Invitation to my Show

My friend Ann Hardy and I have a two man show opening Feb. 9th from 6:00 - 8:00 in the Chan Sun Library on the campus of Southwestern Adventist University. The show runs from the 9th -23rd of February. The address is 101 W. Magnolia, Keene, TX 76059. I think Ann will have at least 20 oil paintings and I will have 14 bronze sculptures. I will be doing a sculpture demo during the opening. To see more of my sculptures visit my website at douglasbclark.com .
I hope to see you at the show.
Doug

Last plein air painting before going back to school.

Tip Toe Through The Garden
5 x 7
oil on canvas panel

    I painted out in the Dallas Arboretum on Sunday, It was a great place to paint. This was my final opportunity to paint out before school started on Monday and I loved it. I'll still paint out as often as I can. To me nothing beats painting outdoors, even in the heat of summer.
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Summer Heat in the Garden

Summer Heat in the Garden
8 x 10
oil on linen panel
$150

Our theme this month is upside down, There is nothing upside down in this painting, however as I paint I turn the canvas on its sides and upside down to paint. This is a painting that I completed in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. It was a very hot day 104, I think.
   To see more of my work please see my blog at douglasbclark.blogspot.com or my website at douglasbclark.com.

Early Morning in the Garden

Early Morning in the Garden
8 x 10
oil on linen board
$175

Our theme this month is hats, so you are probably wondering where the hat is. The answer is I'm wearing it, as I alwys do when painting in plein air. The Fort Worth Botanic Gardens are one of my very favorite places to paint in any season.
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Old Kachina Doll

5 x 7
oil on canvas

Here is another of my Hopi kachinas for the tool theme. As I said in my last post, kachina dolls are tools the Hopi Indians use to teach their children about the Hopi religion, This is an old doll that I received as a birthday present.

Ogre Woman Kachina

Ogre Woman Kachina
8 x 10
oil on canvas

For this month's challenge I'm submitting this painting of a Hopi kachina. The word kachina has many meanings,  the dolls that were originally given to their children,  the masked dancers and the spirits that the dolls and dancers represent. The dolls were played with, of course, but they were a tool to teach the children about their religion. This is a painting I did of a fairly old Ogre Woman kachina, that I bought in a gallery in Albuquerque many years ago. The Ogre Woman comes to the Hopi mesas with other ogres bringing  corn for the girls to grind and traps for the boys to catch mice.  The children are told that the girls must grind the corn well, and the boys catch the mice that eat the Hopi's grain, by the time the Ogres return, or they will take the children away, to eat (hence the scary eyes and sharp teeth.) The purpose of this is to teach the children the roles they will have as adults, the boys as hunters and the girls as grinders of corn who can prepare food for their famalies.

Half Full or Half Empty?

Tubes of Paint
8 x 10
oil on canvas
$100

Most of my tubes of paint fit this discription. The good thing about tubes like this is that they take up less space in a plein aire kit. I do like to have a large tube of white at all times since I use it the most