Cow in the front yard - line pen and ink drawing

6 1/4 X 8 ink on index $25

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I need to keep drawing because it really does improve my confidence. I completed this in about 3 minutes. Yep, at $25 for 3 minutes, that's $500 an hour - can't beat those rates! Of course, we aren't taking into consideration the practice it took to get here, the hours it took stalking this cow, the cost of the camera, the computer imaging to store it, the advertising, the education, the years of extra study, studio expenses, the maturity to know the difference between a good cow and a mediocre cow, etc. So I guess in reality it took a lifetime to draw this cow. 59 years is over a half million hours. So $25 in 3 minutes is actually about 1/1000 a cent per hour. Pretty good value when you consider it THAT way, huh?
When an observer asks me "How long did it take you to complete that?", I answer "59 years". After March 28 the answer with change to "60 years". I LOVE the puzzled look I get until their lightbulb comes on!
1 Timothy 4:8
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

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Displacement

5 X 7 Ink on Index $25

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Sticking with drawing for a while - good for the mind and hand coordination. The more I draw, the better I see. Rather like "The more I pray, the better I communicate with God".
1 John 3:22
"...and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him."

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Fishing for the Big One

 

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In going through my cowboy photos, I found one I would like to paint. Sketches first...then the canvas.

I have really enjoyed the square format, too, and as soon as the garden is finished, I hope to resume painting.

Acts 9:31

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

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Wind Beneath My Wings

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There was a small flock of brown pelicans hanging around the beach at Matagorda Bay last weekend. They flew over me several times and I managed to get a few quick images. Do pelicans mate for life? I don't know - many water birds do - I know geese and most cranes stay together year after year.
I have mated for life (and hopefully so has my husband!! LOL) We'll celebrate 38 years this July - not bad for a couple old birds!
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Who's Watching the Baby?

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A quick trip to the Matagorda Bay area last weekend afforded me the opportunity  to acquire some "beachy" images. While Mike and I were soaking up a few rays, I got permission from the folks around me to take their pictures for possible future use in a painting.

This is a classic example of combining two images to make one. This young man watching his daughter and WAS NOT actually oogling the lovely young lady strolling by - she was on the beach on a separate occasion and was walking her dog. But the image of the young fellow with his face turned so dramatically just demanded something worth looking at! Voila! Who IS watching the babe...er baby?
Genesis 30:31
“What shall I give you?” he asked. “Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them:
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One Man Heifer - continuous line drawing - sort of

Blue ink on index card stock - $25 - includes shipping

image area 6 X 8 - would fit an 8 X 10 frame with 1" mat

I went to Dr. Bill's yearly calf working this morning and got some more great cowboy images. This is one of many. Most of the calves were 4 months old and pretty stout critters. This heifer was one of the smaller ones. 80% of the rest took 2 or more men to wrestle to the ground.

My favorite cowboy, young Coy Clower was on a new mount today.  I first met this young man 6 or more years ago when he was mounted on a little palomino pony. His feet were nearly dragging the ground on that pony at the last calf working I saw him at. I knew his daddy, Barry wouldn't put him on just any old horse either, but I had a feeling that if the right animal came along, I'd see Coy roping on something new. You can be sure that Coy and his paint will find their way into a painting or two. The whole Clower family makes their living working cattle - including Coy's big sister Courtney and her husband. Not only do I admire them for their work ethic, but I also am humbled by their faith in God. They are living proof that when you are doing what you love, doing it honestly, and thanking God for the ability to do it, all things are possible.
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
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Stand Your Ground

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The cowboy on his horse leaps from the starting chute, chasing a darting calf, throws his rope, leaves the running horse as the rope (hopefully) settles over the neck of the calf, runs down its length, throws the calf, ties three of its legs and throws his hands in the air. Often in less than 10 seconds (if he's gonna win). So much has to happen perfectly for any of this to have a successful conclusion, the least of which is being on a horse who knows when to stop and stand his ground, keeping the rope taunt for the cowboy. If he stops too soon or too late, the calf is lost and the cowboy's entry fee is gone.
I cannot help but conclude that morality in life can be likened to a roping horse who knows where to stand his ground. Variance in either direction can lead to dire conclusions. Practice makes perfect. And some ARE more skilled than others (next time you attend a roping, watch how often a favorite horse gets used by more than one roper).
But when you KNOW what the rules are and have discovered that sweet spot where the consequences of your actions have positive results, the rest of the competition falls into place and a winning time is made!
I  have been asked to show my work at the Tarleton State University Fine Arts Center Gallery in October. My daughter graduated from TSU and I worked there several years back in the 80's. It is a high honor to be able to humbly present my paintings before the University visitors, students and staff, and I am leaning toward a theme of "cowboy art" (which obviously won't be too hard to assemble!)
This painting was done with a very limited palette (yellow, red, black and white) that some call a "Zorn Palette" after the Swedish artist, Anders Zorn. Limiting the palette to just a few colors allows for color harmony and is next to impossible to screw up! I don't usually use black ever, but here it works for me...
I will have to custom frame this piece, too - it started off as a 12X12, but I left too much space over the cowboy's head and so removed an inch. I think I may epoxy it and free-float it over a piece of mesquite...decisions decisions...

Psalm 9:8.
He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.

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Polo Action

We have a new neighbor moving into the area. And by "neighbor", I mean someone within 10 miles of us. Vinnie currently lives in Dallas and owns a polo sport supply company, which he operates mostly online, so he can live anywhere - and he has chosen Morgan Mill. I am happy, because I have found a new source of horse action images! Most of my neighbors have horses that either work for a living or compete in cowboy related events. Polo competition is something new to me. But, hey, it gets the horse to move and it sure looks like fun. And the people who are participating are extremely good athletes. If you doubt this, try perching on the top of a wiggling, dogging, ducking, stopping, turning, accelerating 1200 pound animal for a couple hours and see if you can even move for two weeks after. That 's IF you don't fall off with the first move.
I found these images on a website for Prestonwood Polo Club and could not find a way to get permission to use them, so just enjoy here. Hopefully I'll get to an event and take my own photos soon. Another horsey adventure. Don't worry, Mom - I am NOT thinking of taking up Polo!
Judges 11:17
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Give us permission to go through your country,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They sent also to the king of Moab, and he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
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A Road Well Traveled

8X10 Oil on Canvas Panel

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What advice do you give a young person graduating from High School today?
 A number of platitudes immediately come to mind: "Stay true to yourself", "Dance as if no one is watching", "Always wear clean underwear"....
I think some good advice would be to choose a road where there is already a path made. This may initially sound pretty boring and perhaps even way too conventional (especially coming from this hippie-wanna-be). And when I graduated from High School in 1970, the LAST thing I wanted was a conventional way of life "plodding" in the footsteps of those who went before me, but life has brought me a bit of wisdom, and a change of heart.
Why re-invent the wheel, when it's already perfect? The road I am speaking of is the the road leading to Christ. It's not a boring road. The one you choose to walk may not even be paved - and it may cross some fairly spectacular countryside. But it is a well mapped road that has ruts in it made by millions before you. And I know where it leads. In addition, the journey is anything BUT boring.
And that is what I was thinking as I painted this. A neighbor's child has graduated this spring - Valedictorian of her class - an extraordinary accomplishment. I enjoy giving my small paintings as graduation gifts, with an explanation of my thoughts as it was painted, and I kept lovely Lindsey in my thoughts and prayers as I painted this.
Genesis 24:40
“He replied, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success".
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Bail Off

18 X 24 on Gallery Wrap 1 1/2 " canvas WIP

This is NOT a finished painting, but I thought I'd show it to you before I change or add to it. My recent workshop with Carol Nelson influenced this a bit - I have paid closer attention to composition and color harmony than normal. Usually I just leap in without much thought and keep pushing paint around until I like it. 
I really like this image, too, and want to progressively "abstract it" in future paintings. I think I can exaggerate the diagonals more and add more action and interest.
Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven.
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Run Wild, Stay Free - running arabian horse

6 X 8 Oil on gessoed board $115

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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, everyone. Please take a moment to stop and and give thanks in your heart for the men and women who have sacrificed everything so that we can be free. And in my opinion the greatest freedom we have is the one to speak freely. Lord knows the stuff I talk about here is mild compared to what I hear on talk radio nowadays - from BOTH sides. And that is what makes this country great - and is also what amazes OTHER nations. Many cannot fathom what it is like to be able to voice your opinion on any subject and not risk reprisal. When our freedom to speak freely is lost, we are lost.
I have just returned from a workshop conducted by Carol Nelson - a fellow Daily Painter. Carol is one of those gifted artists that paints both realistic impressionisms AND abstracts - and does both very well. I am am very fond of abstracts but find myself almost incapable of producing one I like. A good abstract displays all the basics of good art - composition and harmony - just without an identifiable subject. I learned a lot last week, and hope to incorporate some of it in my future paintings. I also learned some interesting display/finishing techniques using epoxy. Stay tuned for more on this - I think you will like these hard to frame 6 x8's done this new way - at least new to me!
Acts 26:26
The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
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He Ain't Heavy, I'm a Mule

 

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Friends and family close to me know that I am planning a trip to Haiti this October to help a teeny bit with the monumental clean-up tasks. I am struggling with this decision, believe me. It's expensive to go there and part of me says "just send money - they can use it better than my meager body." Some folks have even suggested that we need to keep our money closer to home and take care of "our own" first. Whew. Heavy thoughts.
Today I was painting this mule, thinking about the trip, talking to God, as I often do while painting - and listening to to XM radio 60's music, which I don't normally listen to. It gets my feet moving, making it hard to paint!
Suddenly, I found myself singing along with the Hollies to the song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My brother".  God speaks to us in many ways, and it may be strange to admit that rock and roll from the 60's is his method of choice to speak to ME, but I believe it. Plans continue for the Haiti trip.
Oh, and this painting is actually lighter than this image - I will post a better one when it dries. And the color wheel was "Analogous complements": yellow, violet, red-violet, and red. Next one I'll go in the other direction, same description: yellow, violet, blue violet, blue - should impart a cold feeling, so I may have to play in the snow with it!

"The road is long with many a winding turn that lead us to who knows where, who knows where,
But I'm strong, strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

So on we go. His welfare is my concern. No burden is he to bear, we'll get there.

For I know he would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother."

Matthew 11:29-30 (New International Version)

²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

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Easy and Georgia - no. 5 in experiments with the color wheel

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Another quick study using only 4 Double Split Complements: blue and orange and violet and yellow. I didn't use much yellow, though and did mix a bit. I think on the next painting I will use the same colors and very limited mixing. There's enough darks and lights without re-combining - I may end up with a purple horse, but hey, it's MY horse painting and and I can do what I want to!
My buddy/business partner, Laurie, just came out of teaching a fabulous workshop, and part of what she taught was the need to step out of your comfort zone. I believe that to be true in both art and other parts of your life. I have an opportunity to travel to Haiti in October and help with the ongoing monumental cleaning tasks. This is not something I normally participate in - I am usually happy to give money for such efforts, but actually going in person and using my OWN muscles!!!??? In un-airconditioned, no-electronics, third world Haiti??? Whew - my family thinks I'm nuts...I cannot ignore that little voice in my head that says "you CAN make a difference, however small."  And this will definitely be a step out of my comfort zone.
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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Easy Run - 4th in color experimenting series

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A different combination here: an analogous split complement which consists of red-orange, yellow-orange, blue-violet and blue green. RO and BG are compliments of each other as are YO and BV. Those (plus white) are the only paints I put on my palette, and this result looks rather "remington-ish" doesn't it? It's probably that greenish sky.
Another split complement arrangement would be yellow, orange, violet and blue - 2 primaries and 2 secondaries. The obvious color missing is red - and a challenge for me, because I LOVE red.
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Easy Move - 3rd in color experimenting series

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I rather like this split complement combination: green, red-orange and red-violet. The red-violet and green make a nice dark, and red-violet and white works well for the shadow on the stockings.
Still keeping it simple.
I haven't yet heard from Jennifer regarding Easy. I hope she gets to ride him after school today, because this is about as perfect a day that Texas can offer - in fact I have to admit that it felt like Colorado this morning when I stepped out to feed the chickens. Fifty degrees, light breeze, low humidity and warming up to low 70's. Just what we find in Creede in August. If it would STAY this way, we would never feel the need for a vacation! But, alas, we know August's seering heat is right around the corner. Thank God for Colorado!
Psalm 19:7
The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
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Easy Run - 2nd in series of color wheel experiments

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Again I have limited my palette to 3 colors - this time Orange, Blue-Violet and Blue-Green - another split complement. I am not as fond of this one as the first, though, but I stuck to it.
We received an inch of rain middle of last week and the garden has really taken off. Tomatoes are setting and the green beans are full of blossoms and tiny beans - WHICH the chickens have also discovered. So they are temporarily in confinement. I get cussed out by them every time I pass their coop door without opening it. I think we are going to have to fence the garden to protect the veggies - at least until there are grasshoppers to get their attention away from the veggies. Meantime I am learning new chicken cuss words daily.
Proverbs 30:8
Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

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Easy Walk

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I have a need to get back to basics - and one problem I have always had is achieving color harmony. I have a color wheel, which helps, so I dug it up and used it on this painting. My plan is to paint one simple small painting of Easy every day for a week using a different palette from the color wheel.
This palette is a "split complement"  using blue-green, orange and red. A complement of blue-green is red-orange. The "split" occurs when you use the two colors on either side of the red-orange. I may just rotate one color and do the next image as a split complement, too. This could turn out interesting.
I am painting Easy because he is on my mind. Today he went to a potential new home - down in China Springs near Waco. I have always thought he would excel as a 4-H English project and that's exactly what 13 year old Jennifer wants to do with him. They are going to take up to a month to decide if they are a good fit. She is beginning rider and has an instructor to work with them. I do not want Easy to go anywhere where he is not appreciated and cared for and Jennifer and her family seem like the perfect caretakers. And if it doesn't work out, well, I'll still have my favorite model!
Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.

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Walk Away - longhorn cow painting

 5 X 7 Oil on stretched canvas $115 unframed

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It has finally rained and a huge sigh of relief can be heard throughout my neighborhood. We received an inch and a half yesterday which has allowed the "burn ban" to be lifted. The Possum Kingdon Lake fire was finally extinguished last week and this blessed rain should insure freedom from worrying about more fires for a while. We burned several tree trimming piles today. It was tricky getting the wood to burn. Once the blaze got going good, Mike pulled up a lawn chair and pretended he was in Colorado. It smelled like it, but somehow the lack of mountains on the horizon kinda made the vision hard for me!
Ron's cows have all had their babies and all 8 are bulls! I'm not sure what the odds are for that to happen, but it's gotta be pretty high. This is my favorite of the longhorns to paint. She usually has a calf that looks just like her, but not this year - most of the babies are solid black and boring! Which is just as good, because none of them will be here much past weaning, I suspect.
Isaiah 54:10
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
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Egg Producer's Conspiracy

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I have always suspected that the tradition of hunting for Easter Eggs was something lobbied for by the egg producers in America. (Like Hallmark lobbying for Mother's Day, Father's Day and all the other assorted "holidays" requiring the sending of a sappy card). It would make sense for them to lobby for a tradition that requires the use of something that is in great over-abundance right now - EGGS! A family can eat only so many eggs- I am learning that right now. All nine hens (except for the setting one) are in full production which means I am getting about 3 to 4 dozen eggs a week. No way Mike and I can eat them all. I know - let's color them, hide them and then hunt for them. Most will get broken (or lost) and/or get eaten by the assorted varmints that frequent the yard. Georgia still gets her egg one-a-day. I have learned to freeze them as well (in case of egg shortage - another coyote massacre). But I also have powdered eggs in the pantry (what WAS I thinkin'????)
What is that diet where you eat only protein and no carbs? Atkins, that's it. I guess it's time to go on Atkins - but I cannot CONCEIVE of giving up bread. OK maybe it's time to start an "Egg Recipe Blog".
I await your thoughts....
I pray ya''ll have a blessed Easter and remember the reason we celebrate. Sunday is not the end - it is the glorious beginning - the EGG! The beginning of a new life
2 John 1:6
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. 
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Well, I'll be a Spotted Donkey's ......

This is not yet a painting, but I couldn't resist posting this photo I took today. My neighbor's spotted donkey had a foal recently and this little filly is the result - isn't she adorable!? Look for her in a future painting...
On this Good Friday, I am reminded of the events of last weekend - Palm Sunday - when our Lord rode through a welcoming throng of people, humbly on an ass - not as a warrior king, but as a gentle man offering something far more valuable than release from the tyranny of Rome. Instead he offered eternal life and peace and joy by his side. And all he asked in return was to believe in him - and have faith that the advice he offered for every aspect of our day-to-day lives was worth following.
Try it - you just may like it.
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Matthew 21:5
“Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

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Not Dancing Yet 2

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The sun is setting and the fight continues. Neither party is willing to give up - both are guilty of placing their own personal needs and entitlements before those who put them where they are.

The sun is setting and soon there will be no more light to illuminate our way. And still they fight.
The sun is setting. I hope you have stocked up on candles - the night may be long and starless.
I made the mistake of varnishing this painting before I photographed it, so it's nearly impossible to get a good image without glare. I have included an angled shot with flash to help show the colors.
This wood frame is a custom "floater" and really looks great on it.
Job 30:26
Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

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larger version of "Experienced Rider Only"

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I just had to paint this again in a larger size - this time using mostly a palette knife and lots of paint.
Texas is in the throes of wildfires - some not too far from me. I just stepped outside to photo this painting, and the odor of smoke is heavy in the air - the wind is still high and coming from the direction of the worst fires. Dallas is getting rain right now, but it is as if there is a giant umbrella over this part of Central Texas. And the irony of all this is that since we had such a nice, wet summer last year, all that lush vegetation is now a tinder box of fuel in these winds. Please pray for Texas - and the rest of the world suffering from climate catastrophes. We are all surely being tested.
Psalm 66:10
For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.

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Experienced Rider Only

9 X 12 Oil on Stretched Canvas $125

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I attended a calf working last weekend - YES, it's that time again! - and this fella was one of the cowboys roping and dragging calves. He was new to me, so I watched him intently to see how well he and his horse worked together. They caught their fair share of calves, and the horse SEEMED to be cooperative. While I was momentarily distracted by another roper, a sudden "WHOOP-EE" errupted from the mouths of the others watching. I turned quickly and frantically focused my camera on the lanky cowboy on the sorrell gelding - we had us a rodeo!

He lost his stirrups on the first hop, but didn't pull leather until buck number 5 or 6 and even then didn't hold on tight. Instead he waved one arm in the air, held on to his rope (but he did lose is calf0 and spurred that gelding until he quit bucking. And yes, he made his 8 and then some!
A round of applause was given by the spectators, and the cowboy went back to work as if nothing had happened. The horse didn't act up for the rest of the day, as far as I could tell.
I asked him later if the horse was a regular bucker, and he replied, "Well, Mam, I just bought him yesterday, and they told me he did buck some". I have a feeling that this cowboy has done some time riding broncs in competitions and it won't be long before "Bucky" finds out that he has finally met his match!
Proverbs 28:19
Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.
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Sportaloosa Fun Time

8 X 10 Oil on Canvas panel $110

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To quote the Sportaloosa Website: The Sportaloosa is a unique modern spotted sport horse bred to be user friendly and competitive in the Olympic disciplines of jumping, dressage and eventing as well as cattle classes, reining, rodeo and endurance. 
I found this image by accident on Facebook and received permission of his owner (who lives in New South Wales) to paint him.
I have always been intrigued by the Appaloosa coloring and have even owned two in my distant past.  In fact, the first GOOD horse I owned was an ap mare named Cocoa. I purchased her (unknowingly) bred and her colt became our first foal and the first horse I actually trained. Both my kids rode him and he eventually became a member of a dude ranch string of horses. THAT was 30 years ago...I imagine Nipper is probably waiting for me in Heaven by now....
Job 25:2
“Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven. 

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Got Your Back

 20 X 40 Oil on Stretched Canvas

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Every year a local rancher friend holds a "calf working" where he hires cowboys for the whole day to rope, brand, castrate and vaccinate his calves. They have to start early to get the whole herd done and he generously feeds the cowboys breakfast and lunch. The event evolved into an opportunity for grandkids to participate in the event (the kids get to practice roping, brand and give shots!) and some local neighbors and fellow rancher friends are invited, too. I was first invited several years ago to take photographs (you bet!). This April will be my 4th year and I am looking forward to it.
I really enjoy visiting with the cowboys - who are the last of their kind. Not too many guys can actually make a living at their trade. Like farming, the weather often dictates whether you can work or not, and most often bad weather DOESN'T interrupt plans - the show must go on, because other ranchers already have their dates scheduled and cannot be put off.
So April 9 is this year's "Calf Working" - rain or shine. I have frozen and sweated in April in Texas...and I'll be prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at us. Never a dull moment in that month!
Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.


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