Don't Judge Me!

8X8 Oil on Gessoed Masonite panel

This painting is SOLD

One of our neighbors has donkeys - they live a mile from us, but we can still hear their braying. I don't find the noise offensive at all - in fact, it's a lot more pleasant that the noise of the compressor on the gas well next door. Like many folks who live in the country, we have had our "quiet" disrupted by the sounds of commerce.
I don't pay attention to the compressor noise anymore. It angered me at first, but like most aggravations, we get used to them with time and they become part of our background. My husband calls it "incremental changes" and calls them the most dangerous of all. They sneak up on us bit by bit and before you know it you have lost all your peace and quiet (or freedom).
I surely did enjoy the quiet in Colorado, though...
Acts 22:28
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.If you are interested in this painting, click here to send me an email. I accept checks and Paypal. I can also arrange LAYAWAY. To view my latest paintings on Daily Painters go HERE. To view larger paintings, go to my Website HERE. To view a wealth of OTHER Texas Artists, enjoy THIS site!

Donkey Morn - burro donkey palette knife painting

8 X 8 Palette Knife Oil on board $115

THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN SOLD to a collector in Arizona

I am NOT a palette knife painter, but sometimes I like to pretend I am. My best artist buddy and collaborator in paint is Laurie Pace and SHE does palette knife!
This little fat donkey lives down the road from me, and she was silhouetted on a grassy knoll one afternoon as I came home from Granbury. Since I never go anywhere without my camera, I slammed on my brakes and caught a quick image of her before she came up to the fence to investigate me. And yes, the afternoon colors were almost this vivid! Well, in MY eyes, anyway.
Latest on Aunt Abbey: We hauled her calf, Other Brother Darryl, to the sale barn Wednesday and got a record check for a 400 pound calf. After milking her daily for 5 days (and filling the freezer with milk and cream) we decided to put one more calf on her before we dry her up in July. The pickings were pretty slim at the sale barn Monday, but I did manage to find a tiny half-Jersey heifer that looked like it might be lively and persistent enough to get past Aunt Abbey's defensive kicks. Abbey KNOWS what her calf looks like and this small red one ain't it! No, Mom, we haven't named YOUR calf yet!
1 Kings 9:3
The LORD said to him: “I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

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Life's Not Fair

6 x 8 oil on panel $100

Includes Shipping and Insurance in US

Life ISN'T fair - and when we were born, that promise was NOT made to us - that life would be fair.
Pretty people get better jobs and handsome ex-racehorses get to graze in the yard. Instead of being jealous of the racehorse, perhaps the donkey's time would be better spent looking for good grazing on HIS side of the fence...making the best of his own situation.
God doesn't promise us everything we want - he DOES promise us everything we NEED, if we only ask for it and thank him when we get it. So many of us don't know we already have it, though...
Numbers 23:19
God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
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Boltswagon - donkey portrait

6 X 8 Oil on board commissioned donkey portrait
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Dandy has gone off to "Camp Trista" to start learning how to be a grandchild horse, and all reports are excellent.
Trista-the-farrier-mother-horse-trainer has agreed to get her started in exchange for art - a win win deal for all of us.
Her mother-in-law has a fat little donkey that has been on the family farm for years, and this painting will be under the Christmas tree with her name on it. I have been assured that she DOES NOT read this blog! And yes, you are reading his name correctly - "BOLTS-wagon". LOL But I doubt he moves very fast anymore - this is one chubby, OLD donkey!
Grandbaby update: After three days of restlessness Merideth's milk began flowing heavily and baby Addison is now eating, sleeping, looking around and pooping on a fairly regular schedule - giving mom and dad 3 to 4 hours of uninterrupted stretches of sleep. After 3 nights with them, I decided they had it all under control and returned to the farm. Now to decorate for Christmas...
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Exodus 23:12
“Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.