Jacobs Creek - Oil Painting, Landscape

This small plein air landscape painting was painted on location at Jacobs Creek, near Trego, Montana. It was a delightful place and the day was a bit overcast with the smoke from the summer forrest fires in California and Idaho. The original painting was exhibited at the Anna Bier Gallery in Greenville, Ohio, for the month of November, 2012.  The exhibit was of paintings by the artists at a workshop in Montana.

Jacobs Creek

Oil on Raymar Panel

10 x 8 inches

It is framed in a mahoghany colored wooden plein air frame.

$175.00.

Stop Here - Pastel, Landscape

Mailboxes seem to connect us.  I have always enjoyed painting them.  These are just around the corner from our home, however the street is paved.  I liked the old fashioned look of the dirt road.

Stop Here - Pastel on Pastelbord

5 x 7 inches - Framed in dark wooden frame

Donated to the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild Gala, 2013.

Hot Spot - Pastel, Landscape

This landscape was painted for the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild Christmas Show for Paintings Under $100.  It is in the Loblolly pine forest near our home.

Hot Spot - Pastel on Pastelbord

5 x 7 inches - Framed in dark wooden frame

Donated to the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild Gala, 2013.

Run Off - Acrylic, Landscape

This little landscape painting was created when I had my Gallery downtown on Main Street.  I really like it, but somehow it slipped my mind and was never posted.  It was painted from a photo and memories of rain in New Mexico.

Run Off Acrylic on Canvas Panel

12 x 6 inches -  Unframed

The acrylic landscape is ready to pop into a frame or sit on a little easel.  $100.00  Free shipping in the USA.

On Guard - Pastel, Animal

I'm keeping with the red theme and thought this cardinal on our bird feeder was perfect for this.  Pastels make the feathers vibrant.  We have several cardinals that come around.  This one ran off the Eastern Bluebirds that were there and just took over the bird feeder, hence the name.

On Guard, pastel on Pastelbord, 5 x 7 inches

This little painting is taped directly to glass and is ready to pop in a standard frame or sit on an easel.

The painting was donated to the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild to put under the Christmas Tree which is then donated to the Family Crisis Center for the Festival of Trees fundraiser.

Me and My Gal - Pastel, Animal

Bastrop chickens are protected and live on Farm Street.  This pair was hanging out with Bastrop Resident, the previous painting on this blog.  I really like the effect that pastel has on the feathers of the birds.  Pastel never shows up in the photos as nicely as in real life.

Me and My Gal, 5 x 7 inches, Pastel on Pastelbord

The painting is on board and taped directly to the glass so you can set it on an easel or pop it into a standard frame. In private collection in Bastrop, Texas.

Bastrop Resident - Animal, Pastel

This Bastrop Resident rooster lives on Farm Street in Bastrop, Texas.  The chickens are protected and roam around near the railroad tracks.  This is the second time I have painted this rooster.  I just love the way the feathers glow when done in pastel.

In private collection, Bastrop, Texas.

Bastrop Resident, 5 x 7 inches, Pastel on Pastelbord

Disconnected - Still Life, Acrylic

I decided to make use of the tomatoes on the vine before they went bad. I always like painting red, so it was not a hard decision. I painted Salsa Fixins' a couple of days ago and thought, "Which do I like more:  painting tomatoes with a brush or pastels?" The jury is still out, no verdict. It seems I like which ever medium I am using at the moment. I hope you do, too.

Disconnected, 7 x 5 inches, acrylic on canvas panel.

This small still life is ready to be popped into a frame or sit on an easel.

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Disconnected, 7 x 5 inches, acrylic on canvas panel, framed

 

Salsa Fixins' - Still Life, Pastel

I really like to paint with red.  These tomatoes called to me at the grocery store.  So, to a familiar theme for me, the makings for some salsa.  I'm not sure if I like painting red with pastels or a brush more.  Hmmmm.

Salsa Fixins', 12 x 6 inches, pastel on Pastelbord

In private collection in Austin, Texas.

Sprouts - Garlic Still Life, Pastel

I picked up this little box of garlic at Walmart.  When I got home and opened it up, the garlic had started to sprout.  Must have been there for awhile, eh?  It just looked like a small pastel painting to me.  I like painting still life as you are painting from the real items and not from a photo.  Very good for the "eye".

Sprouts, 7 x 5 inches, pastel on Pastel Artist Panel

This small pastel landscape is against the glass, taped and framed in a dark mahogany wooden photo frame to hang on the wall or sit on a table.  

This little pastel is in a private collection in Venice, Florida.

One Oak or Two? - Landscape, Acrylic

These little oak trees have already found their way into a couple of my paintings.  I enjoy painting from life and these are right out my window.  I can't tell from the window if the trunks are separate or come out of the same root.  For now we will have to guess if it is one tree or two.  I took a snapshot in the fog and this is the result for this painting.

One Oak or Two?, 8 x 16 inches, acrylic on wrapped canvas.

This is painted on wrapped canvas in acrylics.  This is how the sides look.  It would look great in a floater frame as well.  For the time being it is unframed.

This original landscape is unframed and ready to hang.  $200.00, free shipping in the USA.

Texas Pears - Acrylic, Floral/Fruit, Landscape

There are numerous paintings of Cactus Pears and a large variety in the types of plants, too.  These are Texas natives. The jagged edges fascinated me as the ones in New Mexico are usually rounder.   I love the colors in the fruit and the stems.  Cactuses are one of  my favorite subjects for painting. 

Texas Pears, Acrylic on Canvas, 18 x 18 inches

Texas Pears, framed in wooden floater frame.

This acrylic original painting is framed in a wooden floater frame as shown.  Price includes frame and free shipping in the USA.  $425.00

True Blues - Pastel, Wildflowers,Landscape

I love Texas bluebonnets.  They are happy, pretty and the state flower.  They grow along the highways and naturally in many fields in the hill country.  These are probably along the highway near Bastrop with the loblolly trees in the background.

True Blue, 8 x 10 inches Pastel on Pastelbord

This small original pastel landscape will be framed against the glass and the price includes a wooden frame. 

In private collection in Bastrop, Texas.