A New Direction
I'm taking a new direction in my subject matter this fall. I've been pretty focused on coastal scenes for a little while but I get a little bored with landscapes (even coastals) after a while!
My big inspiration has been a painting I thought about for almost a year before I started it. I've already talked about it on the blog and it is still in progress..the huge painting of my son feeding a horse. The horse is one of my parents' from their farm in North Carolina. This summer when we visited, I took a ton of pictures of their cows and new calves.
These pictures have been the springboard for a new set of paintings. Since I'm sketching & painting cows..everywhere I look, I get distracted by cows. Here in Texas we have the ever-so-famous Texas Longhorn. I found one on a small farm outside of our neighborhood. Unfortunately, the farm is situated right before an extremely sharp curve. I decided I better find something other than that longhorn to look at or I was going to wreck one day! I went digging through my reference photos and found some photos from the Fort Worth stockyards and other areas. Longhorns are so cool looking!
So..look for these and other paintings with a "Texas-flare" coming up soon. Here is a completed 10"x10" title Not Sure. She was walking by me and hesitated as I started clicking the camera..not sure of whether I was safe enough to walk past.
My big inspiration has been a painting I thought about for almost a year before I started it. I've already talked about it on the blog and it is still in progress..the huge painting of my son feeding a horse. The horse is one of my parents' from their farm in North Carolina. This summer when we visited, I took a ton of pictures of their cows and new calves.
These pictures have been the springboard for a new set of paintings. Since I'm sketching & painting cows..everywhere I look, I get distracted by cows. Here in Texas we have the ever-so-famous Texas Longhorn. I found one on a small farm outside of our neighborhood. Unfortunately, the farm is situated right before an extremely sharp curve. I decided I better find something other than that longhorn to look at or I was going to wreck one day! I went digging through my reference photos and found some photos from the Fort Worth stockyards and other areas. Longhorns are so cool looking!
So..look for these and other paintings with a "Texas-flare" coming up soon. Here is a completed 10"x10" title Not Sure. She was walking by me and hesitated as I started clicking the camera..not sure of whether I was safe enough to walk past.
posted by Charlotte at 10:27 PM
1 Comments:
You need to come visit and work out in my backyard! We've got the beef cattle here every evening, plus the farm scenery! Just a thought... :).
Love the cow! Can't wait to see more of the paintings (hopefully in person).
Lisa
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home