Another October 24

"Last Year on the Farm 10-24-2005"......sold

The date on this is from early on in my series...probably about 350 farm paintings ago!

But 2 years ago today I painted this one...cloud shadows and cows enjoying an Indian Summer day.

Please call if you want to come see all 365 paintings ON LOCATION at the farm where they were painted. I will be there until Sunday, but call before you come 512.917.0814.

After this weekend, we will be packing them up for the first big OFFICIAL SHOW, at the Great Plains Museum in Lincoln Nebraska...more details about that later...But for all you Nebraska people, "hook 'em horns!"

If you placed dibs on any, I will be contacting you THIS WEEK and into the weekend. THERE ARE MORE THAN I ANTICIPATED! All the paintings are ready to be claimed, now, but will be in the travelling show. Only a deposit is required to hold it for you, now.

Suzanne...you comntacted me with DIBS, yesterday...Please call me if you get this 512.917.0814

April Sparkle

Last Year on the Farm 04-16-2007

A spring memory on a cold fall morning! It was so warm here a few days ago...now we have crisp fall air...but I think My favorite season on the farm was spring before the pecan trees budded.

I have exactly one week left here on the farm

I sure hope you can make it to the show to see all the paintings.

They will hang at the farm until Sunday ...call if you want to come 512.917.0814

Frosty Fog

"Last Year on the Farm 11-07-2006" buy today...but call 512.917.0814

Oh MY The reception was wonderful!

Thank you to ALL who came, and I will WELCOME anyone who wants to COME BACK and those of you who want to come this week. I had a special gift (a bluebonnet print by me!) which I forgot to hand out to most who came...come get yours!

I'll be working at the farm and showing the art till nExt Sunday, October 28...PLEASE make plans to come, before all this goes away to other shows and the museums next year.

I heard from most people that it was SO MUCH to see...it actually overwhelmed me to hang 365 paintings...each one means SO MUCH to me.

Please see my web site for directions, and call if you want to come. I will be there (except Wednesday) from 10-2 and 5-8 each day, and ALL DAY Saturday. my phone number is 512.917.0814 this week.

Light Peeking

"Last Year on the Farm 10-11-2007"

A Couple days ago, this warm light greeted me at the farm. Each farm sunrise is so precious to me now...I can count the ones I have left...just a few until I will be living full-time at home in Round Rock, and the farm life will be behind me...

I do not mind telling y'all now, that one of my goals for all these little paintings is to share them with as many people as want them, and draw attention to small-time farming as a GREAT, honorable way of life.

It is HARD work, y'all. Not glamorous at all, for the real farmer, but just LOOK at the reward!

Beauty...God's new views EVERY moment, day, season...no two alike, EVER! I hope more people will determine to live this way, owning fewer "things" that break, but instead partnering with God in His purpose for us...to be FRUITFUL and IMPROVE the places around us...taking care of things. I hope the sale of these small little original paintings will help me with a new life dream ... to be able to live on a farm again...or next door to one :)

All the works are AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW>>>no more dibs, but I will tell you when one was chosen by my kids...so please join me at the farm Saturday to view them all...

Tomorrow I will let you know the price. There will be a SPECIAL price for YOU, my friends, and it will last through the end of my time on the farm...on Nov. 1, the price will have to increase, because I will share the sale with the galleries and museums who have come alongside to show and promote these works. The only "catch" is that you'll have to wait a few months while your art travels to the exhibits...details about that tomorrow.

If anyone has info about farm organizations that help people STAY on their farms, I would LOVE to know about it. Soon, I will publish a book or two featuring these 365 paintings, and maybe I can do something to help small farmers.

Please reply with a comment below, or e-mail me directly: vvaughan8@yahoo.com

The WEB SITE has directions from anywhere near Austin.

25 of 24

"LAst Year on the Farm, Late Spring 24 in 24...Heavy Sky"...dibs available

While counting and labeling for the Farm Show...unveiling of the "Last Year on the Farm" paintings, I discovered that in the late spring, when I painted 24 in 24 hours, I had actually painted 25!!!

Please see my web site this week as more paintings are being plugged in from "Last Year on the Farm". Hope you can come to the reception AT THE FARM on Saturday!

A Birthday Day

"Last Year on the Farm 10-11-2007".......available for dibs

October 11 is a big birthday day in our family...my neice, S.J, another neice, S.A., My Father-in-law, R.V., my great neice L.C. ALL have birthdays on that day...Here is "Their" sunrise on that day!

Please see my web site this week as more paintings are being plugged in from "Last Year on the Farm". Hope you can come to the reception AT THE FARM on Saturday!

They Enjoyed Shade

"Last Year on the Farm 10-24-2006"

Last Year about this time...the weather was about the same! I painted the white cows over the weekend...will post them tomorrow!

:) getting the art hung for the show...hope you can come!

The entire show of 365 paintings of "Last Year on the Farm" is being put on the WEB SITE now. With directions and a map link so you can find us on "show day". Please browse and place your dibs on your favorite paintings. No obligation to "dibs", but I want you to be able to own one if you want to, but my kids get first pick....if you like one they have chosen, you can get another one if you have dibs on it....The frames are on the way, so I will firm up pricces when I get them. After I announce the price, I will start contacting you who have dibs to let you have the first option to buy it ...this will be shortly after Oct. 10. THANKS FOR JOINING ME IN MY LAST YEAR ON THE FARM!

SLO Pony

"SLO Pony"......8 x 10 palette droppings on canvas.....$300 TODAY

At the end of my painting week in California I cleaned the palette and used the droppings for this one last painting. This was one of the horses that spooked when the egret flew low over them, and then they all stalked the egret !

I will have this one framed at the Farm Show next week, but you can have it unframed today if you like it!

Please join me at the Farm for "Last Year on the Farm" on Oct. 20 from 10 am till 8 pm.

Directions are on my web site.

SLO Gold

"SLO Gold" 8 x 10 oil on linen panel ....available now

Looks a lot like our farm, and that is why I stopped here to paint the first day in California. The gold light was irresistable..."SLO" stands for San Luis Obispo, California.

I will hang this at the Farm Show, if no one wants it today.

Please give me your e-mail adress if you make a comment, because this comment link below comes from the web site and not from you, so I cannot say THANK YOU for commenting, unless you give the address :)

Looking toward the Neighborhood

LAst Year on the Farm...Late Spring 22 0f 24 8:30 pm

available for dibs...

Line

"Last Year on the Farm 10-14-2007 " Line of the Front....available

Well, Here it is! The day before I begin to let all these paintings go for my "Last Year on the Farm". ...I painted this one on my wedding anniversary a few days ago....how symbolic! It is a line of a cold front coming over us...cooled to 85 that day :)

The reception is tomorrow, but if you are in the area ANY TIME until October 28, PLEASE CALL and plan to come see the show of 365 paintings...I am still adding paintings every day. and plan to end it all with 24 paintings in 24 hours of our "Last Fall Day" here. I need to be symbolic about this and this will help :)

NEW IMAGES were put on the web site yesterday...ALL ARE AVAILABLE NOW!

I have pricing and details to send to all who are interested.

The gathering of 365 paintings will go on "tour" for a year...three museum shows are lined up and I am deciding about a couple others. If you buy one, "Your" art will hang in a museum for a few months! Please e-mail me if you need more info vvaughan8@yahoo.com (don't hit reply!)

Today's New Cows

"Last Year on the Farm 10-09-2007" ....TODAY!....dibs available
What a sight! I went to the farm to pack some more of my studio. I was annoyed when I looked out over the field, because I thought there was a bunch of trash in the pasture. Looking closer I could not believe my eyes! COWS AGAIN!
Apparently the new owners have leased the property for grazing another herd...these cows are WHITE!

Dog Days...for a change!

"Ramsey" 12 x 9....NOT Available

I am still in San Luis Obispo, but coming home today if all goes well.

The entire show of 365 paintings of "Last Year on the Farm" is being put on the WEB SITE now. With directions and a map link so you can find us on "show day". Please browse and place your dibs on your favorite paintings. No obligation to "dibs", but I want you to be able to own one if you want to, but my kids get first pick....if you like one they have chosen, you can get another one if you have dibs on it....The frames are on the way, so I will firm up pricces when I get them. After I announce the price, I will start contacting you who have dibs to let you have the first option to buy it ...this will be shortly after Oct. 10. THANKS FOR JOINING ME IN MY LAST YEAR ON THE FARM!

Graze Haze

"Last Year ...Graze Haze"...oil on linen....available for dibs

I could hear these two munching as they went by my deck....they never saw me!

The entire show of 365 paintings of "Last Year on the Farm" is being put on the WEB SITE now. With directions and a map link so you can find us on "show day". Please browse and place your dibs on your favorite paintings. No obligation to "dibs", but I want you to be able to own one if you want to, but my kids get first pick....if you like one they have chosen, you can get another one if you have dibs on it....The frames are on the way, so I will firm up pricces when I get them. After I announce the price, I will start contacting you who have dibs to let you have the first option to buy it ...this will be shortly after Oct. 10. THANKS FOR JOINING ME IN MY LAST YEAR ON THE FARM!

April 24 Anticipation

"Last Year on the Farm, 04-24-2007" 6 x 8...ready for dibs!

Anticipating their next bug snack, these egrets waited patiently. I painted near a vineyard, yesterday and saw an amazing thing! A tall white egret flew over and startled one of the horses. Then it landed in the pasture of horses I was painting. The one horse stayed upset and started chasing the egret, until it finally flew off. But the horse was still so upset it ran back to the stable. Haha

The entire show of 365 paintings of "Last Year on the Farm" is being put on the WEB SITE now. With directions and a map link so you can find us on "show day". Please browse and place your dibs on your favorite paintings. No obligation to "dibs", but I want you to be able to own one if you want to, but my kids get first pick....if you like one they have chosen, you can get another one if you have dibs on it....The frames are on the way, so I will firm up pricces when I get them. After I announce the price, I will start contacting you who have dibs to let you have the first option to buy it ...this will be shortly after Oct. 10. THANKS FOR JOINING ME IN MY LAST YEAR ON THE FARM!

Light and Shade

"Last Year...Light and Shade"....6x8...oil on linen....dibs available

The entire show of 365 paintings of "Last Year on the Farm" is being put on the WEB SITE now. With directions and a map link so you can find us on "show day". Please browse and place your dibs on your favorite paintings. No obligation to "dibs", but I want you to be able to own one if you want to, but my kids get first pick....if you like one they have chosen, you can get another one if you have dibs on it....The frames are on the way, so I will firm up pricces when I get them. After I announce the price, I will start contacting you who have dibs to let you have the first option to buy it ...this will be shortly after Oct. 10. THANKS FOR JOINING ME IN MY LAST YEAR ON THE FARM!

Bright Troughs

"Last Year....04-09-2006"....6 x 8 oil on linen...available for dibs

When the light is low, the cattle troughs just glowed.

The entire show of 365 paintings of "Last Year on the Farm" is being put on the WEB SITE now. With directions and a map link so you can find us on "show day". Please browse and place your dibs on your favorite paintings. No obligation to "dibs", but I want you to be able to own one if you want to, but my kids get first pick....if you like one they have chosen, you can get another one if you have dibs on it....The frames are on the way, so I will firm up pricces when I get them. After I announce the price, I will start contacting you who have dibs to let you have the first option to buy it ...this will be shortly after Oct. 10. THANKS FOR JOINING ME IN MY LAST YEAR ON THE FARM!

Single

"Last Year...Single" 04-06-2006 8 x 6 oil....dibs?
A misnomer.....egrets are never "single".

See you at the show on Oct. 20!

The entire show of 365 paintings of "Last Year on the Farm" is being put on the WEB SITE now. With directions and a map link so you can find us on "show day". Please browse and place your dibs on your favorite paintings. No obligation to "dibs", but I want you to be able to own one if you want to, but my kids get first pick....if you like one they have chosen, you can get another one if you have dibs on it....The frames are on the way, so I will firm up pricces when I get them. After I announce the price, I will start contacting you who have dibs to let you have the first option to buy it ...this will be shortly after Oct. 10. THANKS FOR JOINING ME IN MY LAST YEAR ON THE FARM!

Up and Gone

"Last Year on the Farm 04-04-2006"....6 x 8 oil on linen, available for dibs

The egrets have "up and gone" from the farm...and this is our last month, too....I am going to San Luis Obispo for their Plein Air Event this week. If you are there, please come see me!

The invitations to the farm show are in the mail...let me know when you get it!

I will post a Blog invitation when I get back :)

The entire show of 365 paintings of "Last Year on the Farm" is being put on the WEB SITE now. With directions and a map link so you can find us on "show day". Please browse and place your dibs on your favorite paintings. No obligation to "dibs", but I want you to be able to own one if you want to, but my kids get first pick....if you like one they have chosen, you can get another one if you have dibs on it....The frames are on the way, so I will firm up pricces when I get them. After I announce the price, I will start contacting you who have dibs to let you have the first option to buy it ...this will be shortly after Oct. 10. THANKS FOR JOINING ME IN MY LAST YEAR ON THE FARM!

Rooster Background - FINISHED

"Rooster Background" from Last Year....12 x 16 oil on fine linen panel...available now $1300

I began this painting a few days ago with my workshop in Shreveport, LA. I demonstrated how to take a small plein air study and enlarge it on a bigger canvas....After a little fine tuning, here it is! This one is a larger painting than my usual... Look at yesterday's post to see the small study.

Use this link to look back thru past months and place your dibs...no obligation.

We have been loading more images almost every day on the web site.The entire show or 365 paintings of 'Last Year on the Farm" will be up pretty soon. Right now we are preparing maps, so you will find us on "show day".Please browse and place your dibs on your favorite paintings. No obligation to "dibs", but I want you to be able to own one of these if you want to, and my kids get first pick....if you like one they have chosen, you can get another one if you have dibs on it....my kids are dragging their feet to pick theirs...guess they are waiting to see them all at once :)The frames are on the way, so I will firm up pricces when I get them. After I announce the price, I will start contacting you who have dibs to let you have the first option to buy it ...this will be in about 2 weeks.THANKS FOR JOINING ME IN MY LAST YEAR ON THE FARM!