Starting a New Life by Kay Wyne

Starting a New Life is my first abstract aspen painting...I have some blue sky in this painting, so hopefully it qualifies for the September post. It also has just about every other color in the book. It is a 48" x 72" oil on gallery wrap canvas. Big. I had a great time painting this one, and started a Aspen Series...blue is my favorite color, so you see blue in just about every painting that I do. Thanks for viewing....Kay

Rodeo Up by Kay Wyne

This cowboy is going to be upside down in no time! I loved painting this painting....makes me want to go to the rodeo for a fun time. Thanks for viewing this blog! Stay cool.....Kay

Eleven Eggs....by Kay Wyne

O.k. Here is my nest full of eggs. Eleven eggs. Oil on 18" x 18" gallery wrap canvas. Thanks for viewing this blog! Happy Painting to all.

Silk Threads, 10x8, by Sharon Hodges

This still life of old silk threads in the empty jar is one interpretation of this month's theme....the old wooden spools are still full of thread and full of potential now that they have escaped their glass prison. Please visit my new website to see other painting, and thanks for looking!

Surfin' Rodeo by Mitzi Easley

Surfin' Rodeo by Mitzi Easley

11x14, oil on panel, nfs

Texas cowboys don't just ride horses. I spied these last summer on the Port Aransas beach and knew immediately I would love painting their gesture, reflections, and yes, those hats.

Time to Cowboy Up by Texas Artist Kay Wyne

Time to Cowboy Up
Oil on 48" x 24" Gallery Wrap Canvas
Currently hanging at Dutch Art Gallery
This painting has changed so much since I started it.....and it has been through alot, just like a cowboy. My reference for Time to Cowboy Up was my nephew Casey Settles...trying to put his chaps on for a horse show. I wanted to do more with the fringe, but was afraid that I might over-paint it. I left the chaps with some wide brush strokes...did not want to paint it all in. Thanks for viewing this blog and the art on it. Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this painting. Have a great day!!! Kay@kwyne.com 214-532-0325

Rodeo Time by Kay Wyne

Rodeo Time

30" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap

Sold

I hope that the painting speaks for it's self....giving a sense of motion, color,

energy and excitement. Have an artful day!!!! Kay

Cowboy Up by Kay Wyne

Cowboy Up
Contemporary Oil Painting
24" x 24" on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This painting was inspired from a photograph that I took of my nephew, Casey...taken about a year ago. He was getting ready to ride in a competition, and my camera caught him putting his chaps on. He need alot of help because they were very tight, and had to have two people working on those chaps. The rodeo arena was in the background, but I wanted it to be abstract and only a suggestion of the fence and the ground. I used oil sticks and oil paints with my wide brushes. I had alot of fun with this painting, and I might start a cowboy series. I love this month's subject matter!!! Thanks for viewing. Kay

Color My Trees by Kay Wyne

This painting has a misty/watercolor look to it. It is hanging at The Wine Therapist in Dallas right now. It is an oil painting, but does have a watercolor look to it. I am posting it because of the colorful sky. The artists reception was last night, but the show will hang until Dec. 12, 2010. Here is the info:

The National League of American Pen Women, Dallas Branch

Expressions 2010, A Visual Arts Competition

The Wine Therapist in Lakewood

November 6 – December 12, 2010

Yesterday was a reception at the Dutch Art Gallery for The Artists of Texas...wonderful art and fabulous artists were there. It was fun to finally meeting some of the artists who post on daily blogs. Gwen Bell was there, and even though we live a few miles apart, I had not met her in person. (I knew her art, but not the artist!) Ann Rogers came through the doors, and it was great to see her. I must say that I got distracted and did not get a chance to really visit with everyone. The turn-out was great. I amazed at the wonderful art... a really good art at the show. Thanks to Pam Massar for all of her hard work. If you missed the reception yesterday, here is the show info:

Where Texas Finds Its Color

The Artists of Texas - Second Annual State Show

November 2 - December 31, 2010

The Dutch Art Gallery

10233 East Northwest Highway Suite 420

Dallas, Texas 75238
http://www.dutchartusa.com

I have been away from my easel and blog for about two weeks....I was in an automobile accident and I was sidelined for a while. But I am back! I hope to be posting some new paintings. Have an artful day! Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay

Fish Fry by Kay Wyne

Fish Fry

Contemporary Oil Painting

18"x 18" Gallery Wrap Canvas

Here a large fish in skillet painting...It has broad brush strokes and more detail than yesterday's posting. It is on a gallery wrap canvas, 18" x 18". It is large and loose. I thought these were rainobws, but I have been corrected by the person who caught these fish (husband John). They are probably brook or brown trout. But not rainbow. I think I wanted them to be rainbow because in my mind, they would be colorful. But I stand corrected. This painting brings back many memories of our summers in Charlevoix, Michigan when John would go trout fishing everyday and my mother in- law would fry them up for breakfast or lunch the next day. Of course the frying pan was sitting on an old gas stove in the cottage.

Arboretum Koi by Kay Wyne

Arboretum Koi-SOLD!
This painting was sold several months ago at the artists' reception for the opening at The Wine Therapist. A very cute couple (Kevin and Colleen) purchased this contemporary oil painting. Studio Art and Soul has an exhibit at The Texas Discovery Garden at Fair Park. We will be exhibiting at the Discovery Gardens during the great Texas State Fair 2010. So with that upcoming show and a couple of commissions, I have plenty of painting ahead of me. Have an artful day!!!

Wigs by Kay Wyne

Wigs

18" x 18" oil on gallery wrap canvas

SOLD

This painting evolved with a painting challenge. Karin Jurick has a blog, Different Strokes From Different Folks. Every two weeks she posts a photograph, and artists are invited to paint or draw interpretations of that photograph. I think that there were about 75 artists who participated in this challenge. The photograph for the inspiration for this painting is a Wig Shop window. A couple of fellow studio partners painted this also, and we agreed that it was a challenge as we grumbled and painted. My painting ended up with some angles, and abstract. This painting could be in one of my colorful dreams...abstract, out of focus, bright colors, and interesting shapes. This painting is sold, and currently hangs in College Station, Texas. Thanks for viewing this blog! Kay

Apple by Kay Wyne

This 8" x 6" oil painting is sold.

It was fun painting this study...

Happy painting to all!

kay@kwyne.com

Croquet by Kay Wyne

This is a 6" x 8" panel I painted soon after the Carol Marine Workshop. I liked the placement of the objects; a mallet, a post and a ball...all out of an old and worn croquet set that we have in the garage. We have some interesting and rather old croquet balls...most of them do no belong in a set, but ones that have been collected over the years. I have more croquet balls than mallets, so I display all the balls in a big bowl on a coffee table in the den. This painting reminds me of all the yard games we use to play when I was growing up in the midwest. Thanks for viewing! Have an artful day.

Sequanota Beach by Kay Wyne

Sequanota Beach
8" x 10" Oil on Linen
I am thinking about the beach today...it is hot in Dallas and wishing I was up north, sitting on the beach at Sequanota Club in Charlevoix, Michigan. This painting is hanging at The Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. It is framed up in a gold plein aire frame. If you are interested in this painting, please contact me. I hope you are staying cool...have an artful day!
kay@kwyne.com
214-532-0325

Cardinal Nest by Kay Wyne

Cardinal Nest
Oil on 11" x 14" Canvas
Another Nest Series Painting....Very wet, should be ready to frame soon. I finished the Cardinal Nest yesterday. The little tiny eggs are down deep in the nest that was in a bush in our backyard. We are watching the mama and papa Cardinal, and we think that they might be making another nest in another bush. These eggs are not whole...they were broken open and empty when we found them...I had to turn them over and position them so the broken side did not show. Thanks for viewing my blog...have an artful day! To view more of my art, please visit: www.kwyne.com
http://kaywyne.blogspot.com/

Beach Time by Kay Wyne

Beach Time
9" x 12" Oil on Canvas
NSF - A Christmas gift for my in-laws.
I sent this painting to Ruth and Louie for a Christmas gift. It was a fun painting because of the shadows and the subject matter. My inspiration was a 1990's photograph and alot of memories from our summers in Charlevoix, Michigan. The beach at Sequanota Club was our afternoon hang-out. As my daugher pointed out, it was good that I put a few details in this painting...like the tennis shoes and laces, the bouys in the water, and Ruth's visor. I can feel the sun and sand when I look at this painting. I hope to go to the studio today and work on my bird nest. Happy Fourth of July to everyone...I must say that I wish I was sitting on the beach at Sequanota Club today----but, I will be at a fun BBQ and pool party for the Fourth!

Red Truck by Kay Wyne

This painting was inspired by a photograph that was taken in Illinois in 1961. This is my Dad's 1960 Ford, which I remember very well. Seeing that photograph brought back many childhood memories. It was my first truck to paint, and I had a good time painting it. It is 9" x 11" oil on canvas. I gave this painting to my Dad last year ...so in honor of Charlie Miller on Father's Day, I am posting this painting. Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there...I hope that you have a great day!

This is a 9" x 12" oil painting, painted from a photo I took in Salado, Texas. We were eating lunch at the local BBQ joint, and this truck was parked in a front yard across the street. We all thought it had alot of character. Actually, the whole town has alot of character. This is my second painting of an old truck, and I must say it is not getting easier. The next truck I paint is going to be on a larger canvas. This painting is framed and hanging up at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas. Thanks for viewing my blog and have an artful day! Kay@kwyne.com

LONGHORN CADILLAC for Anything Texas! by Linda Popple

9x12 Oil on Canvas Board

Linda Popple

I spotted this car in the Fort Worth Stockyards on a bright, sunny morning. Texans love big cars and longhorns, so here they are all in one. The license plate reads BLE BOB.....another Texas icon.