Cactus

 

"Cactus"

oil on canvas board

12x16

sold

I had a lot of fun painting this cactus plant in the surrounding weeds.  The first day of painting was discouraging and I almost rubbed it off.  The colors just looked dull and uninteresting.  But after I began to put in the highlights on the cactus and the weeds it came to life.  Sometimes it pays to struggle on and not give up!  And other times it doesn't.

The Herd

The Herd

10x20

oil on canvas board

sold

This is a scene I recently painted of buffalo in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.  This Refuge is only an hour from our home in Altus and a favorite place for my husband and me to camp and hike.  I take lots of photos to paint from.  The photos of the buffalo were actually taken in Wyoming, while the background photo was taken in the refuge.  I really enjoyed working with these colors--I usually don't have such a variety of colors to work with when painting the refuge.  I have been learning to work with grays more in mixing colors and I find that its easier to acheive the colors I am looking for.  I learned a lot from an artist named Don Finkeldei who puts a lot of instruction on his web site.  He was very gracious to answer my questions. 

Morning in Palo Duro

Morning in Palo Duro
oil on canvas board
10x20
sold

This is my first post on my new blog.  I'm losing my free website, so I'm having to figure out an alternative.  I'm not very good at computers, so this blog may be pretty basic.  Maybe I'll get better at it later.  This is a painting I just finished of a scene in Palo Duro Canyon.  I took a photo of this scene one morning from our campground.  I f you've never been to Palo Duro Canyon, its certainly worth a trip--its very paintable!