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Amanda Hopsecker
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Wyomingite
Grew up in YNP

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Reservoir Sunset

Digital art creation. Trying to improve with this medium.

#digitalart #ahopsecker #sunset #lake #water #reflection #peace #light #jwartist
Digital art creation. The scene is looking across a reservoir at sunset, with the sun peeking through trees on the left side. There are trees scattered through the water, with gentle waves throughout. The portion of shoreline that's visible is quite rocky, with both the sand and rocks strongly reflecting the golden color of sunset.
December 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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A pet portrait I finished up recently.

6x6 acrylic on stretched canvas
An acrylic painting on stretched canvas shows a longer haired dog wearing a tiny blue and red cowboy hat. The dog is mostly a brown color with a strip of white fur down the face in between the eyes and over the snout, and it continues to a white chest. The painting only feature the dog's head and upper chest area. The background is completely black.
June 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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After the Storm

Part of my Wyoming series of ACEOs that I started and have yet to finish.

Acrylic on a trading card sized paper.

#atc #aceo #art #wyoming #wyomingartist #ahopsecker #jwartist #windmill #storm #thunderstorm #acrylic #weather #blue
A painted trading card using acrylic paint. The picture shows a windmill on the left side on yellowish green land. The background shows a sky after a storm came through. The sky closest to the horizon is still quite dark in color, and it gets lighter the higher up it goes. There are scattered clouds through the sky. Some clouds are white and some are quite dark in color, as if they still have rain left in them to drop, but they just aren't big enough.
February 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Ruddy Gaze

Tiny acrylic art... Painted on a trading card, about 2.5"x3". This is part of a series of Wyoming sights. I still have two to finish. Eventually, I'll get back to it.

#aceo #atc #painting #cow #wyoming #wyomingart #wyomingartist #jwartist #acrylic #cattle #livestock
Tiny acrylic painting the size of a trading card, or baseball card. The painting features a red colored cow. It's a face shot. The background is a basic blue.
January 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Looking Up One Last Time

Memorial pet portrait for two beloved fur babies

Acrylic on 6x6 stretched canvas

#art #petportait #wyomingartist #dogs #jwartist #painting #acrylic #realism #memories
Pictured is an acrylic painting of two small dogs looking up while standing on the floor. The dog on the left is a creamy white color with a short, but shaggy, fur coat. The dog on the right is a bit smaller and looks to be a bit older. The dog on the right has a black fur coat that is also short and shaggy. The ground they are standing on shoes light and shadows but is painted a simple neutral brown color.
January 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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The Whispers of Winter Collection.

Launching 1/20 at 8 am pacific.

A collection dedicated to the slow, quiet days of winter. The pastel hues that grace early sunsets, the calm of snow deep on the Cascades and gray blanketing the Salish Sea.

A collection meant to bring calm.
January 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Side-eyed Relaxin'

Acrylic on 6x18 stretched canvas

#art #artsy #petportrait #painting #artist #jwartist #wyomingartist #dog #dogs #ahopsecker #acrylic
An acrylic painting on a 6x18 stretched canvas. The painting is a dog, light brown to orange in color with subtle black stripes in its fur. The dog is laying on the ground, fully stretched out with its legs stretched out all the way behind it. The dog is looking over its shoulder, giving a side eye of caution. The dog is wearing a pink collar.
January 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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The last of the bookmarks in the set I painted throughout the past year-ish.

#art #artsy #flowers #birds #painting #wyomingartist #jwartist #bookmarks #fun #cute #creative
Two vertically painted bookmarks pictured. The first is a type of green twisting vine with pink flowers growing from it. The flowers are darker pink on the outside, and lighter pink to white on the inside. The second is a small bird perched on barbed wire. The bird is gray to black with a white chest with a patch of yellow on its chest, as well as some yellow on its face. One vertically painted bookmark pictured. The bookmark shows two small closed tulips, not yet fully bloomed. The tulips are are dark pink to red color. There's a splash of blue coloring the background.
January 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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The jellyfish was my first attempt. The redwing blackbird is probably my favorite out of this set.

#art #painting #wyoming #wyomingartist #jwartist #bookmarks #birds #landscape #jellyfish #artsy
Two vertically painted bookmarks pictured. The first is a beach scene at sunset or sunrise. There are gentle waves in the water, and there's a palm tree silhouette in the foreground. The second one is of a redwing blackbird holding onto a small twig while looking off into the distance. Redwing blackbirds have a strip of red and of yellow on their wings. They are very noticeable when the bird is in flight, and minimally noticeable when the bird is not in flight. Two vertically painted bookmarks pictured. The first is a simple winter scene at night. The landscape is snow covered with two evergreens also covered in snow. The full moon is giving off lots of light, creating light and shadow with the trees and landscape. The second bookmark features a jellyfish. Everything is in varying shades of blue. There are bubbles around the jellyfish indicating an underwater scene.
January 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Four more bookmarks from 2024. I'm not sure what the bird with the orange head is, but it's such a cool looking bird! If anyone knows what it's called, please share!

#art #fun #painting #jwartist #wyomingartist #birds #joy #nature #love #flowers #beach #life
Two vertically painted bookmarks pictured. The first bookmark shows a bird perched on a twig. The bird has bright orange and light blue coloring on its head with a black band across the eyes to the beak. The chest feathers have an iridescence about them with similar highlights on a light color. The second bookmark shows a beach scene after sundown. The water has a few gentle waves, but it's only lightly reflecting any light left in the atmosphere. There's a dock or pier out in the distance, but it looks high above the water, likely because it's low tide. Two vertically painted bookmarks pictured. The first bookmark shows a mostly yellow daffodil. It's just the single flower behind a very light blue background. The second one shows a hummingbird in flight approaching a small pink flower to gather some nectar as food. The background is also very neutral with a few light splashes of pink coloring, as if showing more flowers off in the distance.
January 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Four bookmarks finished up. Painting water is always a challenge for me. Painting the Old Faithful geyser is also a challenge, but I grew up in Yellowstone, so I'll forever want to keep trying.

#wyoming #wyomingartist #wyomimgart #art #painting #jwartist #duckling #flowers #yellowstone #ynp
Two vertically painted bookmarks pictured. The first is a sunset over a body of water. The sky is patchy with clouds and very orange. There are a few birds flying around in front of the sun. There are a few very gentle waves in the water. The second bookmark is a duckling swimming in water and touching it's bill to the water. The bookmark only shows the front of the duckling, as if it's zoomed in very close, as well as a few ripples being created on the surface of the water. Two vertically painted bookmarks pictured. The first bookmark is a view of the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupting. The steam from the geyser is moving to the left, away from the eruption of water. There's a forested hillside in the background, and it's a clear sunny day. The ground around the geyser appears white from all the minerals and sulfur present in the water. The second bookmark has two purple flowers on stems. The background is a neutral color, like a light pink.
January 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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A few more bookmarks painted in 2024. I kept the bluejay for myself.

#art #acrylic #wyomingart #wyomingartist #jwartist #ahopsecker #birds #milkyway #waterfall #elephant #bookmarks #nature #animals
Three painted bookmarks pictured. The first is the top half of a bluejay on the left side with a slight splash of pink and yellow watercolor in the background. The second is the face of an elephant on the left side, with a splash of multicolored watercolor in the background. The third is the night sky with some trees and bushes on the landscape in silhouette. The night sky features the Milky Way. Two vertically painted bookmarks pictured. The first is a bird looking at the viewer with his head cocked to the side. The second is a waterfall coming from high up a hillside, running through rocks and greenery to a body of water at the bottom.
January 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Keila Butterfly

(Keila pronounced: kee-lah)

Acrylic on 16x20 stretched canvas

This print is available on my Redbubble account, link in profile.

#art #butterfly #acrylic #jwartist #wyomingartist #painting #ahopsecker
Painting of a dark pink butterfly with white highlights on the wings and body. The butterfly is in the bottom right corner of the painting, with similar colored dots of color around it. The background is mostly brown with a turquoise and light brown drizzled in, as if raining. In the open space of the painting are a few light green flower-like shapes, or round patterned designs, almost like a simple mandala.
December 31, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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Six of the bookmarks I painted earlier this year. I used a shimmer paint on the wood duck, which I thought made it look more real to life.

#art #painting #bookmarks #acrylic #ahopsecker #wyomingartist #birds #landscape #sunset #jwartist
Three painted bookmarks pictured. The top bookmark is a mountain range that's mostly bare with some patches of trees following the slopes. The sky is mostly clear and blue. The second bookmark is of a bird with a black head and wings, and a white chest with the exception of a red patch that looks to be the shape of a heart. It has a short light colored beak. The third bookmark is a beach scene with mounds on the beach with patches of dry grass growing up on the tops. It's a partially sunny day with noticeable clouds. Three painted bookmarks pictured. The top bookmark is a head shot of a wood duck. It has shimmery green and purple feathers with back and white. The eye is bright red. The beak, or bill, is an orange-red color. The second bookmark is a sunset scene in a prairie setting. There are trees in the distance diffused in the glowing sunlight. There are a few birds flying in the distance. There are a few tall pieces of grass poking up in the foreground as silhouettes in the sunlight. The third bookmark is a beach scene with taller hills in the distance with some greenery on top. The waves are clearly seen in the water and the sand is still wet where the water has receded before the next larger incoming wave.
December 29, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Another set of bookmarks. The snowy mountain scene and the thunderstorm scene are both from photos taken from my home state of Wyoming!

#art #wyomingart #wyomingartist #cardinal #birds #painting #jwartist #landscape #sunset #sunrise #mountains #winter #ahopsecker #thunderstorm #clouds
Three painted bookmarks pictured. The top bookmark is of a male cardinal bird. The background is neutral with white and gray, and it's snowing. The second bookmark is a mountain scene with a lake in the foreground. On the ground to the right of the lake is a patch of evergreen trees. The third bookmark is a sunset over the ocean. The sun is partially behind clouds, so there are rays of light intermingled with the clouds. Three painted bookmarks pictured. The top bookmark is a mountain scene in wintertime. The mountains appear bright blue in the crisp daylight light. In front of the mountains are several trees and shrubs. All the branches and leaves left on are covered in frost so they appear completely white. In the foreground is tall grass that is also covered in pure white frost. The second bookmark is a sunset or sunrise scene over a body of water. There are hills off in the distance, and in the middle of the water is a little sliver of land breaking up the water reflection. There are a few trees and bushes on the strip of land. The third bookmark shows a thunderstorm in Wyoming. The majority of the scene is the giant storm cloud moving over a small town. The town only appears as little lights dotting the landscape. There's a giant lightning streak coming from the cloud and touching the ground off in the distance away from the town. The storm is rolling through around the time of sunset or dusk.
December 27, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Six bookmarks I created this year. The spider was probably my favorite to create.

#art #bookmarks #paintings #jwartist #ahopsecker #acrylic #wildlife #landscapes #mountains #sunset #birds #coast #spider #wyomingartist
Three painted bookmarks. The top bookmark is a small yellow bird with black and white on its feathers. The background is simple with a blue sky and the bird standing on a piece of wood. The second bookmark is a task mountain scene just after a rain storm with a portion of a rainbow reaching up to the clouds from between the mountains. The third bookmark is an ocean coastline scene. On the right side is a mound on the beach with tall grass growing up and rocks in the foreground. Three painted bookmarks pictured. The first bookmark is a close-up of a hummingbird in flight sucking nectar from a flower. The flower is a light pink color and rather small. The hummingbird is mostly shimmery green with white feather on its neck. The background is neutral. The second bookmark is a spider walking on a floor into sunlight. The angle of the painting is as if you're laying on the floor looking at the spider walking away from you. The coloring is very basic on this one. The spider is more of a silhouette with a shadow underneath from the light. The third bookmark is a sunset on a lake. There's a hillside off in the distance, either a small island in the lake, or the other side of the lake. Right in the foreground, across the whole painting is a piece of tall grass with berry pods hanging down. I don't know the variety of grass it is, but it's catching the light from the sun.
December 25, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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I love painting bookmarks. I have plenty more to share. This is where I experiment with new ideas and challenge my boundaries.

#acrylic #art #bookmarks #jwartist #ahopsecker #landscapes #animals #birds #waterfall #mountains #flowers #wyomingartist
Three smaller bookmarks pictured. The top being a small flower, sometimes called a Johnny Jump-up, I think. The second bookmark is a bird, mostly gray with brown on the back of the head and black and white stripes on the top of the head. The bird is fluffed out to stay warm in wintertime. It is perched on a branch that's collecting snow. The third bookmark is a mountain scene with a lake in the foreground. There are hills between the mountains and lake that are covered in evergreen trees. Three painted bookmarks pictured. The top bookmark is an owl in flight. The owl is different shades of brown. The second bookmark is a gentle creek in a forested area with a small waterfall featured. The waterfall is created by large rocks, and the water is only trickling down around the rocks. The third bookmark is a daisy. The daisy is facing up toward the sky, so the painting shows the daisy profile. The background is a light pink.
December 23, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Waiting For Momma

Acrylic on a wood slab about 6"x8" in size

It supposed to be part of a series of four animals hiding in a hole, but I haven't finished the rest. Maybe someday.

#art #artwork #painting #jwartist #birds #acrylicart #ahopsecker #wyomingartist #wood #woodpecker #babies
December 18, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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Still Kicking

As far as I know, the little brown dog is still alive, somewhere around 20 years old! The other dog is also still alive, although not as old.

Acrylic on 8x10 canvas

#dogs #art #artwork #painting #acrylic #acrylicart #artist #jwartist #wyomingartist #petportrait #animals
A painting of two older dogs. They are both small dogs. The dog on the left is mostly white with black fur on his head and down his back. His eyes are brown and blue. He's overweight. The dog on the right is much smaller, mostly with fur of burnt sienna color, or an orange/brown. His face is framed with significant amounts of white fur indicating his old age. They are sitting on a very fuzzy white blanket on a sage green couch.
December 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Missed Best Friend

Acrylic on 6x6 stretched canvas

#art #artwork #painting #acrylic #cat #cats #petportrait #pets #ahopsecker #wyomingartist #jwartist
An acrylic painting of an orange tabby cat, facing the viewer but looking off to the side. A remembrance painting of a cat that passed away. He's older in the painting, after having lived a long and happy life.
December 12, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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Mother and Daughter

Acrylic on 11x14 stretched canvas

#art #petportrait #dogs #ahopsecker #jwartist #wyomingartist #painting #acrylicart
Two black and white dogs, pitbull mix, sitting side by side looking at the camera. One dog is the mother and the other is her daughter.
December 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Kitty Royalty!

Acrylic on 11x14 stretched canvas

#art #artist #cat #cats #royalty #ahopsecker #jwartist #petportrait #kitty #wyomingartist #cute
December 7, 2024 at 1:48 PM
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Looking for prompts to practice digital art... An emotion/feeling with a location. As an example: intrigued and cave, or, suspicious and forest.

Any ideas?

If I can create a cool scene, I'll try and get it posted in the near future.
December 6, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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Years ago, I thought to myself... What would it be like if there was a sad flower caught in the rain, holding onto the last thing that made it happy... A dying helium balloon? Well, here's how it turned out.

#sad #sadflower #flower #rain #ahopsecker #art #balloon #badday #mood #sadness
December 4, 2024 at 5:14 AM
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One image is half photo reference and half painting. The other is the full painting.

Acrylic on 6x6 stretched canvas

#petportrait #art #painting #acrylic #acrylicart #jwartist #dogs #wyomingartist #ahopsecker
December 2, 2024 at 5:06 PM