Excellent Sale just in time for Christmas!

"4 at Rest" (pastel 32x32 inches) just SOLD! Who hoo!!

This work has an Honorable Mention in the Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition this year and was published this month (Dec 2009) in the magazine!

I knew it wouldn't last long after that!

The progress on my latest large cow painting

Here's the latest Longhorn composition, which was my second demo piece this year.
This (left) was the "in-between" status after the Art Guild of Central Texas demo (in Waco) and before the Wimberley Valley Art League demo.

Below is the newspaper photo (taken during the demo at the Highland Arts Guild) that went with the terrific article in the Marble Falls Daily Tribune written by Raymond Whelan (who also did the article last spring about my win in the Plein Aire competiton!) (Thanks Raymond!)












Here at left is the finished work, just in time to be my showpiece for my solo exhibit this month!
"The Long and The Short of It" pastel, 32x32 inches.

Preparing for my solo show, and how the cows outsold the chicks.

As some of you may know, I just did 2 very fine Fine Art Fairs in a row: The Bayou City Art Fest Oct 10-11 and the Georgetown Art in The Square Oct 17-18.
In this economy, small works are selling best, and so my favorite size has quickly become the 5x7. Since I was OUT of 5x7 paintings after these 2 fine fairs, I decide to refresh my inventory, starting with these 4 new landscapes, since the only frames I had left were ones I had determined would look best on landscapes (I tend to buy my frames first, then paint for the frames. Many artists do this.)

Here are (at left) are "Texas Hills 4"



"Texas Hills 5"







"Texas Hills 6"




and "West Texas 4"

These are the first of many small works to be the main "fillers" for my solo show in New Braunfels, Nov 6-30, 2009


So the cows outsold the chicks, you wonder? That was an amusing thought I had after the Art in The Square last weekend, when all the rest of my 5x7 cows sold out, and all I was left with (of the 5x7's) was one lonely painting of some chicks.

I decide to post them all here, even though all these cows have sold, I think they're all cute enough to put on record.

Here is "Terrence"




and "Ollie"






"Harriet"






"Granger" and "Buddy"








"Arlan"




and "Alda"







Here, by the way, are the chicks that no one wanted (yet!) titled "From a Chick's Viewpoint" (5x7)
These cuties will be able to be in my solo show with all my new stuff!



More postings to come soon!

Some new work

Well, I'm at it again with the little cows!


This one, "Bailey," (pastel 7x5) will be included in the "Art Heist" (a new twist on the silent aution) during the Bayou City Art Festival October 10-11, 2009 in Houston, TX. More info on the Art Heist HERE!


Here are three more 7x5 little cows I completed this week...

"Lucy"


"Bo"









and "Banjo"


These will be in Houston with me for the Bayou City Art Fest.

IAPS Web Show now online!

Hi All,
Check out my painting "The Note" on the IAPS website here:
(It didn't win anything, but hey, it's IN THE SHOW!! Look 6 rows down under "Accepted Entries")
http://www.pastelinternational.com/COMPETITIONS/fourteenth/fourteenthjuried.html

Then check out the rest of the show - it's awesome!!

Newest Addition to Cow Series, "Secrets"

Here it is... done and scanned and ready to take to my printer for the giclee adjustments.

"Secrets" pastel, 24x24 inches

Tomorrow I give a demo for the Art Guild of Central Texas in Waco, and have prepared a 32x32 board for my next cow painting. I'll post the progress!