It’s hard not to want to spend all my time making art with earthy colors, especially when I see super pigmented resources like this all around me every day. Just look at this rock.
Category: Art by Madison Woods
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.
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The posts below are from my blog and have to do with my art-making.
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How Such Earthy Colors End Up In My Art
…Super pigmented rocks are perfect for -
A Color Story | Earth Pigments | From Rocks to Paint
When I want a certain color of paint, I’ll go to the creek to look for the rocks I’ll need. In this case, the color is a rich russet – brown with orange influence. What is the color story behind …
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Chasing the Blue Pigment
I had almost resigned myself to never having an Ozark source for a stable blue pigment. I’d tried various flowers around here, like chicory, and hoped the blue porcelain berry skins would have given me blue. None of the rocks …
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A Stable Blue from Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis)
One day I smashed a flower petal from the Asiatic dayflower between my thumb and forefinger. It’s a small plant that grows sparsely in the shady, moist areas along the driveway. While it’s not native to the Ozarks, it is …
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Art by Madison Woods | Ozark Pigments Across the US
I love seeing my art on the walls in other places and on the walls in other people’s spaces. It makes me happy to know these earthy Ozark pigments are out in the world bringing joy. Here are some of …
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Getting the Colors Right | Fine Art Prints
With my art, the entire point of it is that these are Ozark colors. Therefore, it’s important to me that a print looks as close to the original work as possible. Getting the colors right in my fine art …
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Painting the Old Ford 8N Tractor
Over the years since its been here, I’ve taken many photos of this old Ford 8N tractor. It used to belong to my grandfather and my dad refurbished it and brought it up here. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been used and …
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Handmade Paint | Smashing Rocks and Making Art in Kingston, Arkansas
In July, I forgot to make a 2-year anniversary post for my adventure of handmade paint and smashing rocks! Can you believe it’s already been two whole years since that first poor little painting? I find the time has flown …
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Favorite Sounds | The Call of the Cuckoo | a.k.a. Rain Crow
For my World Watercolor Month journal entry on the 26 of July, the word prompt was ‘Favorite Sound’. Well, that’s about as hard for me to choose as my favorite color. But right now, during the sultry days of late …
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Art Journaling with Quick Daily Sketches Makes Good Fodder
I’ve made a surprising discovery while doing my quick daily sketches for World Watercolor Month. These little doodles have given me some ideas I might not have thought of to make new paintings. There are two or three out of …
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My Crow Obsession
Yesterday I mentioned my white spotted crow obsession. It’s been a couple of days since I’ve seen him, but this morning he was on the driveway again.
Today I managed to get a pic of Spot. It’s not a …
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Hermit Update | Still Loving These Beautiful Earth Colors
Life is still carrying on pretty much as usual out here at Wild Ozark. Chloe is still staying with me and I’ve finally managed to begin painting again. I’ve also been trying to catch a crow I’ve named ‘Spot’. And …
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World Watercolor Month 2020 | A Daily Sketch for a Month
This month is World Watercolor Month 2020 and I’m trying to do a quick painting every day according to the daily prompts. If you want to join in, I’m posting mine over at Instagram and I’d love to see yours …
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Behind the Scenes | Wildlife Art | From Rocks to Painting
It took me some time to feel comfortable calling myself an artist. But eventually that point arrived. Then as I began to market myself as such, I found I needed to focus sometimes on “what exactly kind of artist am …
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A day in the life of a pigment hunting nature artist
Yesterday was a day for running errands. You can come along with me to see what it’s like on a typical errand day in the life of a pigment hunting nature artist.
Heading Out
Once the sun made over the …
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Thrill the Artist in Your Life with These 5 Unique Kinds of Gifts
These 5 unique kinds of gifts will thrill the artist in your life, especially if they’re the sort who loves nature, or natural and organic things. I’m a nature lover, an artist and paint-maker myself and so I’ve compiled …
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Commissions, Our New Pup, and Other News | Wild Ozark Hermit Journal
I never know what to use for a title on my random musings posts. Most of the time if I don’t have a specific topic in mind, I just start writing and then organize the jumbled mess into some sort …
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What Bird is Singing? | Click to listen to the Audio
I am hoping someone out there can tell me what kind of bird it is. It is not a cardinal. I saw the bird briefly but it was far up in the treetops and would not stay in one place …
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Working out the Bugs | Inventor Artist
So I’ve been working out the bugs on a new invention. I’m a creative sort. I guess you could say I’m a sort of ‘inventor artist’. Those of you who have followed me for a while have seen the various …
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Another One for my Gray-scale Orchid Project
The other little orchid I’ve been watching for blooms finally began its show this morning. As I suspected, it is a tway-blade orchid (Liparis liliifolius). I’m going to add this one to my gray-scale orchid project – The Arkansas Orchid …
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Sacred Art
Interacting with Flora and Fauna, Translating Messages from the Muse
Pretty much all of my art is influenced and inspired by my surroundings here at Wild Ozark. Although I listed the flora and fauna in the title, it’s more than …
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Grayscale Art | Painting in Black, Gray and White
I have a new idea mulling around, and it has to do with grayscale…
Sometimes I get really frustrated that I don’t have the colors I’d like to have for a painting I’d like to do. For example, I’d love …
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Pivot to Online Art | Stocking the shelves | Art Prints for Sale
I’ve been hard at work behind the scenes here at the website stocking my online art shop. Artists everywhere are trying to develop a way to market online art. Here’s the update on my own effort to stock the Wild …
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Earth Pigments used in Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
Today I saw a headline about the ‘New Revelations about “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, the painting by Johannes Vermeer. I’m not sure why it is surprising that the pigments of this iconic painting are earth pigments. But then I …
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Art on the Bricks, Virtual Show
Starting today you can tour the art at the Downtown Rogers Art on the Bricks from the comfort of your favorite perch. The theme is…. NATURE art! Of course I’m participating 😀
Here’s how to view it. Click here, …