Family Heirloom

This is a small painting of a friends Mothers Saddle. 11x14.  

She was an awesome Cowgirl! Her entire life she dressed the part. 

She was such a neat lady. I didn't do it justice, but enjoyed painting it anyway.

Wyoming Cowboy

When I went to Wyoming last year, I got some good photos of cowboys! I saw this man the first night, and in our area we don't see these kind of hats, and I was taking photos constantly!  I love the scarves they wear too.  I still want to go back! Maybe next year. It just didn't seem to work out this year.
The workshop is awesome plus all the great subjects to paint or collage.

The Cowboy-Day 3

The Cowboy

6x6 oil on gessobord unframed

with small display easel

available

 

Western art is my very favorite. I love horses, and cowboys......boots, spurs, you name it!

When I started painting, this is what I really wanted to paint, but it is not always easy.

Sometimes I just jump in and do something western anyway!

Time to Brand

More ideas from all my photos I took when I went out to the 'Powell' Ranch to watch them brand.
They are not kin to us, but very good friends.  They were very generous to let us ( 2 friends were there too) tramp around in their way, (probably scaring their horses ) and take all the pictures we wanted to take! It was so much fun to watch them work. They have a system, and it worked so smooth. I was excited that they roped the calves and threw them, what a blast!
This is  done on 140 lb hot press paper, and is available.

Brand'n

I got to go take pictures while our neighbor branded and I loved it! Western art is my favorite!
That is why I started painting...to do western art, then I realized just how hard it really is to make it believable, so I ventured off onto other things. I don't think I could ever do the cowboys, cowgirls, horses, etc. justice but I love to try. 
The young man  had no idea how excited I got when I saw he had on a white shirt! That is what watercolorists look for!

This is done on 300 lb Hot Press Arches Paper, with transparent watercolors.

The Glory of Cowboy'n

 

The Glory of Cowboy'n

  ( A Work in Progress)

A few years ago, I did these boots in pencil, and wanted to try my hand at the torn paper collage technique using only black and white.  For me, Using just black and white is very hard. I can see where I need to make a few changes. I may even pop in some color somewhere. It may need some red. It does have a tiny bit of blues.  I found the name in a western magazine. It was the title of 'something'.  I don't read them, I just tear them up!