Interacting with Flora and Fauna, Translating Messages from the Muse
Pretty much all of my art is influenced and inspired by my surroundings here at Wild Ozark. Although I listed the flora and fauna in the title, it’s more than …
Category: Earth Paint Colors
These are the posts that mention making paint, or these earthy colors that I use. To see all of the paintings I’ve made with Ozark pigments: https://www.wildozark.com/unique-art-by-madison-woods/
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Earth Pigments used in Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
Today I saw a headline about the ‘New Revelations about “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, the painting by Johannes Vermeer. I’m not sure why it is surprising that the pigments of this iconic painting are earth pigments. But then I …
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Ozark Pigment Profiles | Paleo Paints
I’ve finally been making the paints long enough to see some repetition in the colors. They’ll never be exact from batch to batch, but I’m getting a sense of what to expect from the various rocks I use. Here are …
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January Exhibits and Events
I have a few dates to announce for January exhibits and events. First up is a pop-up exhibit on Jan. 9 at the Rogers Experimental House during the Downtown Rogers Art on the Bricks. I’ll be there with original works …
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The Orange in Osage Root Bark
The color in the Osage root bark is quite vivid and I’m trying to capture that pigment.
My first attempt wasn’t very successful. I used water to try and extract the orange. I simmered it on low heat, then strained …
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Bone Black
I made bone black, from a cow vertebra that I charred inside a small tin inside the wood stove. Previously I’d used charred wood from hickory and oak. It has been a difficult paint to re-wet and it never reached …
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Making Paint is Meditative
Early this morning my friend moved through the doorway of this life and into the realm of whatever lies beyond. And because making paint is meditative to me, that’s what I did for most of my time today.
What comes
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Paint from Red Sandstone
Today I made several different shades of paint from red sandstone.
When I make a paint from a pigment-rich stone, like this one, rather than waste what is left on the plate after mulling and scraping up the paint, I’ll …
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Color from Osage Root Bark
Today I experimented with Osage root bark to see if it will make paint. Ordinarily, I avoid using plant pigments because they tend to be fugitive, meaning they fade or discolor with time. Some plant pigments, like the green I …
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A Painting was accepted! Jones Gallery November Exhibit
I’m so excited to announce that my ‘Working the Dark Waters‘ fantasy painting is going to hang in the November Group Art Show at the Jones Gallery in Kansas City, MO for the month of November.
This one, …
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Blood of the Ozarks- a new Paleo Paints Driftwood Palette
There is one precious source for a certain color I don’t use often or in large quantities. My new Driftwood Palette collection I’m calling ‘Blood of the Ozarks’ contains some paints with some of this color.
Unadulterated with other pigments, …
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Ponca in Summertime- the Process & the Pigments
I’m a little late getting the process post for this one written. Ponca in Summertime started out plein air. I went out there one morning in mid-August with my Ozark pigments, easel and a chair with the plan to just …
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Appreciating the Brown Colors
I think the color brown is vastly underappreciated. Think about it. It’s the earthiest of our earthy colors. The base of all the palettes of nature. Something that exists in such abundance is also called ‘ubiquitous’. By its very virtue …
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My attempts to paint a portrait that didn’t look like a monster.
Because of the recent fiasco with the face on my Water Priestess, I decided I’d better learn to paint a portrait in case I ever want to include another face in any of my paintings.
So I started with …
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Nature Fantasy Paintings? Click through to see the start of my new series.
Ordinarily I paint real things that have a photograph backing them up to give me some guidance. But in between those paintings, I like to deviate a bit and paint nature fantasy. I get to indulge in my love of …
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Red-tailed Hawk Painting in Earth Pigments
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Follow along as I paint a picture of this red-tailed hawk. It’s part of my Ozark Birds of Prey series. …
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It All Started a Year Ago with a Smashed Rock
It all started with a smashed rock on the driveway.
A smashed rock on the driveway, much like the one that sparked off my journey of a lifetime. This time last year I was in Doha, Qatar hiding out from …
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Paint-making Tips and Tools: Tiny Jars
As I reordered some supplies the other day, I thought it would make interesting blog posts to show you some of my favorite tools and paint-making hacks as I run across them. This one is tiny jars. I love these …
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Shades of Shale
Black shale is a common rock in our creeks and streams. The rocks are brittle and easy to crumble, and make a dark gray rub. A great candidate for making some paint.
And it makes a really buttery textured paint. …
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Gathering Earth Pigments Among the Floodwater Gifts
I went down to the Wild Ozark creek to see what gifts the water brought this time and found a whole new gravel bed! Once I’m done gathering earth pigments from it I can put some back on the driveway, …
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Stacked Rocks Still Life Painting- the Process
The Process Story of “Ozark Rocks and Leaf”
This painting started out plein air. The grandkids were visiting and wanted to go splash around at Felkins creek. While they played, I began painting these stacked rocks with a sycamore leaf.…
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Pottery Shard
A few weeks ago during my morning walk, I found an old pottery shard. So I put it in my pocket and finished my walk. It looked like it might make a nice paint, but I debated over whether or …
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Join me on a Forage?
This workshop has ended. Contact me to schedule private workshops on your schedule, or check back on my Workshops page to see when new group workshops are scheduled. You can also sign up for my newsletter to get current schedule …
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Pigment Hunting at War Eagle
On Sunday we took a field trip out to the $2 hole at War Eagle Creek near the Mill where some of my paintings and prints are offered for sale. Rob wanted to look for arrowheads while I planned on …
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She Delivers in Spades
I went down to see what gifts the creek brought when the waters receded from my favorite little spot 💕 She always delivers in spades when she rages 😁
Look at all that color! Why the rocks?
If you haven’t …
