A Glimpse of the Life & Art of Madison Woods
@WildOzark
Where I write about my art, and share bits of our life out here in the wild Ozarks near Kingston, Arkansas.
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Read more: Progression Page | Gail’s House | Memorial PaintingGail’s House This photo taken by my dad is the reference I’m working from. In this memorial gift painting, there’s a lot more bright green…
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Read more: Upcoming Madison Woods Paintings | Memorial Gift, Paintings as GiftsFor the rest of the year I’ll be busy doing art for family members, so any commissions requested now will begin after 2024 begins. Here’s…
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Read more: See Artists Working at Art in Alpena | Wild Ozark StudioThis weekend, Sept. 30 from 10 to 4 and Oct. 1 Sunday from 10 to 2, come out to the Wild Ozark Studio & Gallery…
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Read more: Hiking up the MountainThis morning I went hiking up the mountain to check on our water tank. It’s been very dry here for the whole summer, and the…
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Read more: Making a Temporary Fix in the Morning, Painting in the AfternoonI was mending fences with a temporary fix in the morning, painting in the afternoon, and keeping a close eye on Rob in between. Temporary…
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Read more: Limelight Hydrangeas in Progress | A commissioned paintingThis is a 5 x 7″ commission of Limelight hydrangeas. I’ll use my Ozark pigments in oils plus white made from titanium. For the green,…
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Read more: Twisted Tree In Ozark Pigment Oils | #1-2023Sometimes they’re just gnarly, twisted trees. Welcome to my progression page for a Twisted Tree in Ozark pigment oils. My Twisted Tree paintings fall into…
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Read more: Stonework is Also ArtworkAside from using the rocks around here for making my paints, I love using stonework to make my garden terraces and stairways to wind through…
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Read more: Wall of GratitudeI love it when my collectors share their framed artwork with me. Seeing how they’ve framed it and where they’ve placed it in their homes…
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Read more: Artist’s Log 2023 | Art, Nature & HomesteadMy days are usually filled with a variety of business, art, and home related tasks. This post will serve as my art, nature, & homestead…
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Read more: When Life Throws a CurveballLittle 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…
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Read more: Yellow Paint from Thyme | Lake Pigment | Part 4Today I’ll be using the pigment I made a few weeks ago to make yellow paint from thyme. It’s an oil paint. I use linseed…
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Read more: Walking the Morning Mile | Signs of AutumnThis morning after the rain stopped, we walked our morning mile. I noticed the red leaves of black gum (black tupelo) scattered here and there…
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Read more: BioDB: Uniting the World for Wildlife ConservationIntroduction: This is a guest post from the founder of BioDB, Assaf Levy. From time to time, I host a guest article on this website…
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Read more: Kings River in Summer | Ozark Pigments in OilsAs you might already know, I’m doing a series of paintings featuring the beautiful Kings river throughout the seasons. This page is for Kings river…
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Read more: It’s the Bentonville Art Market WeekendNotice: When it’s Bentonville Art Market Weekend for me, I won’t be at the studio that weekend. Once a month during this session of the…
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Read more: White PassionflowerThere’s a patch of white passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) in my garden that consistently blooms pure white blossoms. The ‘pops’ also look a little different, with…
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Read more: Periodic ClearingEvery so often over the years I’ve written about the times when I’ve had to do a sort of mental housecleaning… a periodic clearing of…
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Read more: Long Dirt Road: Why it Takes me an Hour to Drive 12 MilesThis is a post from a few years ago that I love, so I’m reposting it. We live down a long dirt road. This little…
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Read more: Journal Entry | 2 August 2023My plan with this is to just jot down the little things I do each day that I think will be interesting to someone somewhere.…
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Read more: Nature Art Inspiration at Kings RiverI recently finished a painting set at the Kings river which is down our road. Wild Ozark is a few more miles down the dirt…
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Read more: Art Book | Soul of the Ozarks 2023A while back I decided to make an art book to send to my collectors. They’re not big door-stopper books, just a catalog of the…
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Read more: Art Layaways? | Available Anytime, for Any Orders $100 +Wild Ozark is now offering art layaways, open to any orders over $100. Shop in person at the Wild Ozark Studio & Gallery, or online…
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Read more: Studio Update July 29We’ll be braving the heat this weekend, so if you’re out there, too, drop in to see us! Wild Ozark Studio & Gallery102 Main StreetAlpena,…
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Read more: Kings River in Autumn | Ozark pigments in oilA week or so ago, I started working over the underpainting I’d made for this scene. This one is different from the other two in…
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