~ 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.
With all the cargo ships moored offshore our major ports, it’s beginning to look like a Christmas gift crisis could strike major retailers. But if you’ll check out Arkansas locally made items, I bet you’ll find some things to check … Read the rest “Arkansas Locally Made | Avoid the Christmas Gift Crisis”
Today I’m wrapping up the preparations for tomorrow’s exhibit in Springdale Arkansas. It’s a new Art Walk kicking off, and this Thursday is the first one. The weather is forecasted to be nice, and the autumn light is in the … Read the rest “Earthy Vibes | Pop-up Show in Downtown Springdale | Oct. 7”
I’m happy to say that the online shopping cart here accepts Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a couple of other coins are optional ways to pay for items in the Wild Ozark shopping cart. If your preferred coin … Read the rest “Wild Ozark now accepts Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency”
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””
