Spring Winter Spring

"Spring Winter Spring"....6x8...$175 still wet

I went out today into the nearby farmlands with my friend Denise (a great artist!)...we both liked this spot, and painted till the wind blew all our sleeves and shirttails into our paint too much...I liked the layers of land, here which seemed to alternate between spring greens and winter drab.

On the way home we swung by my old farm where I painted the 365 paintings of our Last Year on the Farm. A couple days ago there was a big grass fire there. It was awful looking. I hope it greens up before I paint my One Last Day on the Farm. On April 9, I'll go out there and paint 24 paintings in 24 hours for the last time on this farm. The paintings will be sold IMMEDIATELY...no waiting for a show to finish! Keep watching here for details or e-mail me vvaughan8@yahoo.com.

The book "Last Year on the Farm: A Story of Change is here! Click here and scroll down to Jan 9

Yes, Snow

01-16-2007 Last Year on the Farm
My studio doors are stuck... sealed with ice. It kept the wind out and kept me from painting on the deck as usual, so I went to the back porch for this 20 minute quickie...We are having a prolonged cold spell with wind, ice snow and all. This has greatly stressed the cattle and a few have died . They finally got behind some barns and moved into the pens today...away from their usual place here by the troughs. All of Austin is shut down and my 8th grader is a happy camper!

A Fall Day ...3 of 4

6 pm A Fall Day Last Year on the Farm ...4 pm hour

I sent a batch of 6 paintings to my group today...(this is MY favorite of the 6) from a series of 24 paintings in 24 hours...On Monday, Dec. 18 I can send you the last batch of 6 paintings from “A Fall Day Last Year on the Farm”….They are all painted from the 6 – 7 am hours right at the end of my 24 hour paintathon. It is fun to compare 6 am before cold front with 6 am after cold front….I think you will enjoy the last 6! if you know anyone who might like to see the mail, please tell them to use the space above and to the right to give me your e-mail address. Click "JOIN" and sign up today! When you join you will get an e-mail each day that just has my painting of the day. I usually do not write anything to read, just a picture to look at!

See today’s ebay item
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Fall Day Last Year....2nd of 4 to show

"Fall Day LAst Year on the Farm" 11-27-2006 1pm

This is the 1:00 hour when the weather was really changing....a big cold front was blowing in and that's why I chose this fall day to paint 24 paintings in 24 hours. Yesterday I sent the first batch of 6 paintings to my group. Today I sent this one along with 5 others. If you want to see all 24 small works (24 in 24)please type your email address in the space at the top of the column at right and then click "join". I will send you all 24.
I have some new auction paintings on ebay. Click here to see one of them.

Fall Day Last Year on the Farm - First of 4

"Fall Day Last Year on the Farm" 11-37-2006 6 am

I had been waiting for the Perfect Fall day in Central Texas....As a painter preparing to do 24 paintings in 24 hours, I wanted the day to be typical for Austin, but I also wanted it to have "variety"so that the art would be interesting! The news had reported a HUGE cold front bearing down on us, so I decided to paint the change that was predicted for Nov. 27, 2006. I began at 6 am that day, knowing that 24 hours later there would be a GREAT difference! Here is my first painting in the 6 o'clock hour...it was cool and mild with LOTS of puffy clouds ahead of the cold front.
If you have joined my group you have seen the first batch of 6 in the 24 hour session. This one is my favorite of the 6. Tomorrow I will send the group 6 more. If you want to see them then give me your e-mail address at the top of the column at right and click "JOIN"....this will add you to the group that receives an email with my "painting a day" image.