Lucy...and other news

I Love Lucy
Oil 12" x 12"
Sold - Commission

I just mailed Lucy off to her home in North Carolina.  Lucy is a Miniature Black Angus.  I didn't know anything about Miniature Black Angus, so I googled it!  Interesting what you learn through painting.  Lucy's photo was hanging in my studio for several weeks and  during the painting process my husband and I became very attached to her and affectionately started calling the painting "Not For Dinner".   We couldn't imagine eating her!  She's so cute!  How could you commission a painting that would soon become dinner?  So, I emailed my husband's niece, whose family raises these, and asked her about this.  They use the females for breeding and the males for meat.  So, with a life expectancy of 12-25 years, Lucy will be a part of that family for years to come!

Other news....I have hardly posted this past month, because I haven't painted much this past month.  I recently had partial knee replacement.  I've had knee problems for decades and finally realized that it was time to fix this!  The last several weeks I've been recovering, going through at home physical therapy, laying around, watching netflix, hobbling around in a walker, taking naps...everything you do after knee surgery.  Painting and standing (or even sitting) in front of my easel just hasn't been possible.  I didn't have the physical or mental stamina.  Drugs take it out of you, and although I've been thinking that doing some abstract painting might be fun, I wasn't quite ready for drug induced abstract.  So, I'm on the mend, doing more each day, and am looking forward to painting again soon!

Cowabunga - Colorado Cow

Colorado Cow
6" x 6"  Oil
$75.00 + $10. s/h

I love how cows just stand and watch you.  They are so curious!  And, they are fun to paint.  I'm happy when I paint cows!


As in the past, for the month of December, my daily paintings are 25% off.  Those posted in December will have a Paypal button reflecting that sale.  However, if you see a painting from the past that you'd like, please email me and I'll send you a Paypal invoice reflecting the sale price.  And, I'll gift wrap any paintings that you'd like sent as a gift!  All paintings purchased after noon December 16th will be mailed in January.

Git Along Little Doggies

Git Along Little Doggies

8" x 8"  Oil on Cradled Panel

$195.00 + $10. s/h

This is the companion piece to the rancher that I posted last month.  He's still working hard!  Just trying to get those doggies (calves) up and over the hill.

Not As Curious

Not As Curious
6" x 8"  Oil
$100.00 + $10. s/h

This guy didn't seem at all interested in me!  Much more in interested in his meal!

You Gotta Love Her

You Gotta Love Her
6" x 6"  Oil
$100.00 + $10. s/h
SOLD

It's great how cows just love to look at you.  They are so curious!

Home On The Range

Home On The Range - SOLD
8" x 10" Oil

I was recently asked by a woman who owns three of my paintings if I would donate a piece for a fundraiser.  She is the founder of this fundraiser/event, The Family afFaire, which feeds The Grace Fund, an affiliate fund of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation, an organization that helps people with MS, ALS, or spinal cord injuries.  In 6 years this group has raised $600,000.00!  I thought it was such a worthy event and donated "Home On The Range."  Cows seemed an appropriate family painting.  I'm thrilled that the piece sold and that I was able to help out.

Yesterday I went to Summerland Gardens, where my work is shown, to change out a painting.  I found out that I'd sold three paintings the day before to a friend of the above mentioned woman!  The donation was truly worth it, both financially and emotionally.  I know that as artists we're asked to donate paintings to causes.  I've read several posts where people ponder this.   As a daily painter, I have unsold pieces in my studio and have made donations.  As with all donations, whether of money, paintings, time, I think that it's a personal choice.

Colorado Cow

6" x 6"  oil on panel
$100.00 + $10. s/h
please contact me of interested

My last two paintings were of Texas cattle.  I thought I needed to do a painting from a little closer to home. This guy lives just a little bit west of our house.

Texas Steer

12" x 16" oil on stretched canvas
$395.00 + $10. s/h
please contact me if interested

I like the challenge of painting whites and grays (that's what the colors really are.)  This Texas day was filled with neutral color notes: the steer, the leafless shrubs in the background, the partly cloudy sky.

Texas Midhorn

12" x 16" oil on stretched canvas
$395.00 + $10. s/h
please contact me if interested

You can't go to Texas without seeing a lot of cattle.  I'm not sure what this kind was, it's not quite a Longhorn;  so, I gave it it's own name.  It seems like the cattle and cows that I see around here stand by the side of the road when you approach.  But, in Texas, every time we pulled over by the side of the road, the herds turned to look, then ran away.  Must be the old Texas/Colorado rivalry.  The didn't want to see me coming!

Moodest

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel
SOLD

Cows really are cute. How can you not love them? They let you get pretty close before they walk away. And, I'm not sure if they walk away because of human presence or they're just looking for a little bit better bite to eat. This one really seems "moodest". She doesn't look vain, she seems humble. She's held back by a sense of what is fit and proper. She is not calling attention to her body. So, yes, she is moodest.

Moonet

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel
$100.00 + $10. s/h
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As I'm looking at this painting titled "Moonet", I'm wondering, is it a portrait, (maybe) a figure, (maybe) a still life, (definately not) a landscape (part of one). I guess animals fall into their own category, but what chapter in my painting books do I look in when looking for cow painting tips? I guess I'll just keep reading them all.

Not As Curious

6" x 8" oil on masonite
$100.00 + $10. s/h
contact me if interested

This guy just wasn't as interested in me as I was in him. Not sure why, must have been a really good clump of grass. The earth in the foreground is the gravel road. I'm right next to this one, and he still doesn't seem to care.

Curiosity

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel
$100. + $10. s/h
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It's funny how cows, most animals actually, turn and look when we approach. I guess they're as interested in us as we are in them. This guy sure was interested in me. There are 83,000 dairy cows and 2.6 million head of cattle in Colorado. No wonder I see them everywhere. Nearly half of Colorado, or about 31 million acres is farmed or ranched. The cattle industry is the no. 1 agricultural commodity in the state.

You Gotta Love Her

6" x 6" oil on canvas on foam board
$100.00 + $10. s/h
contact me if interested

This cow was just standing there looking right at me. I kept wondering if I walked a little closer and tried to pet her what she would do. I think she was as interested in me as I was in her.

Home on the Range

6" x 8" oil on masonite
$100.00 + $10. s/h
SOLD


These cattle are on an open range on the way to Antero Reservoir. There is a fence, and a cattle guard on this county road, out by the highway, but no fence on the range. So, the cattle are pretty close; sometimes right on the dirt road. They turn and walk away when you get too near. It seems all they do is eat.