Pivot to Online Art | Stocking the shelves | Art Prints for Sale
Artists everywhere are trying to develop a way to market online art. Here’s the update on my own effort to stock the Wild Ozark Art shelves.
Art by Madison Woods
All of my paintings feature only Ozark pigments I’ve collected by hand and processed into watercolor paints.
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Earth Pigments used in Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
New technologies revealed some new details in The Girl with the Pearl Earring. I’d say that 355 years is an excuse enough for faded eyelashes.
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 😀
Ozark Pigment Profiles | Paleo Paints
I’ve finally been making the paints long enough to see some repetition in the colors. They’ll never be exact from batch to batch, but I’m getting a sense of what to expect from the various rocks I use. Here are the Ozark pigment profiles of the ones I use most often. The Pigments Red Red …
My Unique Selling Proposition … Thinking of Finding a Gallery
| My Unique Selling Proposition … Thinking of Finding a Gallery |
I’ve been thinking about beginning the quest of finding a gallery. I’d love to have representation so I could focus more on making the art.
Original Artwork | PDF Catalog
My original artwork features pigments gathered from the Ozarks. I use nature to create paintings of nature. I keep online portfolios by year at PaleoPaints.com. With Covid-19 in the air, most exhibits and fairs have been canceled. So I’m working on a printable catalog. When it’s finished, you’ll be able to click and download. If …
Painting a Pair of Bobwhite Quail
I’m embarking on a series of Bobwhite Quail. I’ve had some requests for quail paintings, so this is my toe-in-the-water dip into that audience. How many I’ll do depends upon the market for quail paintings. This doesn’t mean an end to the raptor series. Quite the opposite – I’ve been corresponding with an excellent photographer …
Art Journal Entry | Katara Cultural Village, Doha, Qatar
We visited the Katara Cultural Village in Doha, Qatar, and ate at the Turkish restaurant.
Starting an Art Journal
Art journaling is a lot of fun and can symbolically or realistically document anything.
Convergence Show Opening, and Tiny Little Prints
Opening dates for the Big Sur Convergence show in Salinas, and a preview of my tiny little prints. Convergence Show in Salinas, CA If you’re in the neighborhood, the opening for the Convergence show in Salinas, CA is on Feb. 19. I won’t be able to make it, but if you do, please send pics! …
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Presenting … A Rainbow of Ozark Pigments
Skip right to the discussion for your workshop: email me at madison@wildozark.com. I’ll bring my stash of Ozark pigments and rocks, or we can go foraging on site at your location. Plus, I’ll bring all the materials needed to make art with local colors! I’m gathering my supplies and gearing up to do workshops featuring …
Bald Eagle No. 1 | Ozark Birds of Prey series
The first painting off of the easel this decade is a bald eagle, and it’s the first of the eagles in my series of raptors in Ozark pigments.
Activity & Products Lineup for Wild Ozark 2020
Last year I had a lot of plans for a variety of different products. This year I’m streamlining a lot. 2020’s new products plan is an effort to reduce costs and effort and increase sales and income. My next post after this one will be more details about my artist’s business plan. New Products in …
Big Sur Land Trust | Goshawks on Exhibit in California
My two goshawk paintings, Rhapsody and Goshawk No. 1 are heading west! Both were accepted to the Convergence Show put on in conjunction with the Big Sur Land Trust and California State University in Monterey Bay. They’ll be hanging at the Salinas Center for Arts & Culture during the month of February. The show opens …
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January Exhibits and Events
Here’s the lineup for January exhibits and events featuring Wild Ozark Paleo Paints and Paintings. Come out and say hello!
Eye of the Storm – 2nd Nature Fantasy Painting
“Eye of the Storm”. She is the Wind Worker – driven by passion, enamored with chaos, oblivious to danger and energized by storms.
Making Mounted Prints the Wild Ozark Way
Today I’m working on a few 9 x 12″ prints, and the idea occurred to me that the process of making mounted prints might be something you’d like to see. There’s a bit of work involved with making these, but I love that they’re ready to hang when I’m done. The look is casual. For …
Decorating with Nature: Paintings Made from Ozark Pigments
If you like decorating with nature, oh boy, do I have some artwork for you. Think earthy colors and natural tones: ochres, umbers, and siennas. Yellows, reds, browns, oranges, and shades of black and gray. I mean, literally, shades of nature. Nature paintings made with earth pigments are a great way to decorate with nature. …
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Making Paint is Meditative
Early this morning my friend moved through the doorway of this life and into the realm of whatever lies beyond. And because making paint is meditative to me, that’s what I did for most of my time today. What comes after I know everyone has their own ideas about what comes next when a person …
Color from Sassafras Root Bark
Today I experimented with sassafras root bark to see if it will make paint. I use the leaves of sassafras trees to get a nice bright yellow color. Ordinarily, I avoid using plant pigments because they tend to be fugitive, meaning they fade or discolor with time. Some plant pigments, like the green I get …
On Exhibit in Oklahoma – Destination Unknown
Somehow I forgot to make a post for the exhibit of this painting. Destination Unknown is my painting of a red-tailed hawk taking off from a weathered fence post. All of the pigments are light fast and of Ozark origin. The schedule of locations and dates are below. The Exhibit Schedule Right now it’s between …
A Painting was accepted! Jones Gallery November Exhibit
I’m so excited to announce that my ‘Working the Dark Waters‘ fantasy painting is going to hang in the November Group Art Show at the Jones Gallery in Kansas City, MO for the month of November. This one, as well as the 1894 Gallery show, were national juried shows. So during the month of November …
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Blood of the Ozarks- a new Paleo Paints Driftwood Palette
Blood of the Ozarks no. 1, The first of the fall Driftwood Palette collections at Wild Ozark will be available at the Heart of Rogers show on Oct. 18.
Ponca in Summertime- the Process & the Pigments
Here’s the process for Ponca in Summertime. Ponca in Summertime started out plein air. I went out there one morning in August with my Ozark pigments and a plan to paint what I saw.