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: 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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Read more: A Quick Cow Painting | Karter’s Brahman BabyIt’s a good thing my grandkids like paintings of their critters for their birthday presents. Here’s a quick cow painting for Karter. It’s her baby…
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Read more: Studio Sneak Peek | The Beginning | Mar 2023Hi there! We’ve since moved down the street to a better building. We’re on the corner of the Old Alpena Pass, 102 Main St. in…
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Read more: An Artist’s To-Do ListThursday and Friday was all about the rain, and more rain. With thunder and lightning in the area, I left the computer unplugged for much…
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Read more: 2023 Workshop SeasonUPDATE 5/2/23: Workshop season is here, and I’m beginning to schedule a few classes/workshops/herbwalks/orchidwalks. Some will take place here at Wild Ozark, and some will…
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Read more: My Studio is a Work in ProgressHi there! We’ve since moved down the street to a better building. We’re on the corner of the Old Alpena Pass, 102 Main St. in…
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Read more: A Spiral DayThis morning I walked over to see if there’s grass growing in the horses’ field yet. After crossing over rocks in the creek, as I…
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Read more: At the Studio TomorrowOn Saturday (March 18) I’ll be out at the studio in Alpena, from 9 to 4. We’re having a planning meeting with the community and…
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Read more: Art Made from Natural MaterialsFor the past few days I’ve had to make a detour from my Detour for a Thirsty Raven painting. Because my art is made from…
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Read more: Working on the Wild Ozark StudioToday hubs and I went over to Alpena, Arkansas where the new Wild Ozark studio space will be (inside the upcoming Alpena Mercantile). He brought…
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Read more: New Acceptance | Creature Conserve at Swale HouseI’m incredibly honored and excited to announce that Destination Unknown is heading to the Swale House on Governors Island, NY for the Re-Imagining Conservation: From…
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Read more: Detour for a Thirsty Raven | Raven PaintingThis raven painting is my largest yet. It’s larger than my largest watercolor of the Brahman cow at 37″ x 29″. The substrate is a…
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Read more: Shiny Object Syndrome? | Switching GearsSometimes an opportunity arises and I leap at it. Afterwards I question whether or not my desire to pivot is warranted, or is it a…
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Read more: Little Cabin in the Woods | No. 2While I’m waiting on my white pigment powder to arrive, so I can make an opaque white paint, I figured I’d experiment a little with…
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Read more: Dreary Day Art | & Why Not Horses?It surprises me that I have never attempted to paint horses. All of my early life I doodled horses on any scrap of paper I…
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Read more: Ozark Winter Storm | Jan 24 2023Progress on my painting of Kings River in winter came to a grinding halt a few days ago when we got our first Ozark winter…
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Read more: Empty Paint Tubes for Oil PaintsEventually, once I’ve made more paints, I’ll write a page on my process with that. In the meantime, for those wishing to know where I…
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Read more: Kings River in Winter | Ozark pigments in oilThe new year of 2023 kicked off the first oil paintings in my Kings River Four Seasons series. The one I chose to start with…
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Read more: Kings River Paintings | Four SeasonsSo many excellent paintings of the Buffalo National river and the surrounding natural areas exist, but I haven’t seen many King’s river paintings. While both…
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Read more: Kings River | Scenes that Inspire ArtWe live in the neighborhood of upper Kings River, in Madison county near the Newton county line (Arkansas). Kings River Falls are not too far…
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Read more: Update on the Gecko PaintingsI’m in the process of painting the third of three different geckos for a ‘Unique Pet’ portrait commission. I’m almost finished now with the painting…
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Read more: Limited Palette | Working with Only the Local PigmentsWhen I first started painting with the Ozark pigments, I wasn’t sure yet whether I would be able to make good art with a handful…
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Read more: Painted with the Ozark Pigments | Collecting pigments everywhereIt seems like I pick up rocks everywhere I go. Now I do it with an eye for color. So far, I’ve only painted with…
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Read more: Art Goals | Life Goals, and my Word of the Year – Wild Ozark 2023The image associated with this post is a single screech owl, but two photos taken successively. In one shot the owls’s eyes were closed and…
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