8SeMxXnqM6ct612AayMg0UOgmiKB88c_0WlP6uDIxCUDJfynS3g2n0E2UkUC-0aB8lvFeVlBW2KRsmSdWRx3VP3XYoic94WHWo5CiUHCMuyuNsNz2yPG1Ol2z1v_1m4/s1600-h/finalwatergirl+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-MHFIt8FzwGS8SeMxXnqM6ct612AayMg0UOgmiKB88c_0WlP6uDIxCUDJfynS3g2n0E2UkUC-0aB8lvFeVlBW2KRsmSdWRx3VP3XYoic94WHWo5CiUHCMuyuNsNz2yPG1Ol2z1v_1m4/s400/finalwatergirl+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318257322129057410" /></a>Melissa Rickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068361974176558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066237097244041876.post-51101117614498434482009-02-19T10:51:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:54:50.391-08:00I'm attempting to paint my kids in watercolor. Watercolor seems to be a little less stressful and intimidating right now so it is my medium of choice(for now at least). This is Aubree at 16 months.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT-R799XAe-wI_hlo-zzx0S-GR2qQ4jJ6UGXvJF-OqK15bfQpSSQSozzoe2I_WVB40KDK2o063sE9p8t9C5Pq6izYu7aafe6Ybos8MmMs7y03H1u7L3FE9QsC5rEs-bTAXm-qgWrKsvU/s1600-h/aubree2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT-R799XAe-wI_hlo-zzx0S-GR2qQ4jJ6UGXvJF-OqK15bfQpSSQSozzoe2I_WVB40KDK2o063sE9p8t9C5Pq6izYu7aafe6Ybos8MmMs7y03H1u7L3FE9QsC5rEs-bTAXm-qgWrKsvU/s400/aubree2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304583395437613442" /></a>Melissa Rickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068361974176558679noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066237097244041876.post-78752573479616049612009-02-17T11:34:00.000-08:002009-02-17T11:52:03.231-08:00"The Temple, I'm Going There Someday"<br />Oil painting on sealed watercolor paper. Painted for Primary theme 2002. Published by Sounds of Zion.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhnCIKwFobtXgsP7WtuWrt96ccI-9XIRdS8NqISzrNABka1RXL_UUg3gtcIm9HyMd-WsQv8dwuBjBMK2_w1wvr0pr5c1ZM89hQ79IxM43j5iHU4YEHg6mLB-vuod5DLzIyxa_GEzU5RQ/s1600-h/Thetemple.goingtheresomeday.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhnCIKwFobtXgsP7WtuWrt96ccI-9XIRdS8NqISzrNABka1RXL_UUg3gtcIm9HyMd-WsQv8dwuBjBMK2_w1wvr0pr5c1ZM89hQ79IxM43j5iHU4YEHg6mLB-vuod5DLzIyxa_GEzU5RQ/s400/Thetemple.goingtheresomeday.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303852694774461266" /></a><br />"Little Helper" Oil on canvas painted from an old faded photo.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNlO-jIxISjH9oCZXIHnwUNcNIXCjd_AXLtCse76kg-jRP1XswSjAUsQyDmNzKYvzjAgWbQXxs4CeSI4vukUIXxHHspnhYSdbX52MBGdLAeZwLqdgezjiFIGnczwO8q1esqX-9ZIKIyw/s1600-h/newlittlehelper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNlO-jIxISjH9oCZXIHnwUNcNIXCjd_AXLtCse76kg-jRP1XswSjAUsQyDmNzKYvzjAgWbQXxs4CeSI4vukUIXxHHspnhYSdbX52MBGdLAeZwLqdgezjiFIGnczwO8q1esqX-9ZIKIyw/s400/newlittlehelper.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303852687609952274" /></a><br />"Sailing Boats with Mom" Oil on canvas painted from a photo I took.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gJexAL9vuxxD2Jb4ZZE9HGJYDj9BHasfnXXBMJ-n0UdoQvPeEMsFr-q0CUtN3Ou2Lf8x7giZUEcuhAVsKaqxJyXon1LL53SnecKhEMqeEnr0eyzlyvSJMsLU7iYmRnWN7x9uoQkKuNc/s1600-h/newlgsailingboats.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gJexAL9vuxxD2Jb4ZZE9HGJYDj9BHasfnXXBMJ-n0UdoQvPeEMsFr-q0CUtN3Ou2Lf8x7giZUEcuhAVsKaqxJyXon1LL53SnecKhEMqeEnr0eyzlyvSJMsLU7iYmRnWN7x9uoQkKuNc/s400/newlgsailingboats.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303852691132425154" /></a><br />"My Family Can Be Forever" Oil on canvas. Painted for the 2004 Primary Theme. Published by Sounds of Zion<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZq_3NoTKy2tWfdz_1-Wy9WebarEsfX5fAhRPTJfita4p-mggNc3IIUCO2ur_hfsHIMtiOsbuMuaEo6bCcZ7uQKlsWHBAnGGyd_HwrY02mpPfIaOpfFCMiyWjxY79U9IjTgDGfYYtDLk/s1600-h/MyFamilyCanBeForever.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZq_3NoTKy2tWfdz_1-Wy9WebarEsfX5fAhRPTJfita4p-mggNc3IIUCO2ur_hfsHIMtiOsbuMuaEo6bCcZ7uQKlsWHBAnGGyd_HwrY02mpPfIaOpfFCMiyWjxY79U9IjTgDGfYYtDLk/s400/MyFamilyCanBeForever.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303852688559470210" /></a><br />"Discovering Flowers" Oil on sealed watercolor paper. Painted from a photo I took.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rpMtv8KnM7WZ8008qBbsfSf5tTradldXVWxK8_NIkgIRjCdjeidzbo-HDCsydkou5rYKv_zktMkA_khBIfVRrwQrdX7w7_Qgt2NMpUH_aUCluAFCIm-xsdlASJKXS_OMzSgmeeiZc3o/s1600-h/kennaflower.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rpMtv8KnM7WZ8008qBbsfSf5tTradldXVWxK8_NIkgIRjCdjeidzbo-HDCsydkou5rYKv_zktMkA_khBIfVRrwQrdX7w7_Qgt2NMpUH_aUCluAFCIm-xsdlASJKXS_OMzSgmeeiZc3o/s400/kennaflower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303852686353522402" /></a>Melissa Rickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068361974176558679noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066237097244041876.post-60558664924934439852009-02-17T10:58:00.000-08:002009-02-17T11:10:53.210-08:00Baby Paintings<div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w561.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w561.photobucket.com/albums/ss55/caldwellricks/baby paintings/c99a869e.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s561.photobucket.com/albums/ss55/caldwellricks/baby%20paintings/?action=view¤t=c99a869e.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>
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<br />These paintings measure 10" x 10" and are a mixed media completed with oil paint, pastel and a little colored pencil on sealed watercolor paper. One can't help but paint their firstborn a lot. This is my Makenna at different ages. Completed in 2000-2001.
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