Mission: Connecting people to Nature
Kingston, Arkansas. Where I paint with Ozark pigments … and talk to rocks, creeks, and trees.
Madison Woods for art, Roxann Riedel for real estate (soon!) Two names, same person. Just call me “Mad Rox”.

Contact info: madison@wildozark.com or text/call (479) 409-3429

Category: Custom Paintings

  • Skippy, a new painting

    Skippy, a new painting

    This is a new 5 x 7″ painting. It’s a commission for someone out of state who’d contacted me about something other than art months ago. We got to talking, and she asked if I could do a painting of this cute little calf for her. At the time, I hadn’t developed my blue and…

  • Painting a French Bulldog Pup | Hugo

    Painting a French Bulldog Pup | Hugo

    I’m currently painting a French bulldog pup. This is my youngest son’s fur-baby. He’s not so little as this photo anymore, but Garrison wanted one of him as a puppy, and then another later as an adult. Progression

  • Progression Page | Gail’s House | Memorial Painting

    Progression Page | Gail’s House | Memorial Painting

    Gail’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 than something I’m accustomed to. I’m not sure my pigments will get quite there, but it should be close now that I have some thyme on hand. The lake pigment…

  • Limelight Hydrangeas in Progress | A commissioned painting

    Limelight Hydrangeas in Progress | A commissioned painting

    This 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, I’ll use a combination of the yellow lake pigment that I made from thyme I grew in my garden and a Maya blue that I made using purchased indigo pigment,…

  • What to buy a Nature Lover? | A One-of-a-Kind Twisted Tree Painting!

    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.

  • Commissions, Our New Pup, and Other News | Wild Ozark Hermit Journal

    Commissions, Our New Pup, and Other News | Wild Ozark Hermit Journal

    The topics of today’s post: Taking Commissions, Our new farm dog, Ghost, Original Art Update, and the Subscriber Mounted Print Giveaway.

  • Brahman Baby in Gray-scale

    Brahman Baby in Gray-scale

    So I’ve got something entirely new and out of my usual realm drying on the easel. If you scroll down, you can watch “Brahma Baby” in progress, from start to finish. If you’d like a print of this painting then click here. There are several differences between this painting and the others I’ve done. First,…

  • The Painting of a Pelican

    The Painting of a Pelican

    This painting of a Louisiana Brown Pelican was based mostly on a photo by Shelby Townsend , but I liked the feet on another from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, so modified them to drape over the edge of the post. The Model for my Subject Here’s Shelby’s story about the day he took the photo.…

  • Custom Drawing – “Slug on Poison Ivy”

    This is a custom drawing of a slug on poison ivy. In this post I’ll show you the process I use for drawing a picture with Prismacolor pencils. This particular nature drawing is for a business card client. First, the Slug I needed to do the slug first because it would have been very hard…