Nestling Red Fox Commissioned Oil Painting Wildlife Animals

Oil on hardboard. 9" x 12"

Now that I've painted a red fox for a commissioned painting,  I'm really intrigued by their great coloring and penetrating eyes.  I'd love to paint another one! This fox was nestled up against his/ her long bushy tail. I kept the background loose to suggest a woodland environment in the fall or winter months.  I always learn more "painting stuff" and more about myself with each painting that I do and this is especially so when someone asks for a particular commission like this one. 
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Half-Haltered Oil Painting Horse Art Pet Portrait Country Western

Oil on hardboard, 8" x 6"

This grey mare seems to be glancing around as she relaxes during a break on a trail ride.  I love to capture the expressions of horses this way.  The afternoon lighting highlights her white forelock, mane and ear tips, giving them a wonderful  glow. What fun to paint!
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Crazy Little Hot Peppers Oil Painting Still Life Art Ornamental Vegetables Garden

Oil on canvas, 6" x 8"

Peppers make great painting subjects, and these wildly bright ornamental ones bring October colors into the mix also.  I'd been admiring my neighbor's flowering peppers in a pot for a long time and finally took some photos of them.  I liked the way I could play with the composition. The leaves were sunlit and the peppers protruded out in so many ways.  Photographing them was exciting and painting them was even more so. Thanks, Sharon, for your gardening skills in growing these colorful treasures that are pleasing to the eye. I know, you'll say that all you did was water them once in a while!
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Blue Vase and Pear Oil Painting Flowers Still Life Art Botanical Garden

Oil on stretched canvas, 11" x 14"

I've been working with bolder and more vibrant colors lately in my smaller studies that don't usually get posted.  (laziness on my part).  But I did like this larger one of a striking blue vase with an assortment of colorful flowers and the understated pear behind the rose.  Strong sunlighting on the still life group made the shadows interesting shapes and these were my favorite areas of the painting.  Different but fun and that's fine with me!

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Smiling Corgi Oil Painting Welsh Dog Art Pet Portrait

Oil on hardboard, 8" x 10"

A friendly Welsh Corgi was hanging around with his family at Devil's Den state park in Arkansas when I showed up for a hike with the Trailblazers' hikiing club.  I took lots of great pics on the trail we hiked, but this photo of him and his shadow just had to be painted. I loved the looser feel of it, though I did put too much detail in later in my opinion.  Overall, though, I was happy with it.

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Snapdragons Oil Flowers Still Life Botanical Garden

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 8"

My snapdragons did survive the winter I discovered and the cooler weather has made them spring back to full bloom.  I particularly liked the coloring of this smaller variety.  It will be time to do some plein air painting at the fall festival at Neumeier's nursery again this weekend for myself and other artists here in Fort Smith.  It's alway fun to be surrounded by great flowers, food, arts and crafts, and musical talent in the fall weather!
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Spotted Calf Oil Painting Cow Art Farm Animals

Oil on hardboard, 7" x 5"

There's just something about a calf's face that is compelling to an animal admirer like myself.  This calf was photographed earlier this spring on our route into town (or back from town) on Tennessee Ridge Rd.  She wasn't shy about having a stranger talk to her and take photos.  I wanted to showcase her unique coloring but also portray her with some mystery. 
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Tabby Reach Oil Painting Cat Pet Art Maine coon

Oil on hardboard. 6" x 8".

I intended to play with the sunlight streaming across this tabby Maine Coon kitten lying on the floor with a basket.  I was pleased with the painting when the details of the tail in the background pushed it back in space and the front leg and paw came forward.  The kitten's eyes are interesting, but the movement from foreground to background is what makes it works as a painting to me.  Dramatic lighting is exciting!
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Bleeding Hearts Oil Painting Flowers Still Life Art Botanical Garden

Oil on hardboard, 6" x 8"

Bleeding-Hearts are shade-lovers and I saw mounds of them among ferns when I visited Garvan Gardens near Hot Springs  recently.  They were waiting to be painted with the glow they had from a shot of sunlight coming through the dense leaves and other greenery.  It was like being in another little world in the gardens.  I was surprised when I saw how bright the sun was still shining after driving back into the "real world".
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Twin Irisis Oil Painting Flowers Still Life Art Botanical Garden

Oil on hardboard, 10" x 8"

This is a pink/purple Iris painting I did last year that I'm reposting.  I really like the flow of it in a painterly way and I just enjoy Irises - period.  I'll be gone from my studio for a few days with some artist pals.  We're going to explore a few art galleries in Hot Springs and stay at a beautiful, historical B & B.  This should be a fun adventure!  I have some commissions to return to when I come back that I'll be looking forward to painting.
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Orange Poppies Oil Painting Flowers Still Life Art Botanical Garden

Oil on hardboard, 8" x 6"

I've stayed with a very limited palette for this small painting of  bright orange/red poppies lit by gloriously strong sunlight. Phthalo blue is a color I haven't used much before and it's the blue primary for my color mixing.  It's a learning experience that I am open to and enjoying.  I used some juicy, thicker paint for the blooming poppies.  I'd love to hear from other artists about their favorite palettes or favorite colors!
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Just Peeled Oil Painting Fruit Still Life Art Orange Citrus

Oil on hardboard, 5.25" x 6"

Near complimentary color notes of oranges and blue-violets make this painting of orange slices hum and vibrate.  This keeps me interested the entire painting.  I guess it's because my eyes and/or my brain stay alert and interested to see how the finished image will turn out!  I've painted this subject before but in watercolor.  The oil colors made the oranges seem transclucent also, so I like this approach just as well.  This painting will be shipped with a small display easel.  Please see the photo below!
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A great way to display petite paintings such as my painting above is in a small display easel.  Below is a photo of my painting,  "Black-Capped Chick-a-Dee", in a small easel on a table in my entry room.  Each petite painting that you collect from me will now come with one of these easels so that you can display this way, or if you prefer, you can frame it and hang it on your wall.

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Tiny Crimson Sweet Oil Painting Lilly Still Life Art Watermelon Garden Fruit

Oil on hardboard. 5" x 7".

I always have some of these very small (runt!) watermelons in my garden spots growing among the few normal size melons each summer.  This one was especially precious and I painted it on a white tablecloth to celebrate its uniqueness.  I ended up celebrating roundness both in the watermelon and in the folds of the cloth and I thought that was pretty cool.  It was actually an excuse to paint the green and creamy-white stripes of the melon I'm sure.  Oh, by the way, it wasn't edible but I didn't care!

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Swallowtail Oil Painting Tiger Butterfly Landscape Bugs

Oil on hardboard panel, 5" x 6"

I felt the need to be playful and painted a butterfly painting for some fun this summer.  I snapped several photos of a Tiger Swallowtail (I think?) on my Lantana flowers.  I loved using a cerulean blue color along with the colors of the flower and plant, and of course, the delicate butterfly with its interesting pattern.  The intermingling of  colors in the background felt good to me as a backdrop for the "flutterby". 

I hope everyone's summer has been good!  I'm surely enjoying the slightly cooler temps where I am in Arkansas.  I've been thinking of joining a hiking/photography group this fall so that I can gather some inspiration.
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Tucked Away Oil Painting Victorian House Portrait Historical Home Architecture Landscape

Oil on hardboard panel, 12" x 9"

Some ideas I finally get around to painting. I found photos I'd taken of a quaint Victorian house in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where I lived previously. A narrow turret on a corner of the house with a tall dark window was attractive and so was the "homey" front porch with geraniums and fern. It looked "set apart" from the rest of the busy world. I think the painting conveys a dreamy sort of feeling and this made it special to me. I think I'd like to find some more old photos for inspiration!
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Of course, I didn't at first tell you the problems I had with the painting.  I didn't realize I was painting some of the vertical images off center or "cockeyed".  A t-square comes in handy in these situations.  I should know these things!  If you have a photo that you think could be a little piece of something special I'd love to see it.
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Cerulean Tube Oil Painting Still Life Art Blue Color

Oil on hardboard panel, 7" x 4"

I had some fun painting one of my tubes of paint - cerulean blue. Also posted is a photo of the "still life" I worked from. Many times I wonder what an artist was actually viewing when painting something specific so I included this reference for others to see what I was viewing while I painted. I like to paint my own vision into the subject and that makes it feel "just right".
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Sable Papillon Oil Painting Dog Pet Art Miniature

Oil on hardboard, 3.5" x 2.5".

This is a favorite ACEO size painting of mine from the past. It looks just like my little Papillon, Nina, who graced my life for 13 years. I love the Papillons' earnest and intelligent looks along with their sweetness of disposition. I haven't painted this small size in quite a while and when I look at many of my older ones with a fresh eye, I like the way that they come together as a larger piece when enlarged on the monitor. There's something to be learned from that and I'm beginning to understand it (internalize it?!) Maybe it's the look of simpler, bolder strokes made with determination. . . .

I'd love to paint a similar painting in a size you'd prefer! I've been busy getting paintings finished for a couple of competitions coming up soon and also for a charity silent auction. There will be fresh daily paintings coming very soon!

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Pasture Friends Oil Painting Horse Art Farm Animal Portrait Equine

Oil on hardboard, 9" x 12".

Two young horses are captured in an early morning pasture in this painting. I liked painting the subtleties of light on the forms of the colt and filly. Naturally, trust is implied with one resting its head on the other and it's a feeling I get from the painting, but I didn't want to overstate it.
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Teresa's Sunflower Oil Painting Still Life Flower Art Botanical Garden

Oil on hardboard panel, 8" x 6"

A friend had a sunflower plant that grew very tall before blooming with this lovely head. I liked the shadows made on the large leaves too. Sunflowers are always a riot of color, and as an artist, you just have to let the painting compose itself and have fun with the color!
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Eggplant and Pattypan Squash Oil Painting Still Life Art Vegetable Garden Kitchen

Oil on hardboard panel, 8" x 10"

I bought these little gems from our local farmers' market in downtown Ft. Smith, Arkansas. I quickly arranged them for a painting and this was the result. These little Pattypan squash come in many variaties and are also called Granny squash and Scallop squash, along with many other names. They also vary in color. The ones I purchased were a deep gold color and I knew they would look good with the dark eggplant's purple tones.

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