"NEW BLOG"

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oil on gessoed hardboard

Some Texas Artists Like To Paint is a new blog that officially kicks off June 1, so I invite you to visit our new group of Texas artists who will paint a different assigned theme each month. Of course we had to start out with "anything Texas" for this first month. When I saw this longhorn steer skull hanging on the front of a bar-b-q joint in Glen Rose, Texas, I thought this had to be my first entry. The longhorn, the Lone Star flag, the weathered wood siding...all screamed TEXAS to me. So visit often and see the many interpretations that all the different artists have to share.

"Texas Pickup"

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oil on stretched canvas

Don't you think the pickup truck should be the official Texas state vehicle! On the highway outside of Lampasas, I spotted this one with cactus planted in the bed of the truck and sitting in a field of spring wildflowers and bluebonnets.

"Out To Pasture"

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oil on stretched canvas
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Spotted this old rusty tractor out in a field on the back roads of the Texas Hill Country. It might have been put out to pasture as a work horse, but it still holds lots of beauty for an artist's eye.

ACA Award "Santa Fe Vendor"

8 x 10

oil on gessoed hardboard

The Dallas Associated Creative Artists (ACA) Annual Awards Show was last night and I feel very fortunate to have won one of the Merit Awards with my "Santa Fe Vendor" entry. He is a favorite of mine painted from a photo taken at the train station marketplace in Santa Fe. The show will hang at the Artist's Showplace for the month of May and I encourage anyone in the area to drop by to see some outstanding paintings. I'll attach my other two entries in the show.

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"Johnny Appleseed"

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"Fruit Basket Turnover"

"Texas Pastures"

11 x 14

oil on stretched canvas

A couple of weeks ago we were heading south on highway 281 in the Texas Hill Country and were awestruck when we saw these fields of yellow wildflowers. A quick u-turn produced this lazy afternoon scene.

"Copper Tray"

11 x 14 (canvas size)

oil on stretched canvas

Decided to post this most recent painting in the frame. We've been out of town and it was great to get back home to paint. While we were gone I ran across this copper tray at an estate sale. I could just picture it in a still life setting, so couldn't resist bringing it home.