Lindsey

"Lindsey"___10 x 8___Sarah's baby

I painted and delivered Lindsey a while ago! And pretty soon I will be painting Lindsey's playpal, Kerra. I really enjoy painting dogs, and have a few commissions in the works this month.

Tomorrow is the first day of school where I live. I have been busy setting up my classroom at Round Rock Christian Academy, where I am getting ready to begin my 19th year of teaching art. I used to teach all the classes but for the past few years I now only teach the high school artists. I like this age group, because they have great energy and they are fearless about art! So much of the teaching I do at my workshops comes from the years I have spent breaking down complicated art concepts for this age group....I am excited to start the school year, but hate to see the summer come to an end....

Jake Tatum_______a commission

"Jake Tatum"____16 x 20 oil on stretched linen_______A Comission for Till

A few weeks ago I posted the "block-in" of "Jake"...here is the finish! I hope you like it, Till...what a great time I had painting Mr. Jake! This painting is much biger than my usual commission, so I enjoyed getting to "sprawl" across the canvas :)

Tomorrow is another road trip for me, as I get to deliver Jake to the Dallas area. I plan to go see the Impressionists exhibit from the Chicago Museum at the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth and see my neice, Chanelle, again...looking forward to a geat day!

State 1_ Jake_UNFINISHED

*Last 24 paintings in 24 Hours from the farm will be auctioned, starting Sunday, June 1. Each painting will be offered for one week, to the highest bidder. The Corpus Christi Caller Times ran a story about the "...Farm" exhibit. Please read this nice, short article!
http://www.caller.com/news/2008/may/29/transformations-on-the-farm/
















"Jake - state 1, unfinished commission", 16 x 20....sold
After alal the recent farm paintings it is fun to start some new daily paintings ...I hope you like them!...This one is "Jake", after working on it for about a day, there is a lot to do, but Jake's family likes him so far!

Sit, Maria

"Sit, Maria" 6 x 8 $250 to the first to ask!

Maria! The best dog, ever. Every week I scrape the "droppings" off my palette and smear them onto a panel till it looks like something...I call these my "Palette Dropping" paintings...I actually sell them, mostly through Snowfire Gallery in Fredericksburg, TX. I will take this one to them next week unless someone wants it. Once framed and in the gallery the price will be $450...

TOMORROW I begin to post "Spring Day Last Year on the Farm"...my latest 24 paintings in 24 hours. To see them ALL you need to be in my Google Group. Sign up at right and click "JOIN". I will post my favorite 4 this week...

upcoming events...

THIS WEEK...24 paintings in 24 Hours...see this blog M-Th for my favorite 4
April 28. Benefit Auction of "Luz de Espada"...see blog post on April 10
May 4-6. Fallbrook , CA show "Reflections in Nature"
May 12. "Sunrise Saturday Workshop" , Rockport, TX

Sally______V....Vaughan___SOLD

“Sally”

14 x 11

© V….Vaughan
I just LOVE this painting…I just HATE this photo! My nice digital camera broke…I can’t get a new one until I sell a few more paintings. This one will ship to South Carolina as soon as it dries…a commission for some nice folks out there….I hope they like “Sally”
“Spring Day Last Year on the Farm” is coming ASAP next week!
Happy Spring!

A Bernese Mountain Dog is Lost

"A Bernese Mountain Dog"

I received this note last night...

I have a favor to ask of you-and I ask it because I know you love dogs. Our son and daugher in law are both attorneys in Houston. They purchased some acreage and a house near Brenham, TEXAS-close to Carmine. They own two beautiful Bernese Mountain Dogs-they look like very "buff" tall St Bernards-about 100 pounds each. To make a long story short, Friday the dogs got lost at their property. They finally found one of them but "Horton" aka "Hootie" is still lost. They had a helicopter two days looking for the dog and have not found him. Is there any chance you can send out another email, asking that if someone finds Hootie that they call. The description would be black and white with some rust/brown markings and white at the tip of the long black tail. There is a very good reward. The numbers to call would be 713-822-0708 or 713-516-3593 or 817-253-1782 or 817-999-6543 or 713-524-4990. If no answer leave a message and number. I would so appreciate this. The dogs were the my only "grand" babies until our 1st grandson was born 17 months ago.
If you can not do this, I would understand but I had to try.

Balance

"Balance" 12 x 9

Maria is our son's well-trained Lab. She could do this all day (like ALL Labs)....this painting shows her perfectly balanced...tongue on left, ball on right, ready to run, but not ready to give up her prize! I will have this one at the show! (Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston....Feb. 16 - 18. Please come by!

Sandy Man

"Sandy Man" 6 x 8
Sandy showed up one day....he was abandoned on the road and decided to adopt our family. We have had him for at least 14 years, so no telling how old he is now. He was always quiet and mellow, but definitely "alpha" as they say...he's just always there, alert to every wind and movement on the farm. This is his usual pose, now...he has really bad hips from jumping the fence for years. We pamper Sandy these days...I wonder what he thinks of this Last Year on the Farm? (I promise to start posting the Winter Day...24 paintings in 24 Hours ...TOMORROW!

Maria at the Super Bowl

"Maria at the SuperBowl" a sketch.....available!

Maria is my son's well trained Black Lab. Yes, she has couch priveleges! What you see here is her keen interest in the Super Bowl....she must be a Bears Fan :)
Please remember to look in tomorrow! I will begin to post my 4 favorite paintings from the 24 I did in 24 hours: "Winter Day Last Year on the Farm"....I will post 4 over the next 4 days, but if you want to see all 24 please send your e-mail address in the space at right and click JOIN...you will get a confirmation link to click, and then tomorrow you'll get the first batch of 6. Tell your friends!

Gone By

"Gone By" 20 x 24 available

This is a big one I am taking to SEWE with me in a couple weeks....It was worked up from a plein air "Quick Draw" painting I did on location in Winter Park, CO last summer....this was Henry, the beloved dog of Doug Martin, a super artist...the real working title for the painting was "Henry's Rear End From The Front", because I NEVER saw this side of Henry....he was too busy scoping out the Geese (see them swimming by above?) and was not a very cooperative model....

Sonny

"Sonny"

I have painted so many snowy, cloudy days lately, that I thought it was time for something "Sonny"! I just finished this commissioned "portrait" of Tina's beloved guy kicking back in some warm sunshine.
If you get my daily painting by e-mail then you saw my other version of Sonny, but Tina chose this one. ...and I have a THIRD "Sonny" that I might post another time! I'd be interested to know which one you like! To get the daily e-mail please leave your address at right and click "Join". Then you get the art in your mailbox and you don't have to read all the ramblings....just look at the art and toss it!

Romeo Lounge

"Romeo Lounge - Sketch" V....Vaughan

Yesterday's post will tell you a little bit about Romeo. He is our "GOOD Dane"...not great...GOOD. Danes are huge and hugely gentle and loyal. Romeo is an outside dog, mostly, except in weather extremes (which is often in Texas!). THis week is cold and when I wasn't looking, he escaped his kitchen floor bed and we found him on the couch, pretending he belonged there. I made him pay for it...with a pose for this sketch. How about them legs!? No exaggeration, I promise!

Bimbo and Marvin

"Bimbo and Marvin" 8 x 10 special commission

Here are a couple of friends of the family....These pups have a very special story. I greatly enjoyed painting them, becasue it was like looking into the eyes of my son's dog (my studio playmate), Maria.

Dakota Bear

"Dakota Bear"......................... for Stacy
What a fun painting this was....I combined a few of Stacy's photos to compose this portrait....It will be in the mail in a few hours , on the way to Christmas! please have a merry one!

"Cruiser and Kaylee"

"Cruiser and Kaylee"....10 x 8 ..............and 8 x 10................for the Wilkie's


These are a couple of paintings I did for a couple of nice people I know. Aren't they lucky to have such warm, precious pets?!! BIG NEWS...If any of you listened to the Laura Ingraham Show (a national radio show) on Monday, she mentioned me and a little painting I did of her dog, Troy, who recently died. I was moved by her tale of Troy so painted a little picture....As I was in my studio, Monday, I just about fell off the chair when I heard her mention the art at the end of her show. She said that she'd post it on her web site, but I haven't seen it yet....maybe someone needs to remind her :) (http://www.lauraingraham.com/)And for the Wilkie's....I will send Kaylee and Cruiser as soon as the paint dries! Merry Christ mas Y'all!

Maria Memory__________Click below to Bid

"Maria Memory".....................................6 x 6 oil on linen

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Maria is our awesome Labrador retreiver. We live on a farm and people have often dumped unwanted pets nearby. Over the years we have rescued dozens of dogs and cats. But Maria is one that my son saved for and bought with his own money.
copyright 2006 V....Vaughan

"Maria Memory"_______________CLICK here to bid

"Maria Memory"...........................6 x 6 oil on linen

Maria is our awesome Labrador retreiver. We live on a farm and people have often dumped unwanted pets nearby. Over the years we have rescued dozens of dogs and cats. But Maria is one that my son saved for and bought with his own money.

copyright 2006 V....Vaughan