~ Nature Artist using Ozark pigments in Kingston, Arkansas ~
All of my paintings feature Ozark pigments I’ve collected by hand and processed into paints. I use titanium oxide pigment to make white for adjusting and blending oil paints made from the Ozark pigments.
When I travel, I also gather rocks from those locations. When I make paint with rocks from other locations, the scene will be one from the homeland of the pigment, and the pigment sources will be specified in my process page or product listing if they are not Ozark colors.
The posts below are from my blog and have to do with my art-making.
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.
I like to leave as much of our property open to … Read the rest “Encroachment Goes Both Ways | Striking a Balance”
I’ve been watchfully waiting for this week to begin. All summer, I’ve waited. Watching. And I was beginning to get a little worried that they might not be here this year. But this week the dayflowers bloomed and the pigment … Read the rest “Pigment Foraging | Late Summer Means it’s Time for the BLUE!”
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!”
I bet you’d already guessed it. The namesake of the Buffalo National River is … the buffalo. But that’s a misnomer. What we call ‘buffalo’ are actually bison. The American ‘Buffalo’ is really an American Bison. Before Europeans arrived on … Read the rest “How Did the Buffalo National River Get its Name? | “Namesake””
