Louisiana Cattle 2

9 X 12 Oil on canvas

SOLD to a collector in Louisiana

Louisiana landscapes are so different from Texas. Moss replaces cactus and water replaces blowing sand. White face cattle in the north, Brahman crosses in the south. Live oaks thrive both places and so do the cypress trees.

Sometimes I miss the lush greenness of my home state of Louisiana. Much of the state is like a greenhouse - warm and humid. We lived in Illinois in the early 70's and while there I literally longed for the radiant, blazing heat of the south - both the dry heat of Texas and the sweat-inducing humid coastal heat that you can only get on a beach (or central Louisiana).

My husband loves the mountains, and so do I. But my tendency is to hibernate in the cool mountains - the heat seems to stimulate life! Why are we never happy where we are?????

Ecclesiastes 5:19
Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God.

Media: oil
Size: 12 in X 9 in (30.5 cm X 22.9 cm)

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Louisiana Cattle

5 X 7 Oil on Masonite $115
Includes Shipping and Insurance

I had a request from a collector to paint something similar to another painting I had already completed - only in Louisiana, with water. This led to a lovely "conversation" getting to know her and her connection to Louisiana - my home state. She asserted that she liked one of my paintings with cows in a pasture, only she would like to see the tree with moss (like Louisiana) and some water close by. She also wants me to use the "faces" of cattle that are owned by her family.
So I am playing with colors and composition now - morning light here (more pink) and the next one may be afternoon (more orange). The main consideration is composition and light color. The rest I can wing.
If you see 3 momma cows and their calves, your eyes are working correctly. But don't get too close - this is IMPRESSIONISM!
Psalm 18:28
You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

Steele Burden Museum Center at LSU

18 X 23 Oil on Masonite

$500

When Mike and I went to Louisiana last summer we spent an afternoon at the Steele Burden Rural Life Museum which is owned and operated by LSU. The museum grounds hosts a number of old Civil War era buildings and an extensive collection of artifacts from that era (many of which were donated by my father's family). One of the best features of the grounds is the All American Rose Display Garden which was in full bloom while we were there.

The 440-acre area now referred to as the Burden Center (originally Windrush Plantation) was owned by the Burden family from the mid 1800s until the final segment was donated to LSU in the early 1990s. I painted this rather "folksy style" painting from several photographs I took late in the day.

Proverbs 11:29 He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.