Concentration - roping cowboy painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

5X7 Oil on Masonite board
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So many things have to come together perfectly at once when a cowboy ropes a calf: Horse must be positioned precisely, rope must be thrown without getting tangled everywhere, rope then has to be tied off on saddle, horse must stop, cowboy stays balanced on horse, etc. I don't think the cowboy realizes how his face looks at this moment, but I see intense concentration that comes from years of experience and practice. I never fail to be fascinated with the procedure...A GOOD cowboy makes it look effortless.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
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Team Roping - cowboys team roping oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

12.5 X 5 Palette Knife Oil on panel

$100 includes shipping and insurance in US

I tried something new - all palette knife work - using an image from a local photographer, Allison Ballinger, of Stephenville (with permission, of course). You can find her work at Cross B Photography, and you won't be disappointed!
I have not posted much this past month - been busy getting the new CFAI website up. For those of you who do not know, I am a minor partner with 4 other artists who are much smarter than I, and we (they) have been working night and day re-designing a website called Contemporary Fine Artists International. I have been a partner/member of this group (as well as Artists of Texas) for 3 years and we have decided to take the site to the next level where artists can not only showcase their work, but also market it. I already belong to DailyPainter.com, and that website serves me very well. But it limits who is allowed to sell there - PLUS it costs $40 a month. CFAI only costs $10 a month. For $5 a month more, artists can direct sell their work and CFAI retains a 15% commission from those sales. My partners are EXPERTS at getting the search engines to find us - a very important part of internet commerce. Check it out - and watch us grow! Not all of the 300+ artists are listed yet, but we are getting there...
 Genesis 27:40
You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.
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Not Everyone Gets to Ride

6 X 6 oil on Canvas Panel $115

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When working calves, there are a number of jobs, and the "best" one is probably that of the roper. MOST of the remaining jobs are on foot. Cowboys are usually generous in sharing the chores and switching out a roping job with a "gate" job or a branding job. I have also seen them share a good horse with one another and even let a new guy get his chance to rope and stay above the dust.
But at any given time, some of them HAVE to be on foot to make the job go smoothly, and I have rarely seen any complain about it, knowing that their turn to ride will come in good time...
Galatians 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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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!

Get Ready For the Storm

12 X 6 Oil on Belgium Linen panel $125.00

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I keep seeing images of storm clouds on the horizon - sometimes I wake early in the morning dreaming of them. And their colors are so intense, I cannot get back to sleep. So I reluctantly get up and quietly join the cold air in the studio and begin another day.
I have had this image of the cowboy for quite some time and just today felt compelled to put him on a ledge with the brilliant, forbidding sky. Fortunately he is prepared with the slicker tied to his saddle - maybe he'll survive the storm unfazed.

Job 33:14-16 (New International Version, ©2010)

"For God does speak-now one way or another-though no one perceives it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon people as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,"

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Checking His Chaps

6 X 6 Oil on Belgian Linen $115 Includes Shipping and Insurance

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Another cold day in the South - Chickens huddling outside their coop, locked up in the pen, not understanding WHY I won't let them loose into the sub-freezing garden. Ancestors of our domesticated chickens are from Southeast Asia and Indonesia, so they are not accustomed to really cold weather or perhaps it's just not in their brains to comprehend such cold. I have a heat lamp on inside the coop, yet they prefer to huddle outside. Go figure....
I did get to paint a little today in between doing bookwork, baking bread on top of the wood stove and helping to arrange the next advertisement in Western Art Collector.
I am in incredibly talented company with these artists....
Psalm 37:25
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
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!