The Forager was accepted to the 61st exhibition of Watercolor USA, a national, annual juried exhibition recognizing contemporary American watermedia painting. The juror was Kevin Umaña, co-founder of The Ekru Project, a Kansas City-based artist-run gallery focused …
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Hermit Journal | Early on a March Morning
Every morning I feed the horses and chickens. Once it gets close to spring, I also begin my ‘get-in-shape’ program. Come along with me to feed the horses before I head out for a jog and walk early on a …
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Finished A Painting Marathon, now taking a break
For the past five weeks, I’ve been on a painting marathon. That’s why I haven’t been making blog posts, and haven’t done much else, either. I’ve been working on a collection called Coffeetime at Wild Ozark. These are all smaller …
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Wild Ozark Hermit Report | Upcoming Shows
The weather is torturing me with spells of warm, sunny days followed by days of bitter cold and wind. I’m so ready for spring. But it’s been busy around here and I haven’t had a chance to make a blog …
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Hibernation Avoidance | Hermit Musings
This winter I haven’t felt much like doing anything at all outside. But yesterday the sun started shining and today it will continue. I think the temps will be bearable tomorrow, too. I want so badly to get outside and …
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Fine Art NFT’s and Cute Things
When I woke up this morning it was 5*F. There is still ice and snow on the ground from the other day’s little cloudburst of wintery mix. I don’t want to start another painting because it’s tax season and I’ll …
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Re-Creating the Forest Folk | Musings
I woke up yesterday morning with a burning desire to resurrect the Forest Folk I used to make. So I pulled some of my cleaned native clay out and started creating some body parts. I’ve had that clay stored …
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Mistaken Identity | Sassafras or Osage?
I’d assumed the tree was a sassafras, and that bright orange bark peeling off in papery layers was sassafras root bark. But boy, I made a big mistake. I’ve spent a lot of years learning to identify the plants here, …
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The Making of “The Forager” Painting | Black Bear
It’s sleeting on this chilly January morning as I gather my board and easel. I’m about to get started on The Forager painting. The subject is a young black bear munching on wild grapes.
Note: ‘The Forager’ will show …
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First NFT Sale | Old Man Twisted Tree
This morning I accepted a bid on my first project at Async.art (no longer exists as of 2024) and made my first NFT sale. This is exciting to me, because the piece that sold was once a regular one of …
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Unstoppable | Word of the Year | Goals for 2022
My personal life and business life has no boundaries between each other. So my goals for 2022 are equally blended. My ‘word of the year‘ applies to both, as well: unstoppable.
Blog More Often – be unstoppable
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2021 Year in Review
Rob came home from his overseas gig at the beginning of Dec. 2020, so 2021 was the first full year of him being home we’ve had in a while. It’s been busy! Here’s the Wild Ozark 2021 Year in Review. …
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New Acceptance | Regional Art Museum | RAM
My largest painting to date, Whisper, was accepted into Fort Smith’s Regional Art Museum (RAM) Annual Invitational Show. The theme is Metamorphosis.
At first glance, a painting of a cow doesn’t seem to have any parallels with the theme, …
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Weesatche, Texas | Another Farmstead Painting
I’m working on a painting for my husband’s Christmas gift. It may not be finished in time, but it won’t be too long afterwards before I’m done. It’s the house where his aunts lived in Weesatche, Texas. It was a …
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Parallel Works | Real Life and NFT Artworks
As a traditional artist who has recently begun creating NFT’s from some of my works, I feel like there’s a whole lot of unexplored territory I don’t yet understand. If you’ve followed me for the past few years, you’ll know …
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What is NFT art?
I’ve finally listed an NFT artwork for sale. What is an NFT art, you ask?
Now that I’ve been wandering around in that strange world for a little while, maybe I can try to shed some light on the whole, …
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Great Horned Owl Painting in Progress
I’ve long wanted to do a Great Horned Owl painting, since I drew up the list of birds of prey and put them on my To-Paint list. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of it at the very beginning. So …
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Arkansas Locally Made | Avoid the Christmas Gift Crisis
With all the cargo ships moored offshore our major ports, it’s beginning to look like a Christmas gift crisis could strike major retailers. But if you’ll check out Arkansas locally made items, I bet you’ll find some things to check …
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The NFT Orchid Collection at Objkt
This is a collection of six North American Orchid drawings preserved forever on the blockchain. Some, like the Ghost Orchids, are extremely rare and endemic to a very small area. Others, like the Lady’s Tresses, are abundant. All of the …
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Drawing a Pink Lady’s Slipper | Series of Six Orchids
From time to time I get requests for artwork that is closer to reality in color than I can get with my Ozark pigments. When that happens, I use my Prismacolor and Winsor & Newton pencils. For the next while, …
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Pet Lizard Portraits, Big Cow, and Cottonwood Trees
Pet Lizard Portraits are an art form I never thought I’d be doing. But I’ve done two, for two different pets and find that I really enjoy that sort of critter as a subject. There are plenty of artists doing …
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Earthy Vibes | Pop-up Show in Downtown Springdale | Oct. 7
Today I’m wrapping up the preparations for tomorrow’s exhibit in Springdale Arkansas. It’s a new Art Walk kicking off, and this Thursday is the first one. The weather is forecasted to be nice, and the autumn light is in the …
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Wild Ozark now accepts Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency
I’m happy to say that the online shopping cart here accepts Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a couple of other coins are optional ways to pay for items in the Wild Ozark shopping cart. If your preferred coin …
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Jarrod Cluck | Nature Artist Interviews
This post kicks off what I hope to be a regular feature on my blog. Please give a big welcome to Jarrod Cluck, the first subject of my Nature-Influenced Artist Interviews.
Jarrod is a native of small-town Rudy, Arkansas. He …
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New Acceptance: Audubon Artists 79th Annual at the Salmagundi Club
On Site Exhibit at the Salmagundi Club 2021
47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
October 25 to November 5, 2021I’m excited and honored to announce that ‘Namesake‘ will show in the Audubon Artist’s 79th Annual art …