Bison Painting

Yellowstone Bison #2
11 x 14
oil on canvas
$600

  Here is another bison painting I just finished today. It may be a bit shiny in a few wet areas but I am pretty pleased with it. Bison are one of my favorite animals and I have so many photographs of them from all over but especially in Yellowstone National Park. This painting is of a bison cow and bull in the park. I always used to picture them on flat treeless plains but in Yellowstone they are everywhere, and often in lightly forested areas.  As a kid I remember seeing the paintings and sculptures of Charles Russell and thinking how neat buffalos were. As an adult,  they are some of my favorite animals to  paint and sculpt.

Five for the Small Works Show at the FWCAC

Garden House
8 x 10
oil on panel

Last Tuesday I wasn't feeling very well. I found out I have walking pneumonia. I'm slowly (very slowly)  starting to feel better. One of the worse things though is that I haven't felt like creating any art at all. I don't have a lot of good things to say about daytime television either!

Camping at Lake Granbury
8 x 10
oil on panel

 However, even though I have been missing out on this great fall weather and color, I haven't been totally idle. I did get these five 8 x 10s in the Small Works Show at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. This is a fun show featuring all kinds of art, 9 x 12 or smaller and unframed. It is a great place to add to your art collection or buy Christmas presents.

Bad Hair Day
8 x 10
oil on panel

The stipulation of this show is that the work not be framed and must fit in a 9 x 12 mailing envelope.So the paintings I selected had to be on flat panels. Many of my friends put paintings in this show as well. Over the years I've purchased several paintings there myself. I'm looking forward to seeing the show once it is hung and maybe adding to my art collection.

The Road Home
8 x 10
oil on panel

Two For My Tea
8 x 10
oil on panel

A Peaceful Moment

A Peaceful Moment
9 x 7 x 6
bronze on wood
$900

This was the second sculpture I ever made. It was inspired by photos and sketches that I did in Yellowstone National Park when I stayed at the Old Faithful Lodge. There was a bison cow with her calf  resting behind the lodge that I watched as I took an early morning walk.

Bad Hair Day

Bad Hair Day
8 x 10
oil on linen on board

Here's another of my bison paintings.These were up in Yellowstone National Park. The spring and early summer is such a beautiful time of year to visit Montana and Wyoming, but the animals are pretty rough looking until they finish losing their winter coats. I've got photos of some of the scruffiest looking bison, elk, mountain goats, and bighorn sheep from my trips up north.

Hanging Out With Dad

Hanging Out With Dad
8 x 10
Oil on Linen on Board

    Whenever I go up to Yellowstone one of my favorite activities is watching the bison. This scene is a peaceful one, but a short time later there was more action. A small herd of cows, calves, and an old bull were resting near the road. A second bull approached the herd. The old bull got up and went out to face him. The new bull turned tail and began circleing the herd, trying to join. Whenever  he got too close the old bull would start out to face him and the younger bull would trot off. He finally gave up and the old bull went back to graze among his herd.
Bison are such fun to depict. I've got several other paintings  from our paintout  in the stock yards that I need to finish. But I felt like painting bison, so I dug out my photos and thats just what I did.

Yellowstone Bison

Yellowstone Bison
11 x 14
Oil on Canvas

Here is another painting that I put the finishing touches on today. Yellowstone National Park is one of my favorite places. I've been there many times. During the summer it is a great place to go to get away fom the heat. In fact, one July I woke up to find a coating of snow on my tent. My favorite thing about the park is the wildlife. My favorite animals are bison and bears. I've taken rolls of film, as well as many digital images, and have albums and boxes full of their photos. I've done a lot of sketching at the various lodges and campgrounds as well as along the roads and trails. I completed. this painting from my photographs. I have more reference material for bison than any other subject.