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“Live Oak Grove”

April 23, 2009 in Available, Landscape | No comments

"Live Oak Grove"

“Live Oak Grove” , this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

I found this grove a few weeks ago on one of my scouting trips coming back home from Weatherford the long way. It was such a splendid grove that I had stopped and taken multiple photos of it to burn the image into my consciousness. Of course, that only works when I see the photos again! Which I did this morning and waited until near evening to catch the light right. The cattle were a bonus when I got there to paint…

“Evening Birdbath”

April 21, 2009 in Available, Landscape | No comments

"Evening Birdbath"

“Evening Birdbath” , this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

I mowed the lawn today. Or I should say the weeds. They had grown twice as high as the grass from the rains we just had. I always like to walk around and admire the perfection of the yard after just cutting all the raggedy growth. I filled the two birdbaths and this one caught my eye as well as that section of sky on its mirror surface…

“Spring Eve”

April 15, 2009 in Available, Landscape | No comments

"Spring Eve"

“Spring Eve” , this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

I have been waiting for this Mesquite tree to finish leafing out. I thought it was ready for today’s painting. By the time I was half way through, I had an audience of 7 calves! They were having fun licking the shiny headlights on my car. I finally had to shoo them away when one tried to bite the front grille work. Luckily the mom’s stayed a respectable distance away, and none of them was interested in the Mesquite I was painting…

“Curtain Rising”

April 14, 2009 in Available, Landscape | No comments

"Curtain Rising"

“Curtain Rising” , this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

Due to a number of reasons, this is the only Texas Hill Country painting I was able to finish. Next time I promise more!…

“Spring Morning”

April 9, 2009 in Available, Landscape | No comments

"Spring Morning"

“Spring Morning” , this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

For the last two days, when first I’ve walked into my studio I have smelled a most delicious, almost citrous odor. Couldn’t figure out what it was nor where it was coming from. This evening I went out to pick a wild flower bouquet to paint. As I was arranging it and turning on the still life spot lights to prepare to paint, I found the iris bud I had painted 2 days ago totally open in its full splendor. That is what had wafted out that wonderful scent and I knew I had to paint it now…

“First Iris”

April 7, 2009 in Available, Still Life | No comments

"First Iris"

“First Iris”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, my iris I transplanted from an elder friend’s house last spring have started to bloom. I had no idea what color they were when I dug them up and am happy to find them white. The 50 mph winds beat up the first bloom pretty badly. So this is really the 2nd. Maybe that is the reason I found no flower beds planted here…

“The Moon Gate”

April 6, 2009 in Available, Landscape | No comments

"The Moon Gate"

“The Moon Gate” , this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

I discovered this garden in a local newpaper article. Went to see it and photographed it, but had not been able to paint there until today. It is one of the most incredible, small, 3.5 acres, gardens I have ever enjoyed painting in, bar none. The Chandor Gardens was designed and built starting in 1936 by British portrait painter Douglas Chandor. Some of his most famous portrait sitters were Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth. I look forward to creating many more images from this marvelous place. This particular image is of the Moon Gate Douglas built. Some of the imbedded decorative elements near the top are made out of whole soda bottles with the bottoms painted copper green/blue! The colored icons on the top ends are dragons denoting the prestige of the owner or of the house…

“Garden Ready”

April 5, 2009 in Available, Landscape | No comments

"Garden Ready"

“Garden Ready” , this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

I am finally getting around to gardening. I have just planted 4 Black Spanish grape plants, for future wine maybe. Now I am eyeing the flower garden. Picked these zinnias up and decided to paint them first…

“Hillside Celebration”

March 24, 2009 in Available, Landscape | No comments

"Hillside Celebration"

“Hillside Celebration” , this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

Today wind was gusting to 40 mph. Not a time to be out painting. Yet, out on my walk I was able to find small protected areas where the gusts did not reach. Ducking into the leeside behind a copse of trees I stumbled upon this happy spring flowering…

“Wild Verbena”

March 21, 2009 in Available, Still Life | No comments

"Wild Verbena"

“Wild Verbena” , this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

I finally got the lawn tractor going and was mowing down the remnants of last year’s weed crop. At the edge of the lawn up against some cactus I found this wild verbena all in flower. It was too pretty not to pick and bring in the house and it eventually found its way to my still life table…

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