Limited Palette Cow 3 - by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

6 X 6 Oil on canvas panel $100

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Here's number 3 in the series...same idea, limited palette with complements.
Mike and I went to one of the local dairy sale barns today, hopefully to buy another new born baby calf to "graft" on to Aunt Abbey. We sent her adopted 4 month old bull calf to the sale Wednesday and now she's just nursing her single calf. He's loving it, but that much milk is giving him the scours (diarrhea) PLUS we are getting a gallon to drink every 3 days. We really need to put another calf on her.
At the dairy calf sales, usually there are 50 baby calves to chose from, but today there were just a dozen. I picked out two I liked, and as usual, they were the most expensive ($250 and $145 each - I had HOPED to pay less than $100). We passed and returned home empty-handed. The weather is supposed to turn cold Sunday, so part of me is kinda glad I won't be wrestling the cows in bad weather. We may try to get another one later.
The palette I used on the painting had green, red-orange and red violet. I like the way this one "pops" - almost Christmasy!
Jeremiah 50:9
For I will stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of great nations from the land of the north. They will take up their positions against her, and from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed
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Limited Palette Cow #1 by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

6X6 Oil on gessoed masonite panel $100

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Here is the first of the four limited palette cow studies...Can you guess the 3 main colors?
Today is cattle sale day and we are hauling one of Abbey's 2 calves to the sale barn - I think he weighs 250 to 300 pounds. The money he brings will feed Aunt Abbey through winter AND allow me to purchase another baby to put on her next Monday.
The tax situation is still up in the air (thank you, Congress), so we are probably going to sell the other calf before the end of the year, too. We are NOT the so-called wealthy that the President wants to tax - we are retired/working middle class, a group that is slowly shrinking and getting strangled by government regulations. Living on a farm certainly helps buffer prices and tax fluctuations, but we can't do it forever. I do know a lot of families across America who are readying themselves for a long hard night, though, and are learning how to live self-sufficienty. Even my Momma in Dallas uses every spare plot of dirt in her yard to grow veggies - you should see her enormous spinach plant!
The colors I used, by the way, were Red-Violet, Blue-Violet and Yellow. Did you guess right?
Luke 12:38
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.

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Heather's Cow - University of Texas mascot longhorn cow oil painting

11 X 14 on stretched canvas
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My adorable cousin, Heather, lives in a lovely urban neighborhood, but she is a farmer at heart - like most of us of Oliver descent. She dreams of owning Longhorns and described the color of the animals she prefers. This one belongs to one of my neighbors down the road and I love her markings, too, as they remind me of Heather's description.
My little part of Texas is deceptively green right now. We have had a couple inches of rain in the past 2 weeks and the grass has responded vigorously, so everyone's cows are looking wonderful. The moisture is only in the very top of the soil, however.
Mike and John had to dig a post hole to house the temporary electric line that will be needed to build our new parsonage. The first 6 or 8 inches went well enough, but then they struck rock hard, dry earth. Usually it's the other way around this time of year. Dry on top, moist down below, but the drought has eliminated all the reserve moisture in the ground, and I fear it will be years before it returns to normal. In the meantime, the animals that depend on grass are loading up for winter...good advice for all of us to follow...
Judges 20:7
Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
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Another Hill to Climb - Longhorn cow oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

6 X 8 Oil on Gessoed Masonite $115

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We have finally had a bit of rain here in the Heart of Texas and no really cold weather yet. Aunt Abbey the milk cow is enjoying the little patch of oat grass, as is her adopted son the Other Brother Darryl. THIS cow is still looking for grass, though...maybe over that hill yonder?
Spring planning has begun - ordering chicks and seeds are at the top of my list right now. I curl up on the sofa in the evening and pour over the catalogs and make my lists.
All the hens have been very healthy through the winter (and safe from the coyotes and bobcats), but I still like to "replenish" every spring with both mail order chicks and chicks that I will allow one hen to hatch. I just LOVE the sound of a hen clucking to her chicks when she has found a special morsel for them - they are the personification of the perfect mother, putting their babies first in every way.
Luke 13:34
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
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Bluebonnet Longhorn Mama 9 - University of Texas mascot bevo

8 X 10 Oil on Canvas
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Years ago I swore I would not paint bluebonnets like every other Texas oil painter. However, they were so gorgeous last year, I couldn't resist - and of course I had to put a cow or horse in the painting. As a result I have sold nearly every one I have painted with requests for more standing in line.
This is my favorite of Ron's cows that roam our pasture outside my studio window. This cow has had 3 pretty babies and never needs help raising them. Her horns are formidable, too, and she knows how to use them.
The lady who commissioned this painting lives in Florida and WISHES she could live in Texas. Occasionally I find myself longing for the coast - my favorite vacations as a child were on the beach - but then I look out my window and wonder why I would ever want to leave. Doesn't make sense, does it?

Longhorn Steer - UT Mascot

5 X 7 Longhorn Steer $115

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I need to do more "Texas" stuff for my upcoming shows this fall and Ron's cattle are providing me plenty of cow images, but I have to cross the highway to find steers. I have an image for a larger painting in mind using this steer, and I painted him this time with a pretty limited, untraditional palette. Something different...and enough orange to satisfy ANY University of Texas fans.
Habakkuk 2:18
"Of what value is an idol, since a man has carved it? Or an image that teaches lies? For he who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

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Texas Longhorn - University of Texas Mascot Painting

SOLD to a Texas Collector
5 X 7 Oil on Masonite $115 with FREE Texas made Cedar Frame Includes shipping and insurance

I hope my brother doesn't see the title of this painting. He and I (and my son and husband) are all Texas Tech Red Raiders and the University of Texas is an arch rival. But I have mellowed in my old age - after all, my son-in-law is an Aggie and my daughter graduated from Tarleton, a member of the A & M system. None of those schools have a mascot that is as much fun to paint as a longhorn, though. At least in my opinion!
The model for this one belongs to a neighbor and he was an award winner in his prime - both in body conformation and horn growth. Lonnie actually owns several longhorn steers as well as a bull and a number of cows. People in Texas keep longhorn steers just because, and they don't feel the need to explain it any further. Some folks seem compelled to collect one of every color - which is probably impossible since there is a huge variety!
2 Timothy 4:8
Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

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