Journal

13 Feb New Paint that Ain’t

Posted at 17:50h in cow horse, cows, equine art, horse, Montana artist, ranch, Rocky Mountain Front, western art by Deb Schmit 8 Comments

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30 x 36" oil/linenWhew!I finally made it back!Last week I was merrily painting away on my rocks when I was contacted by Montana Trails Gallery in Bozeman. (...

30 Jan More Rocks…

Posted at 17:39h in boulder fields, equine art, historical art, horse, Rocky Mountain Front by Deb Schmit 2 Comments

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Heres another detail of the large painting I'm working on. Its 48 x 36" and my largest painting to date. (Well, except for that ugly mural I did back in the 70s.)These boulders have been loads of fun to paint! I'm always amazed at how...

27 Jan Learning to paint ROCKS!

Posted at 16:42h in boulder fields, geology, glacier, Montana artist, rocks, Rocky Mountain Front by Deb Schmit 1 Comment

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This is a detail of the big painting I'm working on. The one with the boulder field I mentioned in my pica painting. You can see all the areas I haven't finished yet, but I think I've got a handle on these boulders. Before I...

25 Jan Website Update

Posted at 21:26h in Montana artist, western art by Deb Schmit 0 Comments

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I also want everyone to know I finally have ALL my website issues resolved. Some of you on high speed internet may not have noticed the problems, but it seems that each time I updated my site, the software was making duplicate images within itself....

25 Jan Trespassing; the Pica’s Alarm

Posted at 20:51h in backcountry, Montana artist, pica, Rocky Mountain Front, timberline, western art by Deb Schmit 1 Comment

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8 x 6" oil/canvas panelFor purchase information click hereOkay, now I know what you are going to say. What is THAT?If you've ever been in the backcountry you'll see, or rather hear, these little critters above timber line. Pica's are very...

22 Jan “Wranglin’ for a Wreck”

Posted at 15:32h in Dupuyer Montana, equine art, horse, horse roping a bear, Montana artist, Rocky Mountain Front by Deb Schmit 1 Comment

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16 x 20" oil/linen panelFor purchase information click here.I attended a rodeo awhile back and got some great photos of horses. This painting started to be about the horse roping a calf. I loved how he was rolling back to face...

14 Jan “Young Girl II”

Posted at 16:38h in Ernest Blumenschein, figure, Montana artist, portrait, ranch, western art by Deb Schmit 2 Comments

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8 x 6" oil/canvas panelsoldI got a wonderful Christmas gift from my artist friend Laurie Stevens, on the art of Ernest Blumenschein. He was one of the Taos Painters who was active in the area at the beginning of the twentieth century....

06 Jan “Golden Dreams”

Posted at 16:22h in equine art, horse, Montana artist, ranch, western art by Deb Schmit 0 Comments

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12 x 16" oil/canvas mounted to wood panelFor purchase information click here.This painting I started a few days ago. I need one for the National Oil Painter's of America deadline here in the next few days. This may be the one. ...

04 Jan “Walking Paint Horse”

Posted at 20:12h in equine art, horse, Montana artist, paint horse, ranch, western art by Deb Schmit 0 Comments

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6 x 8" oil/canvas panel - soldHeres another sketch I did as practice for a larger painting I'm planning out. I have several horses planned for this composition. These won't all be included, but its nice to stay limber so I can fully understand the horses...

03 Jan “Cow Pony”

Posted at 16:00h in cow horse, equine art, horse, Montana artist, ranch, western art by Deb Schmit 0 Comments

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6 x 8" oil/canvas panel - soldHeres another little portrait of my husbands horse Harley, looking enthusiastic about his day, as usual. Really I love his head, he has so much personality!...