Equine Art and more

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Down on the river bank

Met up with friends this past Friday, down on the banks of the Spring River. It was a beautiful sunny day, reflections bouncing off the water - great day to paint. A heron flew by several times, but never stopped long enough to get himself into our paintings.

Afterwards, we had lunch at the corner booth. There is a doll in there, up high on a dusty shelf thats the spitting image of my Mother. It looks down on me while I eat with a little quirk on it's face.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009

Child's play at the Natural Science Museum

Many years ago, we took the kids to the Natural Science Museum in England. This painting is from a photo taken of my daughter, then 8, playing in the light spectrum. It measures 11" x 14" on stretched canvas

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009

Turf

My recently finished painting 'Turf'. Measures a huge 32" x 40" on stretched canvas. I love going to the races, and have a few rolls of film - this painting is actually a composite from a couple of photo's. I killed the color, then reinvented it.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2009

Leaf

Recently, our pleine air group went to the little town of Evening Shade to paint. Some of us ended up in a beautiful garden full of foliage and flowers - I didn't wander far from the Elephant Ears. They were huge, and the patterns within the leaves proved too much at one sitting. I finished this at home, but don't think I came close to the delicate beauty of patterns and shades.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2009

'Wilds of Camp'

July - Family Month

July was 'family month'. Lots of touring, enjoying the great outdoors and of course eating fabulous home cooking, staying up too late, and chatting. I just didn't feel the urge to paint, so I concentrated on making stretchers for canvas during any down time that presented itself. The day after we dropped everybody off at the airport in Little Rock, I attended an artist workshop. I'm not very good at workshops presented by professionals. There is no method to my painting madness, or just one I have cooked up along the way, and professionals give workshops to teach folks how to do things their way. I end up feeling claustrophobic and stupid. All of my painting friends were there so I attempted to hide in the corner, but no luck. I was an instructor magnet. After I got home, I cleaned off my canvas and started again, using the techniques as taught. Here are the results. Painting titled ' Wilds of Camp'.

MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009

Plein Aire over Hardy

Pleine air over Hardy - 11" x 14" oil on Stretched canvas.
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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009

At the Water

Just finished this painting - oil on canvas 24" x 36". I did a watercolor study a while ago, and sold it. Come to think of it, I've sold the horse too.

Equine Art and more

Wednesday, September 23, 2009