24 of 24 Last Day on the Farm_Click to bid

"24 of 24 Paintings in 24 Hours_ Last Day on the Farm___Burn Remnant".......6x8 oil on linen panel__Click to see auction or bid

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I finished this "Last Day" on April 21, and if you have been following, I already posted this one, commenting about the fire that caused the burn in the background...the black is all gone, now, the new grass is in, and life goes on at the farm.
Many have asked what is happening at the land NOW, with us gone...Well, the developers who bought the farm from our family have put their big project on hold. They have leased the property to another farmer who is grazing these cows there, and keeping the hay cut and baled. No telling when development will come, but it is inevitable. That will be an awful day for me, but it's in the future, and maybe I will have another piece of land to get attached to by then!
THANK YOU for walking through this with me! The auctions of this Last Day are expiring one by one as the 365 paintings of my Last Year travel to Alabama this month. See them all and read the field notes on my web site, http://www.v-vaughan.com

Many of those 365 paintings are STILL AVAILABLE...
Next week I will start showing the latest coastal stuff I have painted in Rockport, TX.
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New paintings, new places are ready to be posted, starting Wednesday so stay tuned!

23 of 24 Bus Pass _ Click to bid

23 of 24 in 24 Hours_ Last Day on the Farm___Bus Pass".......6x8 oil on linen panel...Click to see auction or to bid

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It was time for the clouds to break...new light on the farm...the school busses passed by on their morning runs, just like before...I was getting sad as I finished up my last day on the farm...
***Next week I will start showing the latest coastal stuff I have painted in Rockport, TX.
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***Only 1 paintings left for my Last Day on the Farm....New paintings, new places are ready to be posted, starting Wednesday so stay tuned!

***The 365 paintings "Last YEAR onthe Farm" are now in Gadsden, Alabama! (About 50 miles NE of Birmingham. The opening reception for the exhibit is July 19. The show will be there from July 1 until August 15. PLEASE Go see it if you can! This might be the last venue where all the paintings will hang together.

22 of 24 Last Day on the Farm_Click to Bid

"21 of 24 in 24 Hours_Last Day on the Farm_Rain Skips By"----Click here to bid
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This was the beginning of the warm sun as the morning clouds lifted. I loved our FULL VIEWS of the skies on the farm...you could tell what the weather would do, ahead of time. Here a little rain shower skips by to the west. The clouds broke up and the day was HOT!
ONLY 2 FARM PAINTINGS LEFT TO POST!
Next week I will turn the corner on new adventures....ROCKPORT, Texas will be the first new scenes...I have some new paintings from there....then the mountains of colorado....and some still lifes (lives?) in between! Stay tuned!

21 in 24 Last Day on the Farm_ Click to bid

"21 of 24 Last Day on the Farm__Routine Resumed"__6x8 oil on Fine linen panel__Click to bid
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This painting was about the time when the sky was lifting and the sun began to shine....My very last day to paint the farm was coming into its last hours and I started to get a little bit sad about it. The cows resumed their routine from the far pasture....OH, DID YOU KNOW that if you click on this picture, you cans see a bigger image??? OK, Malachy, this one is yours if you want it!
***Hello from Rockport, TX, where I am as I post this. A beautiful day on the Texas coast. Join me at Cove Harbor tomorrow for the sunrise! I'll teach all day, starting there and moving on to take on the great Rockport Oak Trees. See you there, Barbara!

20 of 24 - Last Day on the Farm_Click to bid

"20 of 24 Paintings in 24 Hours - Last Day on the Farm_Layers of Fields" 6 x 8 oil on fine linen panel_Click to see auction or to bidhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140242852037

No sun, yet, as I got into the later hours of 24 paintings in 24 hours...It was early morning,the light was flat, but I enjoyed the challenge of "seeing" something interesting, even though it was a drab morning.....see the previous BLOG entries for the other 19 I have posted so far. Only 4 paintings left for my Last Day on the Farm....New paintings are ready to be posted, so stay tuned!

***Saturday is a workshop day in Rockport. Really that means, COME AND PAINT ALL DAY WITH ME! We start at sunrise, break for great food, learn a lot, and enjoy the Texas coast! It's not too late to join us, but call me quick :) 512.917.0814

***for you folks who like to plan ahead, There might be one spot left for the Austin one day workshop on July 12, 2008.

***to REALLY PLAN AHEAD, I will teach a 3 - 4 day REAL workshop at a great place in Central Texas duruing BLUEBONNET SEASON. April 13-16 is the probable date. This is my first notice. Come take on the PERFECT Texas landscape! vvaughan8@yahoo.com for details

19 of 24 Last Day on the Farm_click to bid

"19 of 24" Last Day on the Farm__Solitude"___6x 8 oil painting on fine linen panel __Click to see auction or bid

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19I enjoyed the solitude that morning...too overcast for sunrise color, so I "zoomed in" on some distant trees...workshop note: if the light is bad and the contrasts are weak, zoom in on something that has interesting shape or forms...these are a couple of the trees I often painted in the distance below the pens, but I peinted them from a different angle, at all times of the day and all seasons.

14 of 24_ LAst Day on the Farm_click to bid

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14 of 24 in 24 hours : The Last Day"_____6 x 8 oil on fine linen click above link to bid or LOOK AT auction

The second of the moonlight paintings from my "Last Day on the Farm". The moon paintings are some of the best in the bunch...The auctions are expiring one by one. Now is your chance to get a V....Vaughan painting at the lowest price ;)10 Day Auction.

***See yesterday's blog for news of upcoming Rockport workshop day...

***AND there is a one day workshop in NORTH AUSTIN on July 12. It is FULL but we can take 2 more, because they just got a bigger room! Be an IMPRESSIONIST for a day!!! contact me for details vvaughan8@yahoo.com

12 of 24 _Last Day on the Farm_Click to Bid

"Last Day on the Farm_12 of 24 in 24 Hours"____"Day is Done" 6 x 8 oil on fine linen panel___click to bid

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After painting all day, FINALLY some "color" and contrast came, just before sunset. There were a couple ducks flying by before settling on the tank for the night... Soon, the moon would be up...The next SIX PAINTINGS will feature the AMAZING MOON we had that night...my Last Day on the Farm.

***NEWS FLASH! If you haven't been to Rockport to see the Last Year on the Farm (all 365 paintings) now is your last chance! The last day of the show is June 14. All the big ones have sold! Now I just have to sell about 300 more little ones :)
***Speaking of Rockport...JOIN ME for a workshop day on Saturday, June 21. Sunrise at 6:32 am at Cove Harbor, followed by a morning of painting the famous Rockport Oaks! If it's hot, we'll have a cool day at the Art Center. Come and meet Barbara! She hasn't missed a workshop, yet. I made her class president ;)

11 of 24 - Last Day on the Farm_click to bid

"11 of 24 in 24 Hours - Last Day on the Farm"...."Last Grazing Before Sunset".......6x8 oil on linen ...click to bid

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As I neared the halfway point of painting 24 paintings in 24 hours for my Last Day on the Farm, I saw the cows hurry back into the near pasture, and graze all they could before it began to get dark. They went back and forth from pasture to pasture all day! (Just two more days till the moonlight paintings).

***NEWS FLASH! If you haven't been to Rockport to see the Last Year on the Farm (all 365 paintings) now is your last chance! The last day of the show is June 14. All the big ones have sold! Now I just have to sell about 300 more little ones :)
***Speaking of Rockport...JOIN ME for a workshop day on Saturday, June 21. Sunrise at 6:32 am at Cove Harbor, followed by a morning of painting the famous Rockport Oaks! If it's hot, we'll have a cool day at the Art Center. Come and meet Barbara! She hasn't missed a workshop, yet. I made her class president ;)

10 of 24 _ Last Day on the Farm - Click to bid

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"10 of 24 in 24 Hours - Last Day on the Farm"....Click here to bid
The sun started breaking through at the end of the day and some visitors came by! First some old friends, then the last of the Sand hill cranes heading north.

***NEWS FLASH! If you haven't been to Rockport to see the Last Year on the Farm (all 365 paintings) now is your last chance! The last day of the show is June 14. All the big ones have sold! Now I just have to sell about 300 more little ones :)

***Speaking of Rockport...JOIN ME for a workshop day on Saturday, June 21. Sunrise at 6:32 am at Cove Harbor, followed by a morning of painting the famous Rockport Oaks! If it's hot, we'll have a cool day at the Art Center. Come and meet Barbara! She hasn't missed a workshop, yet. I made her class president ;)

6 of 24 - Last Day on the Farm_Click Here to Bid

6 of 24 Paintings in 24 Hours "Grazing Solo".....Click to bid

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This one black cow was easy to spot among the 50 white ones that roam the pastures at the old farm. She was the most noticeable of the bunch! After watching the farm "die" last year, it was so nice to paint one last day among all the LIFE again!
This is #6...18 to go!

5 of 24 - Last Day on the Farm_Click here to bid

"One Last Day on the Farm_'What Fence?'_5 of 24"_6x8 oil on fine linen panel. Click to bid:

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Twenty-four paintings in 24 hours! One Last Day on the Farm..
Here is the fifth one I painted, just a couple weeks ago...
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On the overcast day that I painted 24 in 24, the cows moved from pasture to pasture...T H R O U G H this fence. I see them do it all the time, and wonder how they keep from getting cut up....I think it's the "leather outfit" :)That's the explanation for this sub-title...they don't seem to be bothered by barb wire.

I love your comments! ...by the way...if you get my daily e-mail, did I send you the #3 auction link???? My "outbox" says "no" and there is NO WAY I will re-send it, (I am afraid to annoy my friends more than I already do!)so please go to the blog, or click the link if you missed it...

4 of 24 - Last Day on the Farm_click to bid

"4 of 24 - Last Day on the Farm".....6 x 8 oil on fine linen panel....Auction starts today

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I told about this painting when I previewed it in April...click here to see the earlier blog post (4 of 24) and another picture of how I started the painting. If you click on the painting above, you can see a large, detailed version.

Right now and for the next couple of weeks, I am letting these "Last Day..." paintings go...one by one...in an auction...I expect there to be some "good deals", and I will be shipping the art to the winners as soon as the auction is over! Whereas, the 365 paintings of our "Last YEAR on the Farm" will be shipped in January, I want these little ones to go to their homes immediately....These are my dandelion seeds, being blown to the wind...little pieces of my farm scattered to new places...

3 of 24_Last Day...click to bid

"3 0f 24_Last Day on the Farm"__Round Ones__oil on fine linen panel___click to bid
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From May until November last year, we had record rains, and yet there were no farmers to cut or bale the hay, because our farming had come to an end. The other families had left the farm, but my family stayed on as we searched for a new home someplace. I painted every day, and saw the farm "going away slowly"...the cows left in January...the egrets disappeared from the landscape, the hay grew and grew, and weeds began to choke the place. The hand of the farmer was gone, and the countenance of the place really suffered. By August, you could hear the constant drone of bugs in the brush, well watered and sheltered by the tall grasses. At least they symbolized "life"...and then, one day, some new cows appeared! Another farmer had leased the place for his herd! With the cows came the cutting of new hay...these are the bales that bring life back to this old empty farm!

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"24 of 24 Paintings in 24 Hours - One Last day on the Farm"....auction on #1 of 24 starts June 1...please scroll back on the BLOG to see all 24 and plan which one(s) you'd like to bid on. I expect a few to go for a really good price. If you all bid high, I'll get to buy another farm!!! haha

I finished this "Last Day" about a month ago, and if you have been following, I already posted this one, commenting about the fire that caused the burn in the background...the black is all gone, now, the new grass is in, and life goes on at the farm.

Many have asked what is happening at the land NOW, with us gone...Well, the developers who bought the farm from our family have put their big project on hold. They have leased the property to another farmer who is grazing these cows there, and keeping the hay cut and baled. No telling when development will come, but it will be inevitable. That will be an awful day for me, but it's in the future, and maybe I will have another piece of land to get attached to by then!

THANK YOU for walking through this with me! As I have mentioned, the LAST 24 paintings will be auctioned starting June 1. Watch here for a link each day to each painting. It should be fun. The winner will have the art shipped to them immediately...as for the 365 paintings that started all this, they are still on display at the Rockport Center for the Arts until June 14. An IMPRESSIVE display! I will keep you posted on the latest as the show travels...Many of those paintings are STILL AVAILABLE...see them all, and the field notes at

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"23 of 24 in 24 Hours_ LAst Day on the Farm".......Auction begins June 1

It was time for the clouds to break...new light on the farm...the school busses passed by on their morning runs, just like before...I was getting sad....

I am in Sedona today...on the way to Amarillo tomorrow! Will teach a group of painters at Palo Duro!

See y'all there!

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"21 of 24 in 24 Hours-Last Day on the Farm"__Auction Starts June 1

Welcome to the new friends I have looking in today!!!...I painted one last day on the farm, recently on April 20-21. Please look back on blog posts from the past couple of weeks as I have shared the paintings one at a time, giving a preview before I auction them off....starting June 1.This painting was about the time when the sky was lifting and the sun began to shine....My very last day to paint the farm was coming into its last hours and I started to get a little bit sad about it. The cows resumed their routine from the far pasture....OH, DID YOU KNOW that if you click on this picture, you cans see a bigger image???
Tomorrow is the last day of the Phippen Museum Western Art Show. I have had an amazing time here...THANKYOU to all my new friends and people I have had the great joy of sharing many laughs with!!!!! The quick-draw auctions today were a BLAST...The weather finally cleared up,...I got to meet and talks with some of the finest western artists in the country! It is Artist Heaven out here!

12 of 24 in 24 Hours

"Last Day on the Farm_12 of 24 in 24 Hours"_____Auction starts Monday, May 19

After painting all day, FINALLY some "color" and contrast came, just before sunset. There were a couple ducks flying by before settling on the tank for the night... Soon, the moon would be up...The next SIX PAINTINGS will feature the AMAZING MOON we had that night...my Last Day on the Farm.

My friends keeping me company became a little loopy about now, and drove around the pasture like George Washington crossing the Potomac....you have seen the illustrations, right? Standing tall in the canoe...Hand shading the eyes...now imagine that in a pickup truck....

After I finished this one, we went to the BEST MEXICAN Restaurant in Manor...RAMOS'.

I will start auctioning these last 24 on MONDAY, May 19...Watch for details!

****Please make your way to Rockport, if you can! Come Saturday, May 17 to say hello to me, or any time between May 14 and June 14...the art is there, all 365 Farm Paintings...The Texas Country Reporter told the story better than I EVER could! I hope to have a link to their great story, soon...Bob's questions were good ones, very pertinent, and really drew the emotion out of the story...and me. Much of the time he had a tear in his own eye, so I tried to not look at him ;)

The Shady Shed

"The Shady Shed"________8x10__________$300 if you ask first!

This is a mama by the woodshed...we have all been there!

Happy Mother's Day to EVERYONE who is or has one!...I just got back from delivering the farm art to Rockport, for the opening of "Last Year on the Farm"...

This painting above was a demo at the workshop in Marble Falls, TX last week. The real lesson here was using a LIMITED PALETTE of only four paint colors. I worked from one of my photos of our beloved farm.

It was nearly done at the demo, but you who were there can now see the "carved out cows" as I brought the background in around them to show better forms.

Did anyone catch my spot on the Texas Country Reporter? I must say, they did a beautiful story...I did cry a little...will talk more about it tomorrow.

***PLEASE come to the reception in Rockport, TX, next Saturday, May 17, from 4 - 7. I will give a little talk at 4:30. Come early in the day to watch the demos and follow us around as we paint, or TAKE THE WORKSHOP and paint with me! I hold nothing back at workshops, and tell you ALL MY SECRETS!...well except ONE! ;)

The show will be there from May 14 - June 14.

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"Last Grazing Before Sunset".......6x8 oil on linen ...on sale May 15

As I neared the halfway point of painting 24 paintings in 24 hours for my Last Day on the Farm, I saw the cows hurry back into the near pasture, and graze all they could before it began to get dark. (Wait till you see the moonlight paintings from this series!).

**THIS WEEKEND! The Texas Country Reporter features a story about my Last Day on the Farm. Here is a list of stations all over Texas and Louisiana. http://www.texascountryreporter.com/show_time.htm I hope you get to watch it!

My son will see it Saturday, but I have to wait till Sunday...Happy Mother's Day!