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Painting- Ring Around

richardhouck — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:29:17 +0000

A time to play

This is a painting that I have been working on the concept for over a year. The first concept was too busy. The other night I came up with this concept. I have started putting it onto the canvas. I will update as I go.

I remember the day that we were working on this painting. It was 97 in the shade. The young ladies were having a great time just playing.

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Water Lillies

richardhouck — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:38:09 +0000

Working on a painting of a pond with water lillies and goldfish. And yes my granddaughter.

When I get this onto a canvas and start putting oil onto the canvas, I will add blooms on the taller plants.

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One of the Family

richardhouck — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:24:19 +0000

Oil painting that I am working on. Patsy Keenum’s lovable family dog.

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Booneville PomPom Team 2009

richardhouck — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:58:12 +0000

Pompom Team

Kelli, you can jump. More pictures are here –click below. Also go to our Facebook page. Houck portraits

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Continuing Education

richardhouck — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:42:29 +0000

We attended the Delta School at Hot Springs Arkansas in February.

Linda went to the Children’s Portraiture with Ernie and Lorraine Johnson and I went to Advance Painter with Jim Cunningham. This is one painting that I created in the class. The painting is of Millie Kate Nails.

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2009 Upward Booneville

richardhouck — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:28:13 +0000

We had a great day Saturday with the Upward kids. Everyone had fun showing the many sides of their different personalities. We went from no smiles to smiles to smirks to just plain having silly fun.

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2009 Upward Booneville

Pictures are loaded.

We did not put a back ground on all the pictures because it would take us until next week to have them up.

These pictures are available for you to look at and you can make addition purchases.

The ones for Upwards package are ordered and they are being printed. They can not be changed.

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Dining Alone

richardhouck — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:48:42 +0000

Recently, I saw a woman dining alone. Despite the hustle and bustle of a restaurant lunch crowd, she rarely raised her eyes from her meal. While working on the canvas, I’ve thought a lot about how mysterious and wonderful life can be at any given moment.

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The Day the War Stopped: Confederate Soldier and Mason

richardhouck — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:34:58 +0000

The Day the War Stopped

I’d like for you all to meet Hobert Leake, direct descendant of the Confederate soldier W.W. Leake. Hobert and several other Civil War buffs hold an annual re-enactment the of ceremonial Masonic burial of Union Lt. Commander John E. Hart, known as “The Day The War Stopped”.

Lt. Commander John E. Hart of New York, commander of the Albatross, was killed in battle June 11, 1863, during the bombardment of St. Francisville, Louisiana on the Mississippi River. Unable to send Hart’s body back to New York, several of his soldiers appealed to the Confederate Masons of St. Francisville for a proper burial.

W.W. Leake, being the Senior Warden of the Feliciana Lodge No. 31 F and AM, honored their request. Leake said as a soldier: it was his duty to permit burial of deceased members of the armed forces of any government – and as a Mason: it was his duty to accord Masonic burial to the remains of a brother Mason regardless of circumstances in the outside world.

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