Art SHow at First Decade Celebration at Arkansas State University Newport

 I was asked to put up an art show for the first Decade Celebration at ASU Newport Campus. Lots going on that day ! The paintings were scattered on easels around the large room. Artist Tim did caricatures and I helped with face painting for most of the day. We probably had about 2000 people touring the campus.

Most of my work is of the equine variety, but there was also landscapes and a couple of portraits.

 My Brother Peter and his wife Margaret were visiting so I put them to work setting up the paintings.

Dawg Gon it !!

An experiment in texture, using acrylic skins. Our sheep dog Charlie. 11" x 14" on stretched canvas. Completed 04/26/2012

Blue Bridge Delta Art Show

Part of my display for the 2012 show. .

Delta Art Show

This weekend, The 4th Annual Delta Art Show in Newport Arkansas. Here are a few of the paintings I'll be taking:-

iPad drawings - experimental

             
                                                   Couple sitting in Front # 1 sketch

I was 'gifted' with an iPad 2 last week. Didn't think I needed one and never would have bought one, but now that I have started to use it I've decided it may be the missing link .
 I usually don't cart along a sketch pad, pencil and eraser along as a boredom cracker at the doctors office, on long car rides, and for all of those 'got to sit on the couch and pretend to watch TV' times'.  Pencils get lost, they leave your fingers shades of grey, and where is that sharpener ?
So, for times when I'm not at my desk sketching something out, I have my trusty iPad. The apps I have used are free ones. Drawing free, and Draw Free. I think I'm also going to like iPastels.

                                                                                   

                                                             Old Candy Jar sketch # 2

                       Old Guitar case has seen it all - from the shadows # 3

New Daily Paintings

 Three recent paintings.















'Chico' Mostly watercolor, this 8" x 10" is of our fuzzy miniature colt, born last year. I have painted little Chico inside bubbles, on bookshelves, and mixing cakes. Here he is, just being himself.

Sweet Pea. A quick little oil from a photo taken last year. She is now a year old and ives on our farm in Hardy Arkansas.

Sweet Pea

'Working Girl'. This harnessed beauty was one of a team, pulling a little sleigh full of kids in Loburg Park in Hardy Arkansas during Founders Day celebrations. Watercolor
9" x 12"

Dennis Hopper

My brother's 60th birthday is coming up next month so I painted the family pet for him.  Dennis Hopper has the run of the house, and so far has evaded the cook pot......
Watercolor 9" x 12" on Langton 100% cotton