COWBOY CHINTZ...LOOK?

The original (unfinished above) is on wood ....the prints are below...this was a fun, fun piece.... 12x16 ...my favorite...it is a little brighter in person... 11x17 These were done last month, Tallow Berries....originals are 8x8...the prints come with or without the antique German script on front...Mixed media on canvas. Here is one of the new pieces on top...and prints from it...I finished for the Antiques Shows in Round Top/Warrenton Texas....our famous twice a year l o n g show.....in the barns, the fields, tents galore, and front yards....from 77 people in town to 20,000 people....two weeks of pure junkin!!! WOO-HOO!! RAIN-SLEET-OR SNOW...nothing stops them from coming and having fun.... Anyway, I'm as ready as I can get..... with three more canvases to finish....maybe I'll make it!! I have prints of this one and the Rabbit below....11x14 and 12x16's....they are 26.00 each and the rabbit comes in an 8x10 too for 18.00. This one has zinnias around the outer edge ...all from my yard....the swirls are cut out from old Bible pages, a mixed media piece with vintage and new pieces...collage with painting on top of most....I thought it looked slightly WESTERN...pretty colorful!! Many people collect Chintz dishes with all the floral patterns and I love them mixed....so I had a "Chintz" kind of thing going....even with the next ones I'll post next week.....BLESSINGS and ENJOY!!

YOU ALL KEEP SAYING "PLAY"....

OKAY....all of you artists I'm reading keep saying....."PLAY!" So here is last night's "PLAY".....I must say, I HAD to play to figure out what would work with the different mediums I used....with the different pencils, sticks, paint etc that I was trying to use. This is the result! I didn't even draw much, because the birds are drawn from little drawings by a little eight year old boy named Tito, and the kids on the horse one are my brother and I on one of those 1950's horse/photographer teams that went around your neighbor hood.... the photographer had the western wear for you to wear for the photo. I haven't seen my brother for a long time.... there fore the great scripture. On the bird one.... Mama bird is pushing the baby out of the nest to go learn about life and grow, and to search for his "Father". The future is sometimes scarey for a little bird! Any way, ENJOY ....I did!!! OH!! The fun thing was that these evolved from stuff laying around the room!!! I didn't plan them!! For me that's a change!!