Category: Art by Madison Woods
All of my paintings feature Ozark pigments I’ve collected by hand and processed into paints. I use titanium oxide pigment to make white for adjusting and blending oil paints made from the Ozark pigments.
When I travel, I also gather rocks from those locations. When I make paint with rocks from other locations, the scene will be one from the homeland of the pigment, and the pigment sources will be specified in my process page or product listing if they are not Ozark colors.
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The posts below are from my blog and have to do with my art-making.
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Painting a Branch, Pouring Water from Pigment
Today I’ll be painting a branch, the one my hawk is perched upon. But before I do that, there’s one feather I forgot to add. It’s on the tail and it’s making everything look off to not see it there. …
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Painting on a Rainy Day
The weather outside is unsuitable for doing much else, but it’s perfectly right for painting on a rainy day. I’ve also been making paints for my 2024 Soul of the Ozarks watercolor collection. But that involves little more than waiting …
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Making Gray Paint from Shale
One of the pigment resources I use from the land around Wild Ozark is a dark gray shale. We’re located where a geological formation called Fayetteville Shale spreads beneath and around. Most people associate it with natural gas and oil. …
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Gearing up to make some paint
Today is the last day of January. Yesterday we had errands in town to run and that took up the whole day. Tomorrow we’ve got to go back out to town again. It’s time for annual physicals, which I don’t …
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Finished a Large Cow Painting
This is Brahman Mama #905. I’ve been working on her for a little under two weeks. This morning, she’s finished. Here’s the progression page for her if you like to see all of the steps from blank canvas to final …
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Brahman Mama #905 | Cow Art
Today is Wednesday (Jan 17, 2024) and there’s still snow on the ground outside from last week’s arctic blast. The horses and cat are fed, husband and myself already had breakfast, and the hot water lines are still frozen, along …
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Classical Art that I Love
I’ve found more classical art that I adore. You know, I took an art appreciation class back when I was in college and I didn’t get the exposure I thought I might to the kinds of art I really love. …
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Painting the rest of January, Paint-Making in February
I’ve got a cow and a broad-winged hawk on the easel. Coming up, there’s handmade paint orders to fill in February. So, I’ll be painting for the rest of January and then switch over to paint-making in February. I’ll probably …
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Drafty Windows as Windowsill Refrigerator
All of the things I dislike about cold weather are related to being uncomfortable. Being cold makes everything harder to do, especially when fingers and feet are numb and ready to warm up by the fire. However, the cold does …
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Free Will | Broad-winged Hawk #1
While the background is drying on my cow painting, I’m going to start on this 12 x 12″ painting of a broad-winged hawk on canvas. It’s been cold in the studio and that causes oil paints to take even longer …
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CANCELED -Tontitown Art Festival
I’m sorry to report that this event has been canceled due to unforseen events. April 27 – 28, 2024 Harry Sbanatto Park235 E. Henri de Tonti Blvd.Tontitown, AR 72762 https://www.arkansasartshows.com/events I’m excited to be invited and can’t wait …
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Warm Winter Fires & Charred Bones for Pigment
The last time I made charred bones in the woodstove was when Rob was still working overseas. So, when I presented my foil-wrapped tin box to put beneath the fire he was building yesterday morning, it was a new request …
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Rainy Day Rambles
This morning it was above freezing, but soon after the sun rose, the wind started. Gusty winds must’ve cause a line to touch something somewhere, because the lights went out briefly. It had flickered a few times before that, but …
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Brahman Cow Art | Painting Little Red
Today is start a new painting day. It seems that I’m building a collection of Brahman cow art works. This is Little Red. See the comments to find out how Little Red got her name. Not so little anymore, though. …
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Today is Oil Paint Making Day
Before I get started on the next art piece, I need to make some tubes of color. So today is oil paint-making day. I’ve already got the rocks crushed and pigments washed, so all I need to do is add …
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Nothing Much, Just some Superficial Artist Angst
It’s Wednesday morning and today is supposed to be a painting day. But there are other things on my to-do list I have to get out of the way first. Mundane things like cleaning the cat’s litter box, washing clothes, …
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Growth: 2024 Word of the Year
I don’t remember if I chose a word of the year last year or not… I’ll have to go back and search my blog. But 2024’s word is GROWTH. Now, I don’t want my physical body to grow in girth …
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Summary of Work 2018 – 2023
I like to look back on all of the paintings I’ve done since I began this journey with the Ozark pigments. Today I created collages of all of the work I did each year. It’s a visual summary of work …
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An Imaginary Creek-side Scene
River cane arching over the creek from the opposite shore, sycamore trees on the nearside. A path for nature-lovers and wildlife meanders over the roots. This is the foundation for my imaginary creek-side scene. When I finished the Twisted Tree …
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2024 Art & Life Plans
Sometimes art & life plans work in synchronistic harmony here at Wild Ozark, just because everything here acts as inspiration for my art. But, it always feels like I’m flying by the seat of my pants. No routine, just trying …
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Win Some Lose Some
I’ve been working for at least four years to improve my artwork’s ‘findability’ online. And I’ve recently begun making sales to random collectors who found me via internet searches. So that’s a win. A random internet searcher finding one of …
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Trying to get motivated
Everything in my life is in a sort of limbo at the moment, and I’m trying to get motivated to do anything at all. Even writing this blog post took some effort to begin. I’d also like to be working …
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Skippy, a new painting
This is a new 5 x 7″ painting. It’s a commission for someone out of state who’d contacted me about something other than art months ago. We got to talking, and she asked if I could do a painting of …
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Too Busy to Blog
Being too busy is probably the number 1 excuse for why people aren’t consistent with making blog posts. It’s the excuse I’m using right now, too, ha. I’ve been attending real estate school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. On Saturdays …
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On the Cusp of a New Real Estate Adventure
So, I’m about to embark on a new adventure. Tomorrow I’m beginning classes to prepare for my real estate exam. You might have heard me mention this a few times over the last several months, but the day arrived faster …