V....'s FIRST WILDLIFE ART PREVIEW



V....Vaughan's Wildlife Art Preview THIS COMING WEEKEND!

Friday night I will unveil my most recent paintings which I prepared for the

 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition next month.

Since all my galleries are out of state, it has been a few years since I have had a real show in Texas. So, AUSTIN, you are first to see my latest before I pack it away to Charleston. PLEASE JOIN ME, either at the reception: Friday, Jan. 22, 5-8 pm, or come hang out in my "studio" Saturday, Jan. 23 from 10-4.

I will have on my painting clothes and will be doing a "day of demos". This late in the game, I am not expecting a crowd, so come keep me company as I do some "starts" or add details to new works.

I also have some of my Last Year on the Farm small works and books, and my famous

Big Fun Map of Texas.

If you say "please", I will give you one of the maps!

Joel's is the best coffee house in Austin and they opened a new workspace next door. That is actually where the art hangs. It is hanging there NOW, so let me know if you go see it without me!

This MAP will get you there!

Email me if you have questions but please do not hit "reply" to this!

vvaughan8@yahoo.com

 

 

 

SHOWS AND WORKSHOPS

SHOWS

JANUARY 22-23 2016- V...."Wildlife Preview". Be the first to see my newest works. Joel's and Bradford CoWork. Friday, Jan. 22 is the opening reception. Saturday is a STUDIO day. I will be painting demos and live dog sketches, if you bring in your "best friend" or a photo, I can sketch them for a small fee.

Feb. 11-14, 2016 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Charleston, SC

March 18-May 9, 2016 Cowgirl Up! Wickenburg, AZ                  

• Fri., March 19 Miniatures Sale   
• Sat., March 20  Bash n' Bid  
• Sun., March 21 Quick Draw
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WORKSHOPS





• WORKSHOP: IN SALADO, TX  April 8-9, 2016  email V....  for info
• WORKSHOP: FULL MOON on the TEXAS GULF COAST  April 22-24, 2016  email V....                

 

• WORKSHOP IN THE MOUNTAINS    July 17-21, 2016.                                                                 
• Features Sunrises, sunsetrs, moonrises, moonsets and live ranch-life sketching. In the south San Juan Wilderness Area of southern Colorado...along the Conejos River and 70 miles from Taos, NM.                
• email V....  for info

                

After the Soiree

After the Soiree        8x16 oil on linen          FOR SEWE

Southeastern Wildlife Exposition is next week! Feb 13-15 in Charleston, SC. 

It has long been one of my very favorite events all year! So for the next few days I will post a few new works painted especially for this show.

Trout Ready

Trout Ready___8x6 oil on linen panel__available at Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Feb 17-20, 2011

SEWE is in Charleston, SC. It is my FAVORITE SHOW each year, for so many reasons! For the next few days I will depart from my Great Plains project posts, and show off some of the small works I am taking to The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in a couple weeks. Of course, as my blog buddy, you have the first chance to claim it, if you are interested in a purchase. Please e-mail me! vvaughan8@yahoo.com

For you artists, below is a conversation with an artist pal Robin Cheers. We had a chit chat, today...everyone can relate to it! If you look at Robin's work you would never guess she EVER struggles with ANYTHING!

R...instead of painting, when I have a real painting to do, I do other things, look for the perfect image to work from, change my mind, etc.
Here is the reply...and a DISCLAIMER: It is ESPECIALLY for my WOMEN artists!
V....Every artist does that!!…some days it just rolls out of us, and then when we REALLY Want to do a good one, we fall into a “hold” or “circle pattern”…hovering and agitating and hearing voices that say “what do you think you are doing…??”
One of the most amazing things I have noticed about SOME artists (usually a man) who picks up the brush and BOLDLY slaps on the paint and thinks that each stroke he makes is brilliant and presents a loose, high contrasty thing and immediately sells it!!...with cockiness!! They just don’t seem to anguish like we do…but they GET AFTER IT AND CONQUER IT! We tend to try to “love” our paintings into quality…they aim to “CONQUER” it, and end up with stronger works many times!

Hmmm….as I type this I am thinking I should go “CONQUER” something right now!

Fish For Supper__Trout, sketch, fish

Fish for Supper___Sketch #24 from my Colorado Sketchbook...to be auctioned soon
When my guys catch fish in Colorado, we have a rule...no cooking it till I get to photograph or sketch it...and I only CLEAN the tabletop where I laid it down...no cleaning fish for me! I set this little still-life up with grapes, apples and tabasco and the little trout...yum~!
THis entire sketchbook will be auctioned, probably starting next week. To see all the sketches posted so far, go to the BLOG and scroll down into mid July :)

Sauce Top

"Sauce Top"__a study for H.
I made this simple study in H's sketchbook, to help him see the turn of the planes (easy to see on the cap in red...more gradual transition on the green label.) Also, for this label, we brought out the pthalo blue to make just the PERFECT green of a Tabasco Label...otherwise, the Academy students worked with a limited palette of Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson and Cadmium yellow light....Tonite we made it to Colorado, tomorrow begins some new works from the Rockies!

Louisiana Trout

Louisiana Trout___8x10 oil ___SOLD a long time ago!

I first posted this in October of 2006...I am editing this post on May 12, 2015, because the manufacturer of that stuff in the bottle  (which I happen to LOVE and eat on almost EVERYTHING!) has notified me today that they do not want me to use their symbols in any of my artwork...

 I am considering a series!