Plantation Wildlife Art Festival 2015

"Man on a Mission"

"Man on a Mission" 8x10 oil

"Handsome Drifter"

"Handsome Drifter" 8x6 oil

Working with some new colors on my pallet, this small commissioned piece turned out very nice. I love pronghorns and their beautiful markings. They make for wonderful painting subjects.

"Wild Jacks"

"Wild Jacks" 10x5 oil

"Nevermore"

"Nevermore" 10x8 oil

"Rainbow Shimmer"

"Rainbow Shimmer" 11x14 oil

"Great-Horned Owl Triptych"

"Great-Horned Owl Triptych" oil

Since my return from the Birds In Art exhibition at the Woodson Museum in Wausau, the paint has been flying! The trip this year was especially inspiring and I'm riding this wave of productivity as long as it lasts. These little 8x8 studies were a lot of fun. I wanted to concentrate mostly on the brushwork and getting some big juicy blobs of paint down. One of the most difficult things for me is putting down a big fat brush stroke and then leaving it alone! I have a compulsion to fiddle with the paint until all the brushy painterly freshness is gone. I might have to start wrapping myself on the knuckles if that continues!!!