Search results for: “nature”
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What is Nature Farming? What does a Nature Farmer Grow?
I originally wrote this post back in 2018, but I need to update it to show how Nature Farming applies to what I’m doing nowadays, too. What I mean by ‘Nature Farming’ is not the same as ‘natural farming’, ‘organic farming’, or ‘natural farming methods’. Explanations for all of these things come up when you…
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Artist’s Log 2023 | Art, Nature & Homestead
My days are usually filled with a variety of business, art, and home related tasks. This post will serve as my art, nature, & homestead ‘short’ journal entries. More like an artist’s log book, if you will. Some of the entries might warrant a longer entry, so those will become a separate post. Once this…
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Nature Art Inspiration at Kings River
I recently finished a painting set at the Kings river which is down our road. Wild Ozark is a few more miles down the dirt road away from pavement than the bridge, but we cross it every time we go to town. Usually, that’s once or twice a week, though if I could manage to…
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Slow Art, Back to Nature Art
There are a lot of parallels between the kind of art I make and the Slow Food movment from a decade or so ago. My style is also very much ‘back to nature’. Why is it ‘Slow Art’? Just as slow food is food prepared and served, as opposed to popping a processed tv dinner…
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A Nature Artist’s Task list
When you hear someone say they’re an artist, you might think all they do is paint. I guess there are some who can do that, but I don’t get to paint every day. There’s a host of other things to take care of between paintings, some to do with keeping the business itself running. Not…
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Musings from an Ozark nature artist
I’m at an ‘in between’ time at the moment. Between rain showers and rainy days, between things scheduled on my calendar. And since I just finished a painting, I’m between paintings, too. But this is a great time for an Ozark nature artist to get out and enjoy some nature.
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Plant Walk & Nature Journaling at Wild Ozark
There are other plant walks in Arkansas, but this one is probably a little different. The trails we’ll follow are deer trails and logging roads. The drive to get here is gorgeous. And the biodiversity here at Wild Ozark is incredible. Our 160 acres is far off of the beaten path six miles from pavement.…
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Earthy NATURE | FREE jpgs, Prints and Notecards Promotion
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Hi there! I’m Madison Woods and I’m happy to meet you here in this virtual space. I’m an artist who uses the local rocks, and a few other sources, to make my paints. Just yesterday I went down to the creek to gather rocks for my next set of colors. You’ll notice that the colors…
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Ponca Nature Center | Color Fest 2022
It’s that awesome, incredible time of year again out here at Wild Ozark. Fall is here, and the colors are beginning to pop. Come on out to the Ponca Color Fest this weekend and enjoy the autumnal scenery and see the crafts and art on display at the Ponca Nature Center. At the Ponca Nature…
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Nature Art in Progress | Sally (the orange spotted salamander)
Click through to see my whimsical nature art in progress. This is Sally (the salamander), and she’s the third character in my whimsical Down at the Creek series. I’ll add characters to this series as they coalesce in my imagination. The series will culminate in a large painting (22 x 30″) that combines all the…
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Nature Inspired Art | A New Collection
Down at the Creek, a nature inspired series of paintings The other day I went out with my plein air pack, intending to paint a nature inspired scene down at the creek. As usual, I’m using exclusively Ozark pigments (handmade watercolors) for this. After settling down on one of the big rocks, I started putting…
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Kingston Arkansas Nature Artist & REALTOR®, Montgomery Whiteley Realty
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Click here to see all currently available original art. The portfolio icon below will show you all artwork sold and unsold. Rural Properties Counties: Madison, Newton, Carroll, Boone, Searcy Buyers & Sellers madison@wildozark.com Other Endeavors Ginseng WebsiteFiction Website Let me know if you can’t find what you’re looking for and I’ll be happy to point…
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Nature and Wildlife Artist
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Thanks for dropping by my website and virtual studio. My name is Madison Woods and I’m a nature and wildlife artist who uses local earth pigments to create my art. Note: From time to time in my blog, I may link to Amazon products I use in my studio or you may notice the ads…
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Jarrod Cluck | Nature Artist Interviews
Wherein Madison Woods interviews Jarrod Cluck, another nature artist of northwest Arkansas. Click through to learn more and see his art! If you’d like to be featured next, click through and find more info at the bottom of this post.
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What to buy a Nature Lover? | A One-of-a-Kind Twisted Tree Painting!
You’ll never have to agonize over what to buy a nature lover again. Get them an original painting made from a rock. No two are ever alike.
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Nature Blogs I Enjoy
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I’m always happy to find good nature blogs. This is a collection of links to the ones I liked best. I love photography with evocative prose. Feel free to add the ones you love to the comment section below. My own blog here at Wild Ozark is filled with nature photography, like the fungi below,…
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Get Closer to Nature: 5 Quick and Easy Ways
There are so many quick and easy ways to get closer to nature that no one needs to go without the benefits of having that connection to our natural world. Click here for a more in-depth page on building a connection to nature. Quick & Easy Ways to Get Closer to Nature Go barefoot. Even…
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Nature Journal | Still the Mind to See and Hear
Summary: Still the mind to see and hear things you ordinarily wouldn’t notice. My walking meditation helps settle the audio-visual chatter. 9/17/20 Thursday | Today I stopped at the creek to gather a few rocks. Before that I’d spent the mid-morning hours pulling PDF’s of my old blogs so I can keep them in the…
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A day in the life of a pigment hunting nature artist
Lost my glasses and didn’t get the rock. A humorous account of a day in the life of a pigment hunting artist.
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A Nature Artist’s Business Plan | 2020
An artist’s business plan is just like any other business plan, really. It all boils down to a strategy to make more money than is spent. 2019 was my first full year of ‘being an artist’. Last year was mostly one of trial and error, and learning.
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Eye of the Storm – 2nd Nature Fantasy Painting
“Eye of the Storm”. She is the Wind Worker – driven by passion, enamored with chaos, oblivious to danger and energized by storms.
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Wilson Springs Preserve – A Communion With Nature and Art
The truck is loaded with market tent and supplies. IMMERSE is happening tomorrow (Saturday) morning in Fayetteville, AR. It’s the grand opening celebration for Wilson Springs Preserve, a 121-acre prairie wetland purchased by the Arkansas Land Trust several years ago. So far, the weather forecast looks perfect! If you want to get a free hands…
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Nature Fantasy Paintings? Click through to see the start of my new series.
I’m working on a series of nature fantasy paintings in Ozark pigments with my handmade watercolors. Click the title to read more…
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The “Panic Stage” in a Work of Nature Art
There’s a new work in progress sitting on my easel. By the time I’m done with this post, it’ll probably be a finished work. It’s another kestrel, and I’ve reached a reliable stage in the process. I call it the ‘Panic Stage’. update 5/2/19: It was finished in August 2018 and is the image at…