More Farm Prints

"Farm Terraces form Last Year"....a giclee, 6 x 8 on canvas $75 + shipping ($10)

OK, then...The response to the "Red Baler" was so good, I will take the next 3 or 4 days to show you the other VERY SMALL editions that I have produced, because of the interest in the Farm series. I will repeat here what I said in the blog / mail two days ago...

I do not like to make prints of my work, but when I get a lot of requests, I WILL do a limited edition of usually 3 to 5 prints. There are 25 in this edition, a reproduction of my favorite painting in the Last Year on the Farm series. I have had more requests for this one than ANY of my farm paintings. The original has won awards in National shows like the Society of Master Impressionists and the American Women Artists. It is a painting I am holding in my private collection, but because of the interest, I decided to create a small edition of 25, and at a great price, too. They are canvas giclee reproductions, stretched and ready to frame. Signed and numbered, of course. Please let me know if you want one!

For the next few days I will show the others that I have already printed small editions of .
Remember, the book is available NOW, too! Today I got more feedback from happy customers! I am blessed.

Status: Last Year on the Farm ... -Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt
-THE BOOK is HERE! EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button. Or just mail a check for $34 (includes shipping) to: V....Vaughan, 2606 Starling Dr., Round Rock, TX 78681
-Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".
- The seasons of 24 will open at the BRAND NEW Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art on March 28. I'll be there for the opening reception. David City, NE, on Sunday, March 30.

Dragon on Third

"Dragon on Third"....from my sketchbook

It was a cold and windy night at the ballpark, but the game was a great one!

My son's team is hosting a tournament which started tonight. The Round Rock Dragons freshman team won their first game 12 - 0...here's how he looked on third base and at the plate.

I would like to paint during the game, so I might try that tomorrow if the weather is warm enough.

These are a couple of quickie sketches from my sketchbook, where I also do a little bit of score keeping...when my hands are busy I don't cheer and embarrass my boy! ;)

Status: Last Year on the Farm ... -Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt -

-THE BOOK is HERE! EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button. Or just mail a check for $34 (includes shipping) to: V....Vaughan, 2606 Starling Dr., Round Rock, TX 78681

-Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".

- The seasons of 24 will open at the BRAND NEW Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art on March 28. I'll be there for the opening reception. David City, NE, on Sunday, March 30.

Farm Print: Red Baler

"Red Baler"__ sold at the beginning of Farm Series__4 prints available___8 x 10 $75 each

Before I began to "hoard" my farm paintings to present my "Last Year on the Farm", I used to regularly paint and sell the farm paintings. (My friend Jill has one...Denise, too!...and Robin, I think!). Here is one that I have had so many requests for (probably because I use it on a brochure). So, I have decided to sell a VERY LIMITED EDITION of "Red Baler".

I do not like to make prints of my work, but when I get a lot of requests, I WILL do a limited edition of 3 to 5 prints. There are 5 in this edition, and 2 are left. They are canvas giclee reproductions, stretched and ready to frame. Signed and numbered, of course. Please let me know if you want one!

Remember, the book is available NOW, too! Today I got my first feedback from a happy customer! I am blessed.

Status: Last Year on the Farm ... -Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt - Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".

-THE BOOK is HERE! EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

Emily on Flight 34

"Emily on Flight 34" from my sketchbook

While flying back from South Carolina, via Jacksonville, FL, I took out my sketch book, seeing this lovely young lady leaning forward to read.

I tried to be discreet as I kept glancing over there to watch and sketch. Her mom, near me on the aisle, noticed me, so I pretended to be interested in what was out the window, and to not appear to be staring at her daughter. Well, her mom then told her, "Emily, sit back so this lady can see out the window!" I apologized and had to fess up that I was just pretending, I am an artist and was sketching her, so please make her sit forward again! hahaha

Busted!

I gave her my card, so I hope she looks in on the BLOG.

Status: Last Year on the Farm ... -Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt - Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success". -THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. You may still order the first edition. EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

You can read about it and order one by sending me an e-mail at vvaughan8@yahoo.com, or CALL! 512.917.0814

THE BOOK IS HERE!!!

Last Year on the Farm: A Story of Change, by V....Vaughan

It's here and MUCH BETTER than I imagined! There are 80 pages, a lot of brief writings (my field notes) and about 150 pictures. That means there are over 200 paintings NOT in the book! You'll have to see them at the museum this year!

I am hoping to find a venue for the entire show somewhere in Central Texas in November and December....EMAIL ME if you have an idea!

The price is $29 plus shipping.

If you already bought one, we will ship it to you Monday or Tuesday next week....I am SO EXCITED...I hope you are, too!

You can read about it and order one by sending me an e-mail at vvaughan8@yahoo.com, or CALL! 512.917.0814

Status: Last Year on the Farm ... -Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt - Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success". -THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. You may still order the first edition. EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

Alligator

"Alligator at ACE Basin" 8x10 oil AVAILABLE

HELLO! I hope you enjoyed the 4 day break from my ramblings! There was no place to connect in the remote areas where I have been, so I gave y'all a little break.

I'll tell you about the art show tomorrow, but for now, the above painting will describe my latest! After SEWE, I went to the Donnelly Wildlife Refuge in the ACE BASIN of South Carolina. ACE Basin stands for the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto Rivers, which form the estuary and parts of the Refuge boundary. The entire basin encompasses more than 350,000 acres. I was invited there by good artist friends Joe Garcia and Adele Earnshaw, who speak there every year to some young South carolina Duck Stamp winners. We spoke to them Tuesday, and gave painting demonstrations from the Lodge where the Wildlife people put us up for a few days....then, we painted!

The place is amazing...just amazing: Mossy, old-South looking forrests just filled with wildlife: Herons, Egrets, Whooping Cranes, and LOTS of alligators....when we drove past the place we wanted to paint, there was a crowd of gators on the little finger of land that led to a small observation pier. We went elsewhere, but came back to find the gang still there. So, deciding to get out and photograph them, we walked toward them, aiming our cameras. I was extra brave, because I am pretty sure I can out-run Joe and Adele.... but the gators all slid back into the water, swam to a grassy area about 20 yards away and resumed sunbathing. There were seven in all, the longest one being about 7 feet long. I was told that they do not eat until the temperature rises to a certain level. I really wanted to paint the land and waterscape there, but since my eyes stayed glued to the gator, I had no choice but to paint him!

I have donated this painting to the big fundraising auction they have out there in May, so PLEASE let me know if you want info on purchasing it for a good cause!!

Gone By...forgotten

"Gone By" 20 x 24

I painted this for last year's SEWE Show and it didn't sell. I meant to bring it back for this year's show, but when I got here and unpacked, I found out I had left it at home. So here is a big nice painting (see the swimming geese in the background?), so this one is available at a bargain to whoever wants it first!...then I got a call from the hotel in Jacksonville where I had stayed the night I flew out here "V....Vaughan? You left your laptop in the room, do you want us to send it to you?"....("yes!!, and...uh....thank you for NOT stealing it!)...and then, my first day driving through the parking garage at the Charleston Place Hotel, a guy backed DOWN the "up-ramp" cracking my rental bumper with his trailer hitch....then he drove off! Hit and run....but he went up and PARKED ....so I left a note, photographed the car from 3 angles, called the police, called the rental company, called my insurance company....and did I tell you I am also selling art out here:)

Thank you to all my new friends who have come to see me in Charleston! Tomorrow is the last day of the show, I hope there are fewer of my kind of adventures, and more art sales!

Monday and Tuesday I will be at ACE Basin, hoping to photograph and paint the whooping cranes!

Watch for more!

In the Low Country

"Low Country Layers".....18 x 24....$2500 or so

These are ibis with black tipped wings coming in for a landing in a marshy area along the Ashley River. I painted it last year in Charleston.

They call the Charleston area of South Carolina, "The Low Country". I always love the special nicknames that regions of America call themselves:

Jackshoville FL = The First Coast

Memphis, TN = The Mid-South

Brownsville, TX = "The Valley"

Austin, TX likes calling themselves "weird"....hmmmm....if you know others, leave a comment :)

If you come to see me at SEWE this weekend, and want to see this painting, be sure to ask, because I didn't have room to hang it, and it's in the back....if you ask, I will give you a VERY special price of $1500....how's that? Of course, you, my blog/e-mail friends can have the same deal! Just ask in an e-mail!

I am off to an exciting start here...I left my laptop at the hotel in Jacksonville, and they are sending it to me today, I had a fender bender, getting hit by someone, in the hotel parking garage in Charleston...and sold a painting.

Status: Last Year on the Farm ...-Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt- Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".-THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. I ordered extras of this first edition.EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

Carolina Surf_18x18

"Carolina Surf" 18x18 oil on linen panel available

Here I am in South Carolina! Well, for tonight it's Florida, but I'll be driving to Charleston in the morning and going to set my at up at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. Please come see me and a few GREAT artists at the Charleston Place Hotel. Just ask around until you find me! The show runs from the Thursday night Preview Party for special Benefactors until Sunday afternoon.

The painting above is one of my special new paintings , created just for this show. Folks in South Carolina, like me, really love their dogs ! This one was named Hank, and I have painted him before.

Status: Last Year on the Farm ...-Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt- Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".-THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. I ordered extras of this first edition.EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

Rockport Blaze

"Rockport Blaze" 12 x 16 oil on linen panel

Here is the second one I have ready to go to the Nomadas del Art Show in Santa Fe, next month. Painted on location in Rockport, Texas last fall, I knew when I did it that I wanted it to represent my year-long search for JUST the right painting to put in with Nomadas.

I am in Jacksonville Florida tonight...on the way to Charleston. I just had a nice dinner with artist pals, Joe Garcia and Adele Earnshaw. We all landed here tonight in the rain and will caravan to Charleston tomorrow and set up out art at the Charleston Place Hotel for the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. Please come see me if you are here. I brought the first sample of my new book for you to see!

Order one asap!

Status: Last Year on the Farm ...-Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt- Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".-THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. I ordered extras of this first edition.EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

My favorite landscapes to paint will always have a special sky feature. This was an unusual sunrise thunderstorm catching the blaze of early morning sun.

Seven Farm Strokes

"Seven Farm Strokes" 9 x 12 $200

A couple months ago at one of my Rockport workshop days, I led the class in a "Seven Stroke" painting. We used the image I have adopted as one of the promo paintings for my "Last Year on the Farm" exhibit this year. From a reproduction, we painted this with just seven strokes. I think I added three, but the basic idea was down in seven. It's a fun exercise I did for the first time last year while painting in South Carolina.

I'll be there for the rest of the week at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston.

Please come see me and lots of new work I've done just for this show!

Status: Last Year on the Farm ...-Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt- Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".-THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. I ordered extras of this first edition.EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

Moonlight over Manor

"Moonlight Over Manor" 9 x 12 oil on canvas

This is one of two paintings I will have at a show in Santa Fe, NM next month.

Nomadas del Arte will have their first EVER show at the Sage Creek Gallery in March and April, 2008. The artist's reception is March 8.

The painting was laid down immediately after a full night of moonrises as I painted 24 in 24 hours last winter. Part of my "Last Year on the Farm".

All the canvas comments are up on the web site, and you can see which of the FARM paintings are still available. ....and the book will be here in a couple weeks!!!

Brandi, Zoe and Bailey

"Brandi, Zoe and Bailey" oil - a commission on canvas 8 x 16

I delivered this one last week...three beautiful family pets...a commission that I enjoyed painting, because I got to hold it for a while and enjoy it. Of course, that means I find things to "doodle" with, so I delivered it wet....of course.

Tuesday I fly to Jacksonville and meet my friends Joe and Adele for the caravan to Charleston and the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. If I can get someone to drive, I'll do a "drive-by painting or two!...latest news below

Status: Last Year on the Farm ...-Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar: http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt- Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".-THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. I ordered extras of this first edition.EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

Horizon Light

"Horizon Light" 16 x 20 oil on linen $1500

The "light" referred to in this title is REALLY about the moon. No matter what kind of "excitement" mankind can drum up, the glory of creation will ALWAYS shine brighter!...I have a story about this same view .

East of our farm was a place called Manor Downs, a racetrack. They used to hold concerts out there, and one night some great rock band was playing(was it the Grateful Dead?)....LOUD! Though about 4 miles away, we could hear every drumbeat...LOUDLY! In the midst of all that, a HUGE thunderstorm came up, right over them. BIGGER LOUD! The thunder not only drowned them out, it ended the concert!

This painting is on the way to Charelston with 350 pounds of paintings for the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. I will be there Feb 16 - 20. After the show I have other adventures in SC, so please stay tuned :)

Read my latest news below!
Status: Last Year on the Farm ...-Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar:http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt- Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".-THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. You may still order the first edition.EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

Zion Buffalo

"Zion Buffalo" 6x8 palette droppings on linen panel

I have been painting a lot these past few weeks, and it was time to scrape the palette. This painting was made from my palette droppings. I'ts a little study from photos I made while painting in Zion National Park a few years ago.

Lots of texture...lots of fun!

Read my latest news below!

Status: Last Year on the Farm ...
-Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar:
http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt
- Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".
-THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. You may still order the first edition.
EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

All Dun_9x12_oil on linen panel

"All Dun" 9x12 oil on linen panel $590 framed

Here is one I keep messing with. I shot the photo along the way to San Antonio a couple years ago...the photo came out TERRIBLE (my usual photo quality). I have wanted to paint from it for a long time, so finally got around to it...It's done now...."All Dun" refers to the horse's coat color.

This one will be packed for Charleston this week. Tell your friends in South Carolina to come see me Feb. 16-19 at the Charleston Place Hotel Main Ballroom where the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition is held...it's a terrific party!

Status: Last Year on the Farm ...

-Please click here to read a GREAT REVIEW by Kent Wolgamott in the Lincoln JournalStar:

http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/03/living/gz/performances/doc47a0e837b407c595235319.txt

- Most of the exhibit will be held over at the Great Plains Museum until THE END of March. It's going WELL and the museum has told me it is a "Stunning Success".

-THE BOOK is at the printer now, after I did some editing and added a few pages. You may still order the first edition.

EMAIL ME to order, or check the BLOG ON JAN. 9 to use the paypal button.

Mama Mia Done

"Mama Mia" 18 x 18 Oil on linen

I posted an UNfinished "Mama Mia" yesterday...Here is what I did to finish it.

My son's Lab is named Maria, but I call her Mama, or Mama Mia...She is my walking buddy in the morning...along with Romeo...I'll paint him soon :)

I will take Mama and all the new ones to Charleston a week from Thursday...please come see me at SEWE!

Mama Mia

"Mama Mia" 18 x 18 oil on linen panel available

My son's Lab, Maria. I don't think I am through with this one....but needed something to post today

:)

Egrets Breath_20x20

"Egrets Breath" 20 x 20 oil on linen $2500, framed

The next two weeks (Starting with the previous two posts) will be a preview of my newest works for the upcoming Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston, SC.

Many are large paintings worked up from my small farm studies, but I have a number of new studies of dogs and other wildlife subjects.

"Egrets Breath", above, was a popular painting from the Last Year on the Farm series.

Remember, the book is now available...to be shipped in a few weeks. See the BLOG post of January 9 for info and to order with Paypal.