Summer

24 x 18 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas board derived from a sketch that I did recently of Summer the Paint Horse adopted from the Rainbow Meadows Rescue Ranch. The inspiration is based on artists I have admired for a long time Jeffrey Terreson and Theodore Waddell.

Summer and the Rainbow Meadows Rescue Ranch

Here comes Summer. Please welcome the new addition to the Brown Family. Summer is a painted mare who my wife Jacqui and I have adopted from the Rainbow Meadows Rescue Ranch, Sedan, Kansas. She is the most gentle, good natured horse I have ever met. Her story is a tragic one, she was left to starve alongside other horses, one of which passed away. The Rescue Ranch was alerted and stepped in and brought her back to health and offered her up for adoption.
I look forward to the opportunity to paint her and hope that I can represent her beauty, soft nature and good temperament. I have a link to an equine artist Laurie Pace on this blog and will attempt to show the spirit of the horse in my work as I believe Laurie does brilliantly in hers.
Rainbow Meadows Rescue Ranch has a Gala night on February 26th and part of the proceedings is a silent auction. I have given the artwork "Purple Rain" in support of the event.

Madras (Chennai) Rickshaw

24 x 18 Acrylic on canvas board derived from a photo (see this post for copy) which was taken during my visit to Madras (Chennai) in August of 2010.

The original photo which was the insparation for the painting Madras (Chennai) Rickshaw. At the time of taking this photo there were 52000 new Rickshaws available but the prospective applicants were unable to receive finance from banks due to the world economic crisis.

David Beattie

A photo opportunity during my visit to Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. I had the privilege of meeting David Beattie at an exhibition of his in the St Davids Cathedral Rectory. David specialises in producing detailed etchings using the intaglio method which is hundreds of years old. I have long been an admirer of his art and have several pieces in my own home. There is a link to www.original-etchings.co.uk on the blog if you would like to take a look at his work.

Bobs wall

24 x 18 acrylic on canvas board depicting a wall in my good friend Bob and Pam Hart's home in California. A beautiful oasis were everything justs grows, you take a cutting and stick it in the soil and it grows, amazing.

Three Trees (KidsCope) Art Spree

Just an update on the submissions to the Three Trees Annual Art Spree fund raiser. I had submitted two pieces "Sunday Morning Call" and "New York Cafe" and was concerned because one was very abstract in content and the other more traditional and how would the audience respond to the two styles. Well thankfully they both sold for the same price and so were both equally appreciated which is freeing as I can choose too paint either abstract or conventional dependant on my mood, being a Gemini I never know which one of the twins it will be on a daily basis lol.
In the middle of a conventional scene I have named "Bob's Wall" and this is a depiction of a red brick wall in my good friend Bob Harts place in sunny Thousand Oaks California, should be finished soon.

where are you now

24 x 18 Acrylic on canvas board. The subject was created as a result of reading an art news magazine who had a challenge for artists; the challenge was "where are you now". The challenge was to use any medium to create the image of what place in life you find yourself. The image above shows me being torn between two continents, half being in Europe and the other half America. Which ones winning is not clear, you decide?