Work in Progress

longhorn cow and calf
work in progress in clay

I started work on this piece almost two years ago and started working on it again last night as my demo at the opening of my show at the Southwestern Adventist University. The light was not really that great for working on art but I think I'm pretty close if I put in some quality time working on it. I'm still working on simplifying the plants around the feet of the cattle. I try to have the most details around the faces of the animal and get looser the further away. This is basically the same principal as painting and having the sharpest edges around the center of interest.

Don't Mess With Texas

Don't Mess With Texas
9  x 4.5 x 5.5
bronze on wood
$900

This is my newest longhorn sculpture, and one of the pieces that will be in my art show with my great friend Sheri Jones at the Southwestern Adventist University next week. I finally made it to her solo show at Granbury last week. It was a great show. She sold many of her paintings. She really is a master of color. I haven't posted  a painting since Monday. I've started three this week, but I've been out of town and also working on my taxes so I haven't had the time to do as much painting as I would like. Hopefully once I take care of my taxes I'll have more time.

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.