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

Colorful Cows

My acrylic paints keep drying in the air conditioning - don't want to buy anything else to keep them flowing, so I beat the problem by switching to watercolors. These colorful cows are in a pasture close to my brothers house in Camp Arkansas

Pardon the interuptions

I painted with my Grandson yesterday and got this finished in spite of constant commentary, observations and interruptions . He is such a busy little bee. He finished 5 paintings while I just did the one. I'll catch up one of these days. So here it is, the last wood slice.

Outside art

I cut some card board stencils to brighten up our old  farm sign. It sits out by  Highway 63 in Hardy AR.

Donkey pot and donkey cart.  Did you know that Mother donkeys actually cuddle their babies with their necks ? And instead of bolting like a horse when they are spooked, they freeze up ? Our Birdie and Soopy also take care of the sheep. We have foxes around.

Our Farm is infested with sheep

When hay became so expensive, about 5 years ago now, we looked for some little hardy animal that wasn't too fussy about the greens it ate, was easy to manage, and would compliment the equine habit. TallyHo farm is in it's second year of hair sheep, and these happy funny and prolific little animals fit the bill perfectly. So here is the newest member of the flock, born a couple of weeks ago.
'Lambie' measures 13" x 13" on stretched canvas. Acrylic.

Tally Lambs

 TallyHo Farm , the 17 acres we call home, is also home to an assortment of animals. Here is a painting of our first crop of weanling lambs. None of them are named Stew.....

Peace Finished February 27 2009 20" x 24"

Finally finished this one. Some paintings just take off and paint themselves, and this was one of them - everything went down without a struggle.The dog is front with the pointy ears is Rimshot, with his friend Chigga Boom. Rimshot doesn't care who he sleeps with. Cuddled up next to his nose is the current favorite stuffed toy. Soon, all the stuffing will be gone. It's a dogs life.

New Painting - almost completed

I made the canvas for this one - measures aprox 23" x 26", and is down to finishing touches. I'll post a better photo after it's done.

'Peace' depicts Chigga Boom and Trickshot, the Jack Russells at peace before the fight. It is the first of 3 theme paintings.

Elvis the Cat

oil 2007
30"x40"
$5000

Two Jacks in the cats bed

oil 2008
20"x30"
$800