Cherry Homestead

Cherry Homestead"....a commission through Up Against the Wall Gallery, Kingsport, TN....sold
We are on the slopes at Wolf Creek and staying in South Fork, Colorado....the coldest part of the country right now, I think. Tonight it's supposed to be 25 below ZERO. Amazing cold which I will try to paint tomorrow!
This painting above was a Christmas commission through my gallery in Tennessee. A farm I really enjoyed painting. Here is a word about my latest farm happenings...

REMINDER: See Dec 29 BLOG about my new book "Last Year on the Farm: A Story of Change". You can order them RIGHT NOW, and they will be delivered at the end of January.
I take checks , Paypal and Credit cards.
Please look for the Paypal button on the BLOG SOON, but till then, you can e-mail me(vvaughan8@yahoo.com) if you want to do the credit card, or just drop a check in the mail.
The price is $29 for now. It might go up a few dollars, but I will also throw in the shipping and tax for this intro time :)
Here's my address:
V....Vaughan
2606 Starling Dr.
Round Rock, TX 78781.....be sure to send me YOUR address!!!

New Year_Blaze of Glory

"Don's Sky"....12 x 12....available

Well, I am ending the year here with a "Blaze"! This Rockport sunrise was ablaze a few weeks ago when I painted after my last workshop there. (The NEXT one day plein air workshop is Jan.19. We will have a full day of DRAWING...starting with pencil, but painting and using a brush later in the day. I'll even have hand-outs!)

REMINDER: See yesterday's BLOG about my new book "Last Year on the Farm: A Story of Change". You can order them RIGHT NOW, and they will be delivered at the end of January.

I take checks , Paypal and Credit cards.

Please look for the Paypal button on the BLOG SOON, but till then, you can e-mail me(vvaughan8@yahoo.com) if you want to do the credit card, or just drop a check in the mail.

The price is $29 for now. It might go up a few dollars, but I will also throw in the shipping and tax for this intro time :)

Here's my address:

V....Vaughan

2606 Starling Dr.

Round Rock, TX 78781

Last Year : The Book

Last Year on the Farm: A Story of Change, Excerpts from 365 Daily Paintings by V....Vaughan.....the BOOK is on sale now, $29 includes shipping and tax for my blog-mail friends!

I am happy to offer a book featuring dozens of selected images from the Last Year...series I recently completed. This 7 x 7 inch book has about 50 full color pages with some of my field notes about the paintings included. The story by Jeff Sparks is there, along with a Forward by me!

As the show is now hanging at the Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska, I want to invite EVERYONE to come to the opening reception, next week, Friday, January 4th.

The book will be ready for delivery at the end of January, so you can order your signed copy today. Please tell me if you want it signed a special way.

I will get a Paypal button up here, soon, but till then, please contact me by

e-mail! vvaughan8@yahoo.com

If you have a dibs on any of the farm paintings, please contact me right away if you'd like to commit to the painting. There are already sales happening in Nebraska, and I will have to release all the uncommitted "dibs" on January 2, when the show opens.

You can see all 365 online now (except a few) at http://www.v-vaughan.com/

So many of you have RICHLY blessed me this past year, through my difficult departure from the farm...I am so grateful for your comments and appreciation. I hope everyone has a very Happy New Year!

Light over the Stable

"Last Year on the Farm, Christmas Day, 2006: Light Over the Stable"...all 365 "Last Year..." Paintings are on display at the Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln, NE from Jan 2 - Mar 14. Please stop by!

Last Year I painted this early in the morning, while the toll road lights were sitill on.

When I finished it I noticed that the bright light was positioned over the little barn where the cows huddle from the cold. This was a perfect Christmas painting of "lowing cattle", and the "star" pointing the way to the miracle birth of Our Lord and Savior's birth.

May this Christmas Season be your most memorable, as you, too, seek the Reason for the Season....

Merry CHRISTmas!

I will be back on the 26th with some exciting news!

Rockport Bait Docks

"Rockport Bait Docks"....9 x 12...Merry Christmas Special $150 includes shipping

When I taught in November, we painted here, near Charlotte plummers. I liked the wet pavement and the structures around the docks.

This one really isn't in my way , but I have a few like it and am still making room in my smaller studio.

Can't get it to you before Christmas, but will ship it asap.

Merry Christmas!

I have some special things to announce next week, after Christmas, so please stay tuned and look for some new things from the Farm.

See you in Lincoln on January 4th for the opening reception of my first Museum Show at the Great Plains Art Museum!

Red Rock Crossing

"Red Rock Crossing"....6x8 oil on linen....$100 if you are first to ask!

This one was a demo that I did at the workshop I taught in Arizona last summer. It was done with a palette knife and is really juicy! I am still clearing out my studio, getting ready to begin some BIG ONES of the farm to take to some shows. My smaller studio will be a challenge to work in, but I am ready to start rolling on some big ones, after painting "Last Year on the farm". If you are new to my blog, please see all 365 small works at my web site.

I just delivered all the farm paintings to the Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln, NE. They are hanging it as we speak, getting ready for the opening night on Jan. 4. If you are ANY WHERE near Lincoln that night PLEASE come say hello and let me show you my favorites from the farm.

I hope you will "tune in" next week, because I have a special announcement to make after Christmas.

ill then, tell your friends to watch here for some studio bargains....

Merry Christmas, y'all!

Seven Stroke Shrimp

"Seven Stroke Shrimp"....8 x 10 oil on linen...$150includes shipping for the first one who wants it!
I painted this one as a TV demo in California in October.
It's nice and juicy, and taking up space in my studio, so I am putting it into my "Studio Sale". I am glad that many of you have responded and are helping me find good homes for these little gems...clearing the way for new works in 2008.
Here is the latest on the "Last Year on the Farm" show...
Iam typing this from York , NE, on th eway home from delivering all the framed farm paintings.
Those of you who have purchased your "dibs" painting will love the show! If there is ANY way you can get up to Lincoln's GreatPlains Art Museum , you will be so impressed by this great space for art. I am sincerely humbled to have my art hanging there from now until March 14, 2008. The reception is Jan 4. I will be flying in from Albuquerque after a family trip. I hope to see you there.
More details and a SURPRISE in the next few days! Stay tuned...Merry Christmas!!!

In the Shepherd's hand

"In the Shepherd's Hand"....print of pencil drawing, 18 x 24...framed $150, includes shipping

This drawing was presented to pastors in the Austin area a few years ago for Pastor's Appreciation month. It was commissioned by our local Christian Radio station and I got to present it at their banquet and explain the symbolism.

I had just read a series of books by W. Phillip Keller, called "A Shepherd Looks at the 23rd Psalm". Then I read the follow-up books "A Layman Looks at the Lamb of God", and "Lessons from a Sheep Dog" . These books are full of word pictures which I tried to convey in this art. It depicts the role of the Pastor in the Shepherd's hand...yes, in this drawing, the pastor is the dog, and the Great Shepherd is the one in charge...with patience and a strong loving hand....there's more...This print is the last one that I have framed. I have a few unframed ones somewhere :)

Letme know if you'd like it, and I'll tell you the rest of the story...better yet...get the books!!!

Morro Coffee

"Morro Coffee"...6 x 8 oil on linen...$100 to the first to ask! Add $15 to overnight it to you!

It looked like a cool old diner, so we decided to paint it! This little place in Morro Bay, CA actually housed a great coffee bean grinder and the folks here make bags of coffee which they wholesale. I think they are wasting a great "storefront" by not having a retail shop. While we were painting there, a half dozen or more people stopped by to see what the building was and if they could go inside.

As I continue my "Studio Sale", I have found wonderful homes for many of these paintings that need them! Lotsof my friends have purchased these special bargains. I say a BIG THANK YOU and Merry CHristmas!

Wet Water

Rockport Reflection"....6x8...oil on Linen Panel....$150 to the first to ask!
Merry Christmas! Free shipping on this one. It's a demo I did at my November workshop in Rockport. I wanted to show how its COLOR that gicves the impression of "wet". It was a drizzly afternoon and the dock was wet, the sky was wet and the w ter was wet!
I will give a series of one day workshops in Rockport, TX next year. Each one will build on the last oone and my goal is to SEE improvement in my students each time, and to equip YOU to grow as a painter!
The first class is January 19. We will have a long and SERIOUS day of DRAWING....using some pencil but mostly, preparing the drawing before you paint and using a brush. I like to say that pencil drawing uses LINE, brush drawing uses SHAPES....we will explore perspective, scale and proportion. I hold nothing back and give all my "secrets"...Before becoming an impressionist, I was a photorealist, able to draw with precision. My strength is drawing and I LOVE to pass on all the great shortcuts I know.
PLEASE plan to come to the January workshop! Contact the Rockport Center for the Arts for more info.

Armadillo World HQ Pitcher

"Remember the Armadillo"...Official "World Souvenir" of Austin's Famous Armadillo World Headquarters...
My Art Studio Sale continues in a strange way...Yes, I the teatotaller have an official beer pitcher from the famous Armadillo World Headquarters. Here's how it happened:

Back in the early 1980's, I did a lot of freelance promotional graphics for our big radio station in Austin, K98. When The Armadillo closed, they somehow acquired all the leftover beer pitchers, so they had me paint the official logo on there with a comemorative "official " limited edition graphic. There were only 62 pitchers and all were given away in a radio promo or maybe to their special advertisers.

They gave me this one which is numbered 61 of 62.

The first picture shows the front logo and words saying "Armadillo World Headquarters World Souvenir. Complements of K98"

The second photo shows the Budweiser logo with a handpainted puddle of beer and a little armadillo drinking from it. It is signed V.V.

This must be old, because I did not yet use my four dots in V....Vaughan !

It will be fun to see what happens to this thing! My son thought an EBAY auction would be fun, so here is the link to the auction! It would make a great gift for a fan of Austin music...or an old hippie!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESEX:IT&item=270197088094&_trksid=p3984.cSELL.m315.lVI

"Remember the Armadillo"...Official "World Souvenir" of Austin's Famous Armadillo World Headquarters...

Yes, I the teatotaller have an official beer pitcher from the famous Armadillo World Headquarters. Here's how it happened

Colored Pencil Sports Framed

Framed Colored Pencil Sports Art......originals, average size 18 x 22 BIG!...$100 each

All four for $350

These go way back to my tee shirt days. Prismacolored Pencil drawings on Canson paper or acid free matt board. They are colorfully framed and would look good in a young athlete's room. These are ORIGINAL works of art and when I die they will be worth a TON!

Trivia:

-I used a photo of myself for the soccer player girls..the girl in blue.

-Former University of Texas Basketball player, Lance Blanks was my model for the basketball guys. I did a job for him while he was still playing and he brought me to some games to take photographs. He was recently inducted into the University's Hall of Frame.

-I think my favorite one is the tennis player, though. It is no one famous, but is a little stylized and I like that.

EMAIL ME if you want any or all of these! There will be a small shipping charge.

Mountain Ranch

"Mountain Ranch"...12x6 oil on linen panel...$100 includes shipping

Here is one I did at the McGregor Ranch in Estes Park, CO a few years ago. The scale of the mountains there is amazing, against the small aspen trees by the little stream! I paint in CO a lot and always have a few laying around, so this one I am offering during my "Studio Sale"...MERRY CHRISTMAS to the first one who wants it!!

A reminder ....Next week my 365 "Last Year on the Farm" paintings are headed up to Nebraska's Great Plains Art Museum for a 2 month show. If you have purchased one, there will be a sticker on the tag, indicating your painting is unavailable. You can purchase the paintings from me at any time, now! Please see them at www.v-vaughan.com under the "Last Year..." link. E-mail me if there is one that you'd like. Pretty soon I will have my field notes for each painting up on the web site. Merry CHRISTmas!

Colorful Austin

"Colorful Austin"....appx 17 x 22 framed print....$75 framed, $20 unframed, 12 x 16 , includes shipping!

If you remember back that far, Austin used to be pretty cool! And, the tallest buildings here were the Capitol and the UT tower. That tells you what we thought was most important, back then!

This art was a commercial project done years ago. Most of the BEST Austin icons are here: The hills, 360 bridge, moonlight towers, lakes, sometimes islands, sixth street....nothing is labled, so you have to have a clue about Austin to see it all with appreciation. Otherwise...it's colorful!!! My favorite icon here is our farm house up at the top right, with the cows coming home!

I have a few dozen of these prints, but only one framed one. It's a fun one! Take your pick!!
One framed one at $75 Unframed $20 Includes shipping.

MArtin Ranch Longhorn

"Martin Ranch Longhorn"....8 x 10 oil on linen panel...framed...$220 includes shipping

Well, it will be a long time before I have a show in Texas, and this one is in my way (with the rest of the Studio Sale items) this month!

EVERYONE in Texas likes longhorns...even the Aggies, as long as there is no pigskin around it!

I'll ship this to the first one who wants it!

Here is an offer to anyone traveling nearby or living in the Austin area....All these "Studio Specials" are set aside, and if you want to come by to take your pick before I blog them, I will make you a SPECIAL deal, so that I don't have to ship them....I might have you name your price, to take it off my hands. E-mail me at vvaughan8@yahoo.com

RIGHT NOW, I am preparing the 365 paintings of the "Last Year on the Farm", to travel to Nebraska's Great Plains Art Museum NEXT WEEK. After this Studio Sale round of art, I will start showing the latest farm paintings, including those frommy LAST DAY on the Farm....Merry Christmas!

"Distance"

"Distance"....appx. 12 x 14...an old, original, hand-pulled drypoint print....UNFRAMED $50, includes shipping
Inspired by "Chariots of Fire", I did this a number of years ago. The drawing is a drypoint, done on a zinc plate, then the plate is inked and rubbed and pulled through a printing press.The printmaking process is very involved...so I am a painter now! Clearing my studio! This is a good deal, but I will take it out of this frame to ship to you (see the broken glass?...this is why I am an oil painter!

Bait Bucket

"Bait Bucket"......oil on linen panel....9x12.....$180

I am heading off to Rockport for a workshop day tomorrow...the weather is predicted to be AWESOME, so come if you can. It's not too late!

Here is a little (not too little!) gulf coast painting I did as a demo while teaching in Shreveport a couple months ago. I really wanted to hold this for my Charleston show, but wanted to show something from the coast to let everyone know I am teaching

TOMORROW in Rockport. I have it "bargain priced" to stay consistant with this month's Studio Sale"

In 2008 I will be teaching there each month and working to develop plein air artists in their outdoor experience! We are starting Jan 19 with a focus on DRAWING Outside. We will not necessarily use just pencils!

Please click the link for more info, or contact me!

Bluebonnets and Primrose

"Bluebonnet and Primrose Meadow"....appx. 21 x 26 ...ORIGINAL watercolor FRAMED...$300 including shipping if you are first to ask! This is a nice big painting at a "STEAL" of a price ;)

This looks a LOT like yesterday's painting, but it's Primroses instead of Paintbrush with the great Texas Bluebonnets. Here is the same info from yesterday...

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is my favorite attraction in Austin. Since their earliest days, 25 years ago, I have been active there, showing art and supporting their events.I frequently paint there, (these days in oils). But I got my start at The Wildflower Center painting wildflowers in great detailed watercolors. I even have a personal letter from Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, complementing me on my primrose painting (I will BLOG that painting in a few days). It is a cherished memento, along with photos of her with me and my children. She was a VERY nice, warm and gracious lady who I was pleased to meet a number of times.The painting above is one of these fine originals that needs a good home as I make room in my new studio.

Bluebonnet and Paintbrush Meadow

"Bluebonnet and Paintbrush Meadow"....appx. 21 x 26 ...ORIGINAL watercolor FRAMED...$300 including shipping if you are first to ask!

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is my favorite attraction in Austin. Since their earliest days, 25 years ago, I have been active there, showing art and supporting their events.
I frequently paint there, (these days in oils). But I got my start at The Wildflower Center painting wildflowers in great detailed watercolors. I even have a personal letter from Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, complementing me on my primrose painting (I will BLOG that painting in a few days). It is a cherished memento, along with photos of her with me and my children. She was a VERY nice, warm and gracious lady who I was pleased to meet a number of times.
The painting above is one of these fine originals that needs a good home as I make room in my new studio.

Christmas Cactus

"Christmas Cactus" ...Original watercolor, matted and framed...overall size 19 x 25....special price $250, INCLUDES shipping

This is a special painting for the season. A painting that I would hang only this time of year! The frame on this one is nice, it's stained dark turquoisey-green, but you can still see the wood grain!

I no longer sell my watercolors, so this is part of my big Studio Sale...watch for more this month!

Framed Bluebonnet Prints

"Framed Bluebonnet Prints"___see dimensions below___$150 each includes shipping! These 2 only.

The "Studio Sale" continues! This week I will post FRAMED works, MOSTLY original watercolor wildflowers....but also a few surprises :) These are the only 2 framed bluebonnets I have. Unframed ones are $35.

Framed Sizes:

White Frame: 19" x 25"

Dark Frame: 27.5" x 33.5"

Coming in the next few days: Original Bluebonnets with Paintbrush, Wild Roses, Primroses, California Wildflowers, and more.

If you want to "shop", let me know, and I will send an e-mail to you with ALL the framed flower images at once.

If you want to receive my daily painting in an e-mail, please let me know. The BLOG Group gets the info first. If you got this info in your e-mail box, then you are already in the BLOG group :)

Edgewater

"Edgewater"
8x6 oil on
linen panel
......$100 to
YOU if you
ask first

It will be a long time before they see green like this in Colorado where this one was painted last summer. I was with DM, TS and JS and we each painted a different view of this beautiful area, and we met the owners of the Edgewater Cabins resort near Winter Park and Lake Granby.
I'm still making room in my studio, so stay tuned this month. Next week I will clear out a few big watercolor wildflower paintings WITH THE FRAMES!! These are FAMOUS paintings, too. I'll explain later...

Pelican Study Group"

"Pelican Study Group"....oil on canvas panel...$75 to the first to ask!!

Well, I paint at the coast a lot. I no longer use canvas panels...only linen for me...so this one's gotta go! Look at the price, y'all!

Dear H.L....I am still looking for the other pelican group! It will turn up!