Judy Lalingo Animal & Nature Paintings

About Judy

Judy Lalingo enjoys her time outdoors sketching, painting, and photographing everything from horses and hounds to birds and wildlife. Her work ranges from tightly rendered miniatures in acrylic to looser oils of landscapes and animal studies. The artist values her experiences in the field and feels that it lends authenticity to her work.

Her formal studies began with the New School of Art in Toronto, a UNESCO project where working professional painters led courses in drawing, anatomy… more

Little Peaces

This is a collection of some of my smaller miniature pieces that are exhibited in several international juried competitions. The essence of a miniature is to uphold all the qualities of a major work within a size small enough to fit your palm. Most of these works are 2 3/8" x 3 3/8" or 3" x 4" acrylic on panel. It's an interesting discipline, as it takes precision to work this small, but it is also a springboard to pursue the idea in a much larger format.

Up

Crows are often in my work. As in life. Looking up, being up.
Fall Moon

Patterns of the season.
Motherland

A little part of Newfoundland as a monumental presence. My mother is a Newfoundlander. Won 3rd Place, Art Gallery of Fells Point, North American Miniature Art Exhibition, 2007.
Sky Play

Crows can own the sky. Won Honourable Mention - Oils & Acrylics - Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravures of Washington DC (MPSGS) 2007.
Beach Strider

Attitude.
Algonquin

One of my favourite places. Won Honourable Mention - Landscapes - Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF) 2008.
The Magic Watchers

Lunar glory.
Five Pines & a Crow

Universal, both pines & crows.
The Little One

Life from a foal's point of view.
Last Light

Ending the day and season.

Little Peaces 2

This is a collection of selected miniature pieces that are exhibited in several international juried competitions. The essence of a miniature is to uphold all the qualities of a major work within a size small enough to fit your palm. Most of these works are 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" acrylic on panel. It's an interesting discipline, as it takes precision to work this small, but it is also a springboard to pursue the idea in a much larger format.

Golden Red

Cardinals seem to defy nature with their intensity of colour
Hound Study

This handsome dog was part of the crowd at My Lady's Manor steeplechase. Won 3rd place, Seaside Gallery Annual Miniature Exhibition, 2011.
Field Patterns

Patterns once again.
Fair

My first trip to the Maryland State Fair found me in the horse barns in the dusty afternoon sunlight.
The Whole of the Moon

Memories of the past, in remembrance of a friend.
Call to Sea

The sea is magic, pure and simple. Newfoundland is in my blood.
December Moon

I spent a wonderful half hour or so watching the moonrise at the beginning of December a couple of years ago. The echoes of the geese enhanced the magic. Won 3rd in Acrylics - Art Gallery of Fells Point Annual North American Miniature Art Exhibition, 2010.
Powercheck

One of my fascinations with horses is their incredible power. Energy held by a piece of metal.
Hills of Maryland

I never tire of snow patterns on fields. There's always some other witness around.
Spring Looker

Spring in Maryland signals the start of the Steeplechase season. This is Possum, the Huntsman's horse. Won Honourable Mention, Birds & Animals - MPSGS, 2010

More Little Peaces

Miniature Art. This is a collection of some of my smaller miniature pieces that are exhibited in several international juried competitions. The essence of a miniature is to uphold all the qualities of a major work within a size small enough to fit your palm. Most of these works are 2 3/8" x 3 3/8" acrylic on panel. It's an interesting discipline, as it takes precision to work this small, but it is also a springboard to pursue the idea in a much larger format.

November Light

A hound from the pack, ready to roll on a hunt. Won 2nd place, Birds & Animals - MASF, 2013.
Merlin

My friend breeds performance Morgan horses at Blue & White Morgans. I have the great privilege of loving these horses from first day foals to vibrant adults. They are as gentle as they are beautiful.
Porch Queen

This is Sibi, my friend's Jack Russell who surveys the neighbourhood from her porch vantage point. Won Honourable Mention Award at the Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravures Society of Washington DC, 2013.
Crow Dancer

Zig-zagging across the spring meadow.
Beach Boys

How can you not love sanderlings? Water racers, wave chasers, tide team.
Awaiting their Cue

The Hunt appears to be an unfolding drama complete with the hounds as co-stars, stage left. Won 3rd Place, MPSGS - Birds & Animals, 2011.
Crow's Kingdom

All that he surveys... crow moxy.
Approaching Front

Good day for crows.
Faces of the Hunt

I love following the Elkridge Harford Hunt Club. It's a scene right out of the history books. Won the Purchase to Permanent Collection Award at the Miniature Society of Florida, 2014.
Walt's Pond

Canadas always make me feel at home. Backlit water is magical.

2015 Miniatures

More miniatures - I love the discipline of working small, creating an entire world to fit the hand.

Pastoral Symphony

Acrylic on panel, 3.5" x 2.5". Rural Maryland at its finest.
Standing Circle

Acrylic on panel, 2.5" x 3.5". When the earth starts waking up...
Wading Patiently

Acrylic on panel, 2.5" x 3.5". I watched this heron for quite awhile in Assateague Island National Seashore. Lesson in patience.
Vespers

Acrylic on panel, 3" x 5". This painting of egrets is on a travelling tour with the Society of Animal Artists' 55th Annual Exhibition.
Shine

Acrylic on panel, 2.5" x 3.5". A shiny wet polo pony after her game - it was only later that I found out that her name is Trinity & she's been owned & played by Max Secunda in hundreds of polo games for the past 10 years.
Shady Character

Acrylic on panel, 2.5" x 3.5" This tough guy is my friend's barn cat. I gave him back his ears in this painting.
Rising

Acrylic on panel, 2.5" x 3.5". Geese & moon on the rise.
Punch

Acrylic on panel, 2.5" x 3.5". My friend's thoroughbred likes to pose for me, although he often just wants ear rubs & peppermints.
Maryland Polo

Acrylic on panel, 2.5" x 3.5". Summer in Maryland means polo! This painting will be in the World Federation of Miniaturists Exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa in February, 2016.
Eclipse

Acrylic, 10" x 8". Technically, not a miniature! But I painted it like one.

Plein Air works

This is a compilation of works painted outdoors within a couple of hours to catch the light. I find painting 'en plein aire' a challenging & exhilarating pursuit; completely opposite from the slow, exacting miniature work I normally do with magnifying glass and very small brushes.

"Hillcrest"

4" x 6", oil on board. From the McKnight's Farm on Lemon Road.
"Three Trees"

9" x 12", oil on board. Cromwell Valley offers many interesting vistas.
"Backfields"

6" x 12", oil on board. Another painting in the fields off Madonna Road, just north of Lemon Road.
"Lemon Road"

6" x 12", oil on board. The fields seen from Lemon Road.
"Field of Sun"

9" x 12", oil on board. The sunflower fields on Jarrettsville Pike, just north of Hess Road.
"Hoopersville Morning"

9" x 12", oil on board. Plein air trip to the Eastern Shore.
"Hoopers Island Shoreline"

4" x 6", oil on board. From a plein air painting trip on the Eastern Shore.
"Harford Fields"

5" x 7", oil on board. Just off Madonna Road.
"Flow"

9" x 12", oil on board. From the banks of the Gunpowder.
"Sunday"

8" x 10" oil on canvas. On Cox Road.

And still MORE little Pieces

This is my most recent collection of selected miniature pieces that are exhibited in several international juried competitions. The essence of a miniature is to uphold all the qualities of a major work within a size small enough to fit your palm. Most of these works are 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" acrylic on panel. It's an interesting discipline, as it takes precision to work this small, but it is also a springboard to pursue the idea in a much larger format.

"That Was Just a Dream..."

2.5" x 3.5", Acrylic on board. This was one that called me.
"Spring Skies"

2.5" x 3.5" Acrylic on board. There's nothing like being by yourself in an open field with only the wind & the geese.
"Rush"

2.5" x 3.5", Acrylic on board. Spring in Maryland means steeplechasing! My Lady's Manor is especially exciting as the horses charge up the hill towards the audience.
"Nuzzle"

3.5" x 2.5" Acrylic on board. Foals love to nuzzle in between horseplay.
"Procession Five"

2.5" x 3.5", Acrylic on board. Sweeping clouds are the perfect foil for the northern Maryland landscape. Counting crows...
"Beauty"

3.5" x 2.5", Acrylic on board. I've known this beautiful Morgan mare since she was a day old. I never tire of painting horses.
Island Pony

2.5" x 3.5", Acrylic on board. Assateague Island is a magical place for painters of ponies & waterfowl.
Solstice

2.5" x 3.5" Acrylic on board. Winter light is often the perfect complement to the deep blues & purples of shadowed snow. Won 1st place, Landscape, MPSGS, 2014.
"Joanna's Barn"

2.5" x 3.5" Acrylic on board. Late summer and the barn swallows have fledged, preparing for migration.
The Goldfinch ~ 360

2.5" x 3.5" Acrylic on board. It was 360 years ago (1654) that Fabritius painted his brilliant The Goldfinch. After seeing the original at The Frick Museum, I thought I would come full circle to paint my own version as an homage.