After a flood is an excellent time to look for my natural art supplies.

On my way home from the office yesterday, I saw the roots of an Osage tree. Of course, I had to stop, and then I couldn’t …

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This old shed is one of my most photographed subjects. I take pictures of it in various weather, lots of sunsets, and throughout the seasons. Now it’s time for an Old Shed with Red Sunset painting, using my Ozark pigment …

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I think I work opposite of most artists when it comes to the way I do certain things. What comes first the subject, or the palette?

For most painters, I would imagine the subject is chosen and then whatever paints …

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I’m working on a painting of a fence lizard using my Ozark pigments in oils. This is the page that shows my progression from start to finish.

During the hot days of summer, there are lots of fence lizards skittering …

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While working on my fence lizard painting, I had leftover paint on the palette when finished for the day. So I decided to use it to start a new painting on the same size board, a small narrow 8″ x …

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Yesterday at the studio, I worked on two different paintings. One I needed to begin, and the other needed progress towards finished.

Painting to Start

The first one I worked on is the one I needed to begin. It’s a …

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There are a lot of parallels between the kind of art I make and the Slow Food movment from a decade or so ago. My style is also very much ‘back to nature’.

Why is it ‘Slow Art’?

Just as …

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There’s something magical about the way it looks on a misty Autumn morning in the Ozarks. Several years ago, I took a photo of my neighbor’s field towards the bridge for Felkins creek that’s near our house. While going through …

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Last week in my garden, all of the reptilian (and one amphibious) creatures were out and about. This handsome skink came out to pose for me, so I figured I’d paint his portrait.

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Currently on my easel is a portrait in progress of a gorgeous blue-eyed juvenile raptor. It’s a painting of a Cooper’s hawk. As he matures, his eyes will change to yellow, orange, or red.

Tamalyn Wortham, Photographer

“The story behind

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