A Little Light

A Little Light___a little Texas December Sunrise, 4x6 on canvas___$150

Testing...One...Two...Three...
I left off with this blog sometime in May!
If you are connected with me on Facebook (Virginia Pedro Vaughan) or Instagram (@vvaughan8) or
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I can't wait to show and tell some recent art and news! For now, I just want to say HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Y'ALL!!
Are you surprised to see a post from me?
I would love to hear a "hi" back from EVERYONE!!!!
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Ann's Bluebonnet Study

Ann's Bluebonnets - Study___3 x 9 oil on linen panel___$190

A few weeks ago I posted the finished painting of this study above. I usually work out my "oil changes" on tiny canvases before taking on a big canvas. The studies are very loose and impressionistic. Just for fun, Click the blog image to see the details of this tiny study, and compare it with the larger work!

Bluebonnet Season is winding down here in central Texas.

As they fade and get covered by the taller grasses, new flowers are springing up! There are huge fields of yellow flowers near my mom's nursing home, with a whole palette of color splashed along the edges of the roadsides. I guess our late rains and cool weather have made this a really pretty wildflower year so far!

Blue Pastures

Blue Pastures__6x8 oil study on linen panel__$170 ...click blog image to see some juicy detail
I am swerving off the "secret road" bluebonnet paintings I promised this week, because today I headed north with artist pal Robin Cheers (go see her work today!...and note her comment about TICKS...I feel like she does tonight!). We went up to Bell County to paint on the ranch of my friends, Tom and Debbie...it was a PERFECT day, weather-wise, but I got a few new scratches on my new pick-up truck, driving some narrow trails at the ranch. As I look at my study above, I can see some adjustments I need to make (cow anatomy), so if you want it, let me know, and I will send you the "better version". Robin and I discussed how, having grown up sketching HORSES, we both have to "proof" our cow drawings, lest our natural inclination to "round out the rump" takes over...By the end of our day, our "pasture mates" grazed themselves closer and closer, until we were surrounded by all the angus, horses and cattle egrets...oh, and ONE SERIOUS art critic, below...

Robin facing off with an art critic

Bed of Blue

"Bed of Blue"___6x8 oil study on linen panel___$190
I have recently been all over my central Texas area, painting like a crazy person! I figured today that I have been in these counties: Williamson, Travis, Hays, Blanco, Gillespie, Llano, Kerr and Burnet! I will be adding a few more this week, and posting many more of these small canvases. ..It has really been fun hearing from the many "misplaced" Texans who follow my blog! I feel so sorry for y'all!...but I KNOW these paintings help, and my guess is that you will return to the Lone Star State, soon! ...I am working on large canvases of a few of these recent studies. I will not be posting the big ones till I am REALLY through with them...stay tuned!
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Rockport Oak

"Rockport Oak"....6x8 oil on fine linen panel......$175
Rockport, TX is well known for these great wind-bent oak trees that grow in clumps all over the place. They are a "signature" of this part of the Texas Coast. We "took on" the oak trees at my last workshop day...here is my effort!
***I am in the cool mountains of Southern Colorado as I post this, today...My Fater-in-law's poppy garden is "popping out, so I think I will go "take them on" with paint today! Please watch for new Colorado paintings next week!