17 Apr “Breezy Paint”
8 x 6" oil/canvas panelsoldTuesday we had the farrier out to get some shoes on our guys. Now we are all set to move cows to summer pasture here in a few weeks. This reminded me that I hadn't painted a horse...
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14 Apr “Tougher Than Most”
10 x 8" oil/canvas panelsoldI have to say, I love cowgirls! They really make living in the west special. Rarely are they cute and sexy like some books and calendars I've seen on Rodeo Queens. Instead they are smart, stout or wiry and...
13 Apr “Searching for a Quiet Place”
8 x 8" oil/canvas panelsold I photographed this deer last summer sometime in June. She was acting rather strangely I thought, gently searching through the tall grass, swishing her tail.When I looked at the photo later on and saw the swell of her belly, I realized...
06 Apr “Smiling”
8 x 8" oil/canvas panel$300 - For purchase information click here.I do a fair amount of plein air painting, mostly of poorly rendered bushes and trees. Good practice for me, but also something I like to do while my husband is fly fishing. Anyway,...
03 Apr “Bill”
8 x 6" oil/canvas panelsoldThis painting came out looking so much like our Border Collie Bill,that I had to put his name to it. Hes kind of of a wiry little guy, built much like a Grey Hound....
27 Mar “Standing Bay”
6 x 8" oil/canvas panelsoldThe subject again is my husband's horse Harley. I am not sure why I like painting this horse so much. I mean we have four of them. I think it might have to do with his personality, he...
25 Mar “Sniffin’ the Breeze”
10 x 8" oil/canvas panelsoldThis is Bill again, sitting in "The Potato Patch." Its not really a potato garden anymore, but a nice place on our ranch near the creek. Sometimes a place gets a name through years of habit. I'm not...
24 Mar “The First Try”
8 x 8" oil/canvas panelNFSThis is a painting of a brand new calf, umbilical cord still attached!I loved doing this one because I could sure visualize that process where the cow and calf try to make that first connection.My husband likes this painting so much,...
23 Mar “Russian Girl”
8 x 8" oil/canvas panelsoldThe title of this painting should probably be "The Rancher's Wife" since it goes so extremely well with my earlier painting of "The Rancher."But, she is actually a cultural exchange student from Russia that visited Cascade several years ago. I...
16 Mar “Little Deer”
8 x 8" oil/canvas panelFor purchase information click here.This past week Great Falls, Montana, hosted its one claim to fame, the CM Russell Western Art Auction. Seriously, artists and collectors alike just come swarming into town! Its is so exciting! ...