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  • Noble Grace
    Noble Grace

    "Noble Grace" 2 1/2" x 4", acrylic on claybord.
    I've been so fortunate to observe these heavy horses firsthand as they interact and adapt to the seasons. In researching Clydesdales, I was surprised to learn that although they're widely known, this working breed is considered quite rare with estimated numbers as low as 5,000 worldwide.
    This miniature painting was developed from a series of photos I took as the cooler weather brought out the spirited nature of the gentle giants. Watching them gallop freely with feathered feet flowing in the autumn light was absolutely breathtaking! With a nod to Jethro Tull, I borrowed the fitting phrase "Noble Grace" from the band's tribute song "Heavy Horses".

    This painting won the Special Horse Award at the Miniature Art of Florida's 50th Annual International Miniature Art Exhibition.

  • Wild Geese Rising
    Wild Geese Rising

    "Wild Geese Rising" 16" x 20" oil on linen panel.
    The local pond is a continuing source of inspiration to me. This painting attempts to capture the winter light of a late afternoon when the geese are often landing and arriving for the coming night.

    Available for Purchase
  • Cromwell Fox Kit #2
    Cromwell Fox Kit #2

    "Cromwell Fox Kit#2" oil on canvas panel.

    I'm enamored by foxes, & fox kits are just that much more beguiling! This is another painting of one of the three fox kits that I was fortunate to observe and photograph at a local park. 

  • Puppy
    Puppy

    "Puppy" 10" x 8" Oil on canvas panel

    Because sometimes, you just want to paint a puppy. :)

    Available for Purchase

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About Judy

Harford County  

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

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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
    Golden Red
    Cardinals seem to defy nature with their intensity of colour
  • Hound Study
    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
    Field Patterns
    Patterns once again.
  • Fair
    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
    The Whole of the Moon
    Memories of the past, in remembrance of a friend.
  • Call to Sea
    Call to Sea
    The sea is magic, pure and simple. Newfoundland is in my blood.
  • December Moon
    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
    Powercheck
    One of my fascinations with horses is their incredible power. Energy held by a piece of metal.
  • Hills of Maryland
    Hills of Maryland
    I never tire of snow patterns on fields. There's always some other witness around.
  • Spring Looker
    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
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    • 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
      November Light
      A hound from the pack, ready to roll on a hunt. Won 2nd place, Birds & Animals - MASF, 2013.
    • Merlin
      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
      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
      Crow Dancer
      Zig-zagging across the spring meadow.
    • Beach Boys
      Beach Boys
      How can you not love sanderlings? Water racers, wave chasers, tide team.
    • Awaiting their Cue
      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
      Crow's Kingdom
      All that he surveys... crow moxy.
    • Approaching Front
      Approaching Front
      Good day for crows.
    • Faces of the Hunt
      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
      Walt's Pond
      Canadas always make me feel at home. Backlit water is magical.
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    • 2015 Miniatures

    More miniatures - I love the discipline of working small, creating an entire world to fit the hand.
    • Pastoral Symphony
      Pastoral Symphony
      Acrylic on panel, 3.5" x 2.5". Rural Maryland at its finest.
    • Standing Circle
      Standing Circle
      Acrylic on panel, 2.5" x 3.5". When the earth starts waking up...
    • Wading Patiently
      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
      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
      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
      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
      Rising
      Acrylic on panel, 2.5" x 3.5". Geese & moon on the rise.
    • Punch
      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
      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
      Eclipse
      Acrylic, 10" x 8". Technically, not a miniature! But I painted it like one.
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    • 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"
      "Hillcrest"
      4" x 6", oil on board. From the McKnight's Farm on Lemon Road.
    • "Three Trees"
      "Three Trees"
      9" x 12", oil on board. Cromwell Valley offers many interesting vistas.
    • "Backfields"
      "Backfields"
      6" x 12", oil on board. Another painting in the fields off Madonna Road, just north of Lemon Road.
    • "Lemon Road"
      "Lemon Road"
      6" x 12", oil on board. The fields seen from Lemon Road.
    • "Field of Sun"
      "Field of Sun"
      9" x 12", oil on board. The sunflower fields on Jarrettsville Pike, just north of Hess Road.
    • "Hoopersville Morning"
      "Hoopersville Morning"
      9" x 12", oil on board. Plein air trip to the Eastern Shore.
    • "Hoopers Island Shoreline"
      "Hoopers Island Shoreline"
      4" x 6", oil on board. From a plein air painting trip on the Eastern Shore.
    • "Harford Fields"
      "Harford Fields"
      5" x 7", oil on board. Just off Madonna Road.
    • "Flow"
      "Flow"
      9" x 12", oil on board. From the banks of the Gunpowder.
    • "Sunday"
      "Sunday"
      8" x 10" oil on canvas. On Cox Road.
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    • 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..."
      "That Was Just a Dream..."
      2.5" x 3.5", Acrylic on board. This was one that called me.
    • "Spring Skies"
      "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"
      "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"
      "Nuzzle"
      3.5" x 2.5" Acrylic on board. Foals love to nuzzle in between horseplay.
    • "Procession Five"
      "Procession Five"
      2.5" x 3.5", Acrylic on board. Sweeping clouds are the perfect foil for the northern Maryland landscape. Counting crows...
    • "Beauty"
      "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
      Island Pony
      2.5" x 3.5", Acrylic on board. Assateague Island is a magical place for painters of ponies & waterfowl.
    • Solstice
      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"
      "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
      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.
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    • Miniatures

    I enjoy painting tight realism but find it time-consuming and sometimes frustrating. My answer to that is to paint acrylic miniatures with a magnifying glass & tiny brushes on a surface no larger than 25 square inches. It can often take me 50 hours or more to complete one miniature painting.

    • Wild Child
      Wild Child

      "Wild Child" acrylic on panel 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

      I just couldn't resist painting the expression on this little fox kit - once again from the photo sessions I enjoyed of the three fox kits at Cromwell Valley, MD in May of 2023.

    • Assateague Magic
      Assateague Magic

      "Assateague Magic" 3" x 5" acrylic on panel

      This is a little miniature painting from one of my Assateague Island National Seashore trips; late October is the time of year when you start to see that beautiful pearly greenish colour in the sky's horizon. The horse is Annie Laurie, one of the wild mares from the Maryland herd, named through a contest held by the Assateague Island Alliance to raise funds to support the wild ponies of Assateague Island, Maryland.

    • Baa-Attitude
      Baa-Attitude

      "Baa-Attitude" 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" acrylic on panel

      One of the most interesting things about animals - including people - is how diverse they are as individuals. While an animal might be defined or limited by their unique species, within that boundary lies an unlimited amount of character, temperament, abilities, intelligence, & beauty. 

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