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: July 22 | Saturday is Studio Day!The studio will be open this weekend. July 22 Saturday is open studio day! I really enjoy my days at the studio and I hope…
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Read more: Changing of the SeasonsIt doesn’t feel like it outside, but inside of myself I can feel that autumn is on the way. The changing of the seasons is…
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Read more: Lightfast yellow color, Harvesting Thyme, Planting Weld & IndigoIn my quest for lightfast yellow color, I usually use earth pigments. Those are notoriously long-lasting. They’re also earthy, beautiful in their own way and…
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Read more: A Yellow Paint Experiment | Lake pigment from thymeBack when I made my very first set of paints, I had a really nice yellow. I’d made several yellows from various plants and did…
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Read more: The Wild Ozark Art Studio is now a functioning workspace!I’m so happy to have the ‘studio portion’ of the Wild Ozark Art Studio & Gallery to a point where I can actually paint and…
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Read more: 3 Creative Ways to Use RocksIf there’s one thing I do well, it is that I am a master of finding creative ways to use rocks. Since we moved to…
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Read more: Painting the Choo Choo TrailI decided a few weeks ago to try painting some scenes that might appeal to the mountain bikers who enjoy the trails of northwest Arkansas.…
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Read more: Slow Art, Back to Nature ArtThere are a lot of parallels between the kind of art I make and the Slow Food movment from a decade or so ago. My…
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Read more: Repurposed Frames for New ArtworkMy thirsty raven painting is framed finally, and it looks great! Often when I intend to use repurposed frames for new artwork, I’ll repaint or…
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Read more: Art Inspiration Moments on a Non-Art-Making DayEven in a day full of non-art related tasks, there can be moments of art inspiration. Equine Escapees In the mornings after I get out…
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Read more: A Nature Artist’s Task listWhen 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,…
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Read more: Musings from an Ozark nature artistI’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…
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Read more: Painting of a Screech Owl | Ozark Birds of PreyIt’s not often that I get decent pictures of wildlife, let alone birds of prey. Slowly, I’ve managed to find some photographers with photos I…
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Read more: Cottagecore Art is Down to EarthMy paintings in earthy colors fit into this style. This was a new phrase to me. I’d never heard of it before and didn’t know…
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Read more: I’m an Artist Who Uses Paints Made from RocksEvery so often, I need to make a post at my website to introduce myself and share a bit about what I do. This helps…
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Read more: Plant Walk & Nature Journaling at Wild OzarkThere 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.…
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Read more: Rustic Kitchen PaintingsWhile I’m at the studio I paint when there’s no one visiting or shopping my art, or other tasks to do, I spend the time…
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Read more: The Why Behind a PaintingI got an invitation from Google to test out the new AI chatbot called Bard. So far I’ve tried it out for a few different…
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Read more: Wild Ozark YouTube ChannelYay! Today we passed the 100 subscriber mark on our Wild Ozark YouTube channel. What? You didn’t know we had a channel? A Slow Build…
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Read more: When I’m not Painting, and Something Woo-Woo About MeThere are days when I’m not painting, usually when I’m between paintings or stepping back from one in progress. On Saturdays when I’m at the…
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Read more: Ginseng and Art at the Alpena StudioI’ve got the car packed up with plants and my art supplies, ready to head over to the studio/gallery in Alpena tomorrow. If you don’t…
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Read more: Kings River in Spring | Ozark pigments in oilToday (Tuesday 4/18/23), I started working over the underpainting I’d previously done. It was meant for the autumn scene, but I decided to use it…
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Read more: Today’s Art-Biz Task ListPhotographing Artwork The first thing on the Art-Biz task list for today was to get some good photos of the Raven. I took it outside…
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Read more: Overcoming Video FearToday I went out to check and see if the ginseng unfurling had begun. It hasn’t. But if you want to read my update on…
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Read more: Canvas Shopping Bag with my Raven ArtI’ll be ordering some of these this Friday. Do you want one? Thanks so much to all of you who have already placed orders! https://shop.wildozark.com/product/raven-tote-bag/…
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