Little things crop up unexpectedly from time to time, like a hailstorm in late May or squirrels eating all of the pears when they’re almost ripe. Sometimes life throws a big curveball, though. Such an event happened here at Wild … Read the rest “When Life Throws a Curveball”
Category: Departures
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Long Dirt Road: Why it Takes me an Hour to Drive 12 Miles
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A Yellow Paint Experiment | Lake pigment from thyme
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Art Inspiration Moments on a Non-Art-Making Day
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Musings from an Ozark nature artist
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Weesatche, Texas | Another Farmstead Painting
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Encroachment Goes Both Ways | Striking a Balance
Most of the time nature encroachment refers to human activities encroaching on nature. However, my post today deals with nature encroaching on human activity – specifically, OURS.
The Setting
I like to leave as much of our property open to … Read the rest “Encroachment Goes Both Ways | Striking a Balance”
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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.
A new twist on commissions happened recently. The customer had a rock and wondered if I’d paint her … Read the rest “What to buy a Nature Lover? | A One-of-a-Kind Twisted Tree Painting!”
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New Acceptance: Las Laguna Art Gallery | 2020 Portrait Exhibition
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Book Review | Celebrating Australia’s Magnificent Wildlife
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Pivot to Online Art | Stocking the shelves | Art Prints for Sale
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Coronavirus Hermit| Fences, Gardens, Memories & Lilacs
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Coronavirus Hermit | Journal Entry for the week of 032020
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The Bear Issue with Our Spring-fed Water Line
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Eye of the Storm – 2nd Nature Fantasy Painting
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Down Time Ahead for all Things Wild Ozark
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Nature Fantasy Paintings? Click through to see the start of my new series.
Ordinarily I paint real things that have a photograph backing them up to give me some guidance. But in between those paintings, I like to deviate a bit and paint nature fantasy. I get to indulge in my love of … Read the rest “Nature Fantasy Paintings? Click through to see the start of my new series.”
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Wild Mountain Mint – Whiteleaf Mountain Mint
Wild mountain mint grows in abundance here at Wild Ozark. This particular variety is called White-leaf Mountain Mint. While this post was originally created in 2016, I still enjoying seeing and using these aromatic plants. My own use of them … Read the rest “Wild Mountain Mint – Whiteleaf Mountain Mint”
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An End of Year Post: Things going on at Wild Ozark
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Oh no! The Virginia Snakeroot babies are all gone!
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RedBubble iPhone Wallet: It’s beautiful! It’s Useless!
The iPhone Wallet from Redbubble
Update 5/28: The Support Team and I have exchanged several emails. I am still convinced none of them were real people, but help bots that chose the most appropriate responses from a queue of options … Read the rest “RedBubble iPhone Wallet: It’s beautiful! It’s Useless!”
