My Paintings for the Preservation is the Art of the City Show

 My paintings are finally ready for Historic Fort Worth's Preservation is the Art Of the City Show.  I had a bit of trouble with my photography, meaning I think they look better in person than here on the computer. I will have one painting in the Stories from the City category, that is the painting above. Heading for the Shade- Fort Worth Nature Center. I have really enjoyed the nature center this summer. I hope my painting at the show will introduce and encourage new people to visit and become interested in the nature center. I think it is a real hidden gem in fort Worth.

 I have three other  large paintings all based on my photography and sketches from trips to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. I have been there several times  and love it but I am so pleased that we have our own bison herd right here in Fort Worth at the nature center.

 I have five smaller paintings in the show most of which are plein air. Four of them are 8 x 10s and one is a 6 x 8. The first is a painting of Belted Galloways from Fredericksburg, down in the Texas Hill Country. Two others are fall paintings from Aledo and Granbury, two towns near here.The fourth is from our Botanical Gardens right  here in Fort Worth. The last painting is the 6 x 8. It is a painting of a sunset in New Mexico, just outside Santa Fe. I guess what my paintings have in common is that they are all  landscapes from some of my favorite places in Texas and the Western United States

Upcoming shows this fall.

Southwest Garden

       The  first  show I have this  fall  is called  Art in the Garden,   It is a multi artist show in our  Fort  Worth  Botanical Gardens.  It  begins on  September the 11th and runs in conjunction with the  Fort worth Art Dealer's Association's   Fall Gallery Night. I will have the above painting, Southwestern Garden  in this show,Many of my friends will have paintings in this show also, including Sheri Jones, Beatriz Welch, and Olivette Hubler. It should be a great show with beautiful art.

Santa Fe Sunset

Yellowstone Bison

Winter in the Garden

Belted Galloways

My second show begins on November 5th at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas. It features art by the Artists of Texas. I will have the four paintings shown above in this show. I am really looking forward to participating in this event. My friends Linda Popple and Sheri Jones will have work in this show also.

Belted Galloways

Belted Galloways
8 x 10
oil on canvas
$150, unframed

 I did a sketch  and took photos of these cattle from my trip down to Fredericksburg.  I painted it yesterday and after taking it to a critique group at my friend Cecelia's, I edited out a road and house from the background and I think it's a stronger painting because of that. I really think Belted Galloways  are such an interesting looking breed of cattle. You don't see them often but when you do they sure stand out.