Artist
I haven’t painted a large horse portrait in quite a while, and this guy called to me. I love the mix of soft browns with the blues. I painted from a photo shared by Gary Odell. 18″x18″ oil on stretched canvas. Available in my Etsy shop. 🙂
A sweet little robin to herald summertime. I painted from a reference photo shared by Gillian Merritt. 8″x10″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop. 😀
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 so much time into it that I didn’t want to wreck it by trying. Sometimes it just has to be the right day, though. It won’t work one day, and then on another it’s no effort at all.
I think I finished it on the right day. 30″x40″ oil on canvas. Available in my Etsy shop. I painted from a reference photo shared by Gary Odell.
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 HUGE–do you want to see this one painted dramatically large? Let me know in the comments. 11″x14″ oil on cradled wood board, available in my Etsy shop. Thanks for looking.
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 painted from a reference photo kindly shared by Karen Jane Peppe.
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 they at least pass through where I live, if are not permanent. One day I’ll have my camera in hand at just the right moment, but for now, I painted from a reference photo shared by Roy Heron. 8″x10″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop. Thanks for looking.
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 photo shared on a Facebook group of reference photos for artists. 6″x12″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop.
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, to see what I can do. I think this daisy has just enough touches of color that it doesn’t lose its daisy-essence. I’m enjoying painting bee wings, too, their translucence ephemeral, allowing a glimpse of the colors beneath. I painted from a reference photo generously shared by Kim Underwood.
10″x10″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop. 🙂
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. 🙂
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. 🙂
