137 Blue Jay

Here is the second in the series of bird paintings. Or a series of paintings of birds that are blue. I have to admit that I am very pleased with the way this painting turned out. Sometimes when I work at a painting, paying attention to colors, "Is that too warm or too cool," the values, "Should the edge of that shadow be just a bit lighter?" the form, composition and all the other elements, that I am taken by surprise by the finished product. Often the last few touches take the painting from "I'm going to thow this out." to "Wow! Did I just do that?"

Blue Jay
4 x 6 Oil on Canvas
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136 Belted Gallowy - The Oreo Cow

After what seemed like months of being at indoor shows, I had to go to the mountains. Open views and blue skies. I can go just about anywhere on canvas. I really like the way the light plays on this cow. The work and the reward of these paintings is creating the three dimensional form with a few brushstrokes.

Belted Galloway-the Oreo Cow
4 x 6 Oil on Canvas
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135 Black Rooster

No, this is not the second painting in the "Bird Series." One of the comments I got at the show was "I really like the chickens." So, here's another one and there probably will be more coming.

I do want to thank everyone reading this blog. At the shows I have been pleasantly surprised by people stopping by and telling me that they have been following these paintings. Sitting here alone at the computer (I am totally incapable of writing when there is anything else going on around me), sending these posts out into cyberspace, I sometimes wonder, "Just who is reading them?"

So I am asking for your feedback. Please feel free to comment on these posts. If you now own one of these paintings, you can also share your comments on it.

Another comment that sort of took me by surprise is "So that's what they look like." I guess since I am painting them, photographing them, hanging, framing and displaying them I just assume that everyone has a grasp of what the actual paintings look like. I was about to put up an image of the paintings on display, but I have had to switch computers in the middle of this post as mine has decided that it wants time off. Hopefully in the next day or so I will be able to post that photo.

Black Rooster

4 x 6 Oil on Canvas

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134 Bluebird

Here is the first in a new series of paintings of birds. Today's painting is a bluebird. More birds to come.

Bluebird

4 x 6 Oil on Canvas

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133 Sitting Tree Frog

I was at a hunter jumper show when I painted this green tree frog. I have been thinking, should I change my tag line to "Equestrian Landscapes - Tree Frog and Pig Paintings?"

Sitting Tree Frog

4 x 6 Oil on Canvas

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131 Pond, Willow and White Duck

Ah, the Artist's Life. We have been exhibiting our work at horse shows in the Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, NC since the last week of September. Yesterday afternoon our last show ended a bit earlier than expected and I broke down and loaded up our display and paintings last night and was able to enjoy a sunny day at home, mostly sitting on the porch....

Despite the work involved and total upheaval of our work schedule, the shows give us a chance to meet with our collectors and portrait clients, past present and future.

About today's painting. The subject was suggested by one of my collectors who was at one of the shows last month. A pond with a willow tree and a white duck. My first thought was a view of the pond, willow tree at one end, the duck swimming somewhere in the middle. My second idea was this one, the duck under the willow branches. What I really enjoy about doing commissions is that it stretches your creativity muscle. Many artists look at any requirements by a client as somehow impinging on their creativity, when actually the opposite is true. Working within parameters that are not your own force you to use your creativity to its fullest.

Pond, Willow and White Duck

4 x 6 Oil on Canvas

Commissioned Painting

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131 Sycamore by Paddock at Keeneland

As you might have noticed my paintings are not always about the obvious subject. At the horse shows, I don't paint a beautiful going over a jump, but the view over an old fence to the barns behind the ring.

My trip to Keeneland in Lexington, KY was not during the seasons, but between. There were still horses around, but the atmosphere was quiet. Here is a painting of the old sycamore tree at the paddock in the morning light. In the background are statues of jockeys painted in the colors of the race winners.

Sycamore at Keeneland

4 x 6 Oil Painting

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130 Pigs - Mother and Child

Everyone loves paintings of mothers and children. Look at Mary Cassatt. She hangs in museums around the world. She just didn't paint pigs. Well, maybe there weren't any British Saddlebacks around for her to paint in Paris.

Pigs - Mother and Child

4 x 6 Oil on canvas

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129 Blowing Rock View down from the Wall

This second painting from my latest trip to Blowing Rock zooms in a bit more on the trees on the ridges of the mountains. The sunlight coming over the mountain catches on spots of gold and orange trees.

I tried taking photos from the car while driving down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Since I was unable to stop at the most interesting spots, I resorted to just pointing the camera in the general direction and pressing the shutter button. I was pleasantly suprised at the results. I was even able to catch a couple of cows in some shots.

View down from "The Wall"

4 x 6 Oil on canvas

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128 Kune Kune

This hairy little fellow is a Kune Kune pig from New Zealand. They also come in a black and white spotted variety. Make great house pigs.

Kune Kune

4 x 6 Oil on Canvas

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127 Gypsy Stallion

A painting of a Gypsy Vanner Stallion. Beautiful horses. How to capture such wonderful movement on a small canvas?

Gypsy Stallion

4 x 6 Oil on canvas

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126 Blowing Rock View from Wall

I was back in Blowing Rock in the NC mountains this past week. The leaves had turned color, some were gone and the mountains were blue and grey with spots of orange, gold, red and of course, green pines and hemlocks. I set up the easel down the road from the horse show grounds at "The Wall" a popular spot for drinking wine in the summer.

The two paintings I did became almost abstract as focused on painting just a small part of the hillsides.

View from Wall

4 x 6 Oil on canvas

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125 Portrait of Fox Hound

This portrait of a PennMaryDel Foxhound was based on photos I took on my excursion with Mr. Fred as noted in an earlier post. I also traveled with him at the hunt's opening meet. A bit different experience. More photographers than horses it seemed. And as far as listening for the hounds, there were about 80 other people having a good time with us...

Portrait of a Foxhound

4 x 6 Oil on Canvas

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124 Evening Turnout

This painting is one of a series of three of this subject. I caught them in three or four photos just before they disappeared behind the hill.

Evening Turnout

4 x 6 Oil on Canvas

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