painting: horses at the stream

Oh, can I tell you how difficult this one was? Like pulling teeth. I got the horses painted, and then stalled. And stalled. So it sat on my easel for six months. Maybe longer. Mocking me every time I sat down to paint. I wasn’t sure I could carry off the water, and had put

painting: horse glance

What a gorgeous horse, it was hard to go wrong painting her–which is to say, there’s no wrong way to paint such a perfect moment. I painted from a reference photo graciously shared by Rita Gallaway at Majestic Spanish Horses. I may paint this horse again in another color-way. Actually, I’d originally imagined her painted

painting: mama horse and foal

A couple days last week I concentrated on being a little more expressionistic. Use the unexpected color. Try to paint looser. Loose is difficult for me, so I have to make a point of trying all the tricks and crossing my fingers. 11″x14″ oil on cradled wood board, available in my Etsy shop. 🙂 I

painting: a highland cow, and a bunting (bird)

There’s an understated magnificence to Highland cows. They don’t know how very gorgeous they are–they just are. I painted from a reference photo shared by Les Liddle.9″x12″ oil on cradled wood board, Available in my Etsy shop. 🙂 I love these birds, they are so colorful. I have yet to see one, but I know

paintings: a hare, and a squirrel

What a wonderfully engaging moment–I couldn’t resist painting him. I painted from a reference photo shared by Les Liddle. 8″x8″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop. I thought showing a partial face makes him a little bit more playful, plus really shows off that long ear. I painted from a reference

painting: daisy & bee

Painting anything with a preponderance of the color white has always been my bane. How to make what is essentially an empty color, full of color? It’s a challenge. Too much color, and there won’t be enough white left to know what should have been. So I try my hand at it now and then,

painting: yellow warbler

Isn’t he such a cheerful color? I have never seen one in person, so I am glad people share their reference photos. Thank you Roy Herron for being such an avid bird photographer! 8″x8″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop. SOLD, Thank you. 🙂

painting: wood mouse

I thought he was such a little charming guy, that I’d try and capture his sweetness. The pointy pink nose, the big ears, all those whiskers. 8″x8″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop. Thanks for looking. 🙂

painting: horse at the stream

The colors are particularly vivid, the yellows contrasting against the dark purple. I think it looks like an autumn scene, though it could be any time of year. The golden light perhaps speaks to a dusty, long hot day. I used a reference photo shared by Gary Odell.  12″x12″ oil on canvas. Available in my

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