Sunny One_State 1

Sunny One__state 1__12x16 oil

I saw this scene a few years ago near our farm. Horses do not eat sunflowers, but this one was grazing below the flowers. Every few moments he would come up for air and I snapped some photos that have been reference for a number of paintings. So this one looks similar to another recent one called "Sunny"...

I had to photograph it before I had finished, but I call this "state 1", and you might not notice changes on the finished work....I am delivering it to Taos' Act I gallery TODAY!

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Before I head back to Colorado, I want to express sorrow about the shooting there in the movie theater. It was stunning to open the YAHOO! front page  recently and see a photo of a church service honoring the victims. In the photo there was a projector with a photo of a victim. it touched me, so I saved it on my desktop...then a friend told me that a mutual friend of our families was a victim...a man named Gordon Cowden....when I looked back at the YAHOO! photo I had saved, it was Gordon's picture on the screen at the church (see below)...He was the first one to have a funeral last week   :(    please pray for these families for a LONG time....

Here are some locations for a few of my workshops. email me if you want more info on any of these...

And here is a link to a SPECIAL ONE.

I can't wait to see the water go down the drain BACKWARDS there!

July-August ___weekly__Austin___ "Chocolates and Chiaroscuro" 

Sept. 15, 2012___Salado TX

2013___New York City, Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania...

2014___February 23-March 1___New Zealand

**BE SURE to tell me if you sign up! I like to send things to my students to get them ready, keep them "seeing", and thinking, and talking about it!

Tiny Yucca 2

Tiny Yucca 2___2.5 x 2.5___original oil with tiny easel__$60
This week I am in Austin, teaching a small group workshop. We have our "home base" at the north Austin RockSports location, which also houses Joel's Coffee, Truffles & Tea...one of those cool new Austin-type coffee houses. Tomorrow we will be there sketching Brad as he makes CHOCOLATE!!!
I want to invite EVERYONE to drop by this week and see what we are up to! If we aren't there. look in the window and you will see our works...The artists I am working with are REALLY good, so we are putting our works on display as we go! "Wet Paint in the Window" is the name of our little group show....you will catch us there between noon and 5 pm....our early mornings and early evenings will be spent "in the field" painting on location around some of Austin's waterways. email me if you need more info. Here is a link to RockSports and Joel's map.
11301 Lakeline Blvd, Austin, TX 78717
....come see us!!

Tiny Yucca

Tiny Yucca 1___2.5x2.5 oil on tiny canvas with tiny easel!___$60
Like yesterday's post, the little yucca is on a little canvas....Today I am on the way to Nebraska. My friend T came along for the road trip and she will hang out at the ranch while I am there to paint it! I am looking forward to this commission, and painting some serious ranch land along the wonderful Platte River....

Shy One

Shy One__8x6 oil on linen panel

Like yesterday's painting, this one will be available if it doesn't sell at the Colroado Show over the weekend. If you are interested ($190 unframed, includes shipping), please let me know and I will put your name on it :) It is a poppy from my father-in-law's garden, joined by some daisies that he transplanted a few years ago....neighbors come from all over the canyon to take some of HIS daisies, now, because he has so many! Stay tuned for more works from Colorado and the plains we went through to get here! See my upcoming schedule below....

July 23-24___Art on the Conejos__a NEW SHOW, featuring artists who live in the Conejos Canyon, CO
August___Painting the Plains...I will be ALL OVER The place, finishing my project which opens on...
October 7___Passing America: The Great Plains. Lincoln, NE...Reception and Gallery Talk in the evening
Oct. 8-13___Nebraska Workshops...painting farms en plein air
Oct. 18-Nov. 17___Remembering the Farm, Solo show at Inspiration Gallery at Riverbend Church, Austin
October 27___Remembering the Farm Reception and Gallery Talk 5-8 pm. Riverbend, Austin
Nov. 9-11___Fall Workshop at Fredericksburg Artists' School
June 11-13, 2012___Spring Workshop at Fredericksburg Artists School
Surprise Summer 2012 Workshop...early August! TBA!

Geranium Lesson

Geranium Lesson___8x6 oil on linen panel___$190 if R does not want it
Ah, COLOR!...It has been a while since I posted something in COLOR!. I have been "showcasing" my sketches recently, but spent some time teaching last week and here is one that I taught from...
SPEAKING of that, I have a THREE DAY workshop at the Rockport Center for the Arts (on the Texas Coast) later this month. Please e-mail if you want info. vvaughan8@yahoo.com We will work out on location, in the studio, DRAWING and painting and talking about it a LOT! Please join us!
AHHH football! I am posting viseos of my son on my FACEBOOK page. (I am Virginia Pedro Vaughan on FB).
He has been doing well in big time 5-A Texas football. Lots of news clips to link to, this year! That 4 overtime game last week was the talk of the town...this week was a close game, a loss, but he had his best game ever!.
My sketchbook sale continues! See info below... Out of the Canyon__sketch #30 in my Colorado Sketchbook___EBAY sale now, item #140454193056

Sally______V....Vaughan___SOLD

“Sally”

14 x 11

© V….Vaughan
I just LOVE this painting…I just HATE this photo! My nice digital camera broke…I can’t get a new one until I sell a few more paintings. This one will ship to South Carolina as soon as it dries…a commission for some nice folks out there….I hope they like “Sally”
“Spring Day Last Year on the Farm” is coming ASAP next week!
Happy Spring!