After the second kestrel, which was the third painting, I thought I’d try another kestrel. I had another good photo to work from and I’d come to really love the colors and form of kestrels. By this time I was …
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Cow Portrait | Whisper, the Brahman cow | Painting Process
The first painting of 2021 is also the first of its size, and the first using a single source for pigment. But it is my second Brahman cow portrait. ‘Brahman Baby‘ was the first. This is my progress …
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New Win: Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Virtual Art Show
I’m thrilled to report that A Curious Pair and Destination Unknown were accepted to the virtual art show of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival.
Update 1/15/21: A huge THANK YOU to Consuelo (Chelo) Montoya for …
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A Rock Crusher Machine for Making Pigments
Until now, the rock crushing machine was me and a mortar and pestle.
But now, whoo boy, things are about to get serious. Rob ordered a prospector’s rock crusher while he was still working overseas. It has been patiently waiting …
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My 2021 Outlook | A Loosely Defined Path
This is probably the first year that I didn’t go through a reflection of the previous year while making plans for the coming year. In some ways right now, it feels like it doesn’t really matter anyway. No matter how …
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Natural Ozark Beauty on the To-Paint List
It snowed over the weekend for the first time this season. This always leads to me taking a lot of photos of our natural Ozark beauty, most of them not shared because they’re just too repetitive. But I can’t help …
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SOUL OF THE OZARKS | The 3rd Painting
Still in July 2018, and still in Qatar visiting Rob, I decided to try a 3rd painting. I’d do another kestrel and see if I could do it better this time. Because it was so hot outside during daylight hours, …
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Thanksgiving 2020
May your day be filled with abundance and gratitude. I have a lot to be thankful for, and the love and health of family is at the top of my list. I have a husband who is my anchor, best …
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Book Review | Tree Beings
Tree Beings, by Raymond Huber and Sandra Severgnini
Forward by Dr. Jane Goodall
Exisle PublishingThis book is a review copy from the publisher. I chose this book to review because of the title. Right away, I identified with the …
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SOUL OF THE OZARKS | The Second Painting
Honestly, while I was delighted that my handmade watercolors worked alright for my first try, I wasn’t real pleased with the painting itself. So I decided to try a second painting.
This is the story of my journey into the …
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SOUL OF THE OZARKS | Part 1 | The First Painting
This is the story of my journey into the world of being a watercolor painter. My angle on this is a bit different than most other artists I know, in that all of my paints are made from pigments I’ve …
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Rogers Arkansas Art on the Bricks
The following is a press release about the Downtown Rogers Art on the Bricks artwalk. I used to go out and set up my art and people would go from business to business in the downtown section to see all …
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Artist Statement | Welcome to Wild Ozark
Thank you for dropping by my website. I hope you enjoy your stay! Are you an artist, or patron, nature-lover? Maybe an old friend, or lucky happenstance lander-on-the page? Today I’ve been updating some parts of my site. One of …
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Trying out the blue with a test painting
You may remember my flutter of initial excitement about the possibility of adding a stable blue to my palette. Yesterday I finally tried it in a quick painting in my journal. It worked! It’s so exciting to have this color …
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New Acceptance: Las Laguna Art Gallery | 2020 Portrait Exhibition
I woke up this morning to an email announcing that one of my paintings had been accepted to a show. It’s good there are portrait exhibitions that allow strange paintings to hop on board. It’s no secret that I am …
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Book Review | Celebrating Australia’s Magnificent Wildlife
Note: I was provided a free copy of this book (Celebrating Australia’s Magnificent Wildlife) so I could write an honest review.
The Art of Daryl Dickson
This is a beautiful book. From the cover jacket to every page inside, …
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New Acceptance – 78th Annual Audubon Artists Exhibit
I’m pretty excited to announce that ‘Destination Unknown’ was accepted to the the 2020 Audubon Artists Exhibit. UPDATE 11/6/20: I’m even more excited to say that my painting won the Silver Medal and a cash award of $300 for the …
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How To Identify Pigment Rocks?
There are many different sources for I can use for pigments, including plants, clay, soil, bones, and rocks. Most of the plants aren’t lightfast, so I don’t use many of those, but the main source for my Paleo Paints is …
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Painting a Raccoon in Ozark Pigments on Black Paper
I’m working on painting a raccoon on black paper. It’s the first time I’ve painted on black, and the experience is very different from anything else I’ve tried to paint. As I was deciding which paper to put it on, …
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Get Closer to Nature: 5 Quick and Easy Ways
There are so many quick and easy ways to get closer to nature that no one needs to go without the benefits of having that connection to our natural world.
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Nature Journal | Still the Mind to See and Hear
Summary: Still the mind to see and hear things you ordinarily wouldn’t notice. My walking meditation helps settle the audio-visual chatter.
9/17/20 Thursday | Today I stopped at the creek to gather a few rocks. Before that I’d spent the …
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How Such Earthy Colors End Up In My Art
It’s hard not to want to spend all my time making art with earthy colors, especially when I see super pigmented resources like this all around me every day. Just look at this rock.
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A Color Story | Earth Pigments | From Rocks to Paint
When I want a certain color of paint, I’ll go to the creek to look for the rocks I’ll need. In this case, the color is a rich russet – brown with orange influence. What is the color story behind …
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Chasing the Blue Pigment
I had almost resigned myself to never having an Ozark source for a stable blue pigment. I’d tried various flowers around here, like chicory, and hoped the blue porcelain berry skins would have given me blue. None of the rocks …