Thursday, September 29, 2011

Rooster Attitude by Linda Snider Ward

Rooster Attitude is a small 4" x 4" oil painting on gallery-wrapped canvas. In the little town of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, there are two roosters who wander around the town. The locals say that they just showed up one day, and everyone helps take care of them. They’ve become a tourist attraction, and the amazing thing is that they love to be petted. They close their eyes and you can almost hear them purring!
Roosters are actually very beautiful close up and quite stoic looking. I tried to capture this guy’s pride in being such a handsome rooster. If you’re ever in Ocean Springs, look for the Roosters, but also drop by The Art House, an artist co-op, with lots of interesting art to see.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Gated Community - cowboy oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

5 X 7 Oil on canvas panel $115
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I know that gated communities, home owner's associations and the like have their place in this world. I just hope I never have to live in one....although, the thought of someone else making decisions  for me, mowing my grass, caring for the trivialities of home ownership and just leaving me alone to paint at times sounds enticing.....
If you've lived in the country as long as I have, you've probably seen every kind of gate there is - and I HATE this kind...the floppy wire ones; made of barbed wire and cedar posts. Often they are made without benefit of an "H frame" so they aren't very sturdy - and I almost ALWAYS scratch myself on the barbed wire unhooking them and then again when I re-close 'em.
I took this photo at Tommy Houston's calf working LAST spring. The gate was more conventional, but the cowboy unhooking it was still having difficulties with it, so I gave him a gate that justified the effort. His chaps were a little too new, also, and the grass was green...a dead giveaway that the photo wasn't taken THIS year in Texas! I may just turn this one into a larger painting...
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Mama's Boy by Linda Snider Ward

A tiny 4" x 4" oil painting on gallery-wrapped canvas. This little Brahma was in a holding pen at the sale barn. I hope he found a nice big pasture to run in.