Gathering Earth Pigments Among the Floodwater Gifts
What gifts did the water bring this time? A whole gravel bed! Once I’m done gathering earth pigments, I can put some back on the driveway. Click the title to read more.
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Stacked Rocks Still Life Painting- the Process
The Process Story of “Ozark Rocks and Leaf” This painting started out plein air. The grandkids were visiting and wanted to go splash around at Felkins creek. While they played, I began painting these stacked rocks with a sycamore leaf. When it was time to leave, I wasn’t finished yet, so I snapped some photos …
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Paint Making Tools of the Trade
When I first started experimenting with handmade watercolors, I didn’t have any special tools. I had some ideas, a little bit of information, and a whole lot of curiosity. Along the way I discovered these things that have become my paint making tools of the trade. Making Do Some of the tools are pricey, and …
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Join me on a Forage?
I make paint from rocks. Join me on a forage and make your own handmade watercolors. Cost is $75 and all materials are included.
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Pigment Hunting at War Eagle
The pigment hunting trip was successful. Nothing really new or different in the colors, though. The rocks I found that would be easy to make pigment from were very similar to the rocks I find around home.
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She Delivers in Spades
I went down to see what gifts the creek brought when the waters receded from my favorite little spot 💕 She always delivers in spades when she rages 😁 Why the rocks? If you haven’t already been following me, you may wonder why on earth I am so excited over these rocks. Maybe in the …
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Check the Fences… and Waterfalls
I didn’t intend to check the fences on the steep side of our property this evening. I say the ‘steep side’ as if there is only one. Ha. No. Most of the sides on our square-shaped 160 acres are steep. At the very least none of it is level. Anyway, the plan was to feed …
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Artist’s Demo Day in Kingston, Arkansas
Today, Saturday April 27 2019, is Demo Day down at the Kingston Square Arts gallery. If you can find Kingston, you’ll easily find the gallery. It’s the large white historic building on the corner of the square. No worries about which part of the square, either, as you might in some large cities. Our square …
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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, …
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The Sound of a Flock of Goldfinches
Today as I was driving the 4-wheeler down the driveway to go check the mail, I heard the sound of a thousand birds in the trees. Maybe I’m exaggerating, but maybe not. It was a big crowd of noisy American goldfinches flitting around the treetops by the gate. A few days ago I saw a …
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Ozark Birds of Prey : Red-shouldered Hawk
Just finished this red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus). Prints available. Click here. Progression Pics: Art in Progress I post all of the steps as I’m doing it at Instagram, so if you want to follow along in real time, follow me there or on FB. Sometimes it’s a good bit later when I get around to …
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Two Screech Owls in a Tree
This morning before I left the house to go to the post office, I briefly thought about whether I should grab the camera or not. I decided to not. It had been a few days since I’d last caught even a glimpse of the screech owl that lives by the gate. So I didn’t have …
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Early April in the Ginseng Habitat
Every year the same flowers bloom in pretty much the same order. And although I have hundreds of images in my files, I can’t help but start heading out with the camera. The blooms start in early April in the ginseng habitat. The first flowers that bloom are usually the toothwort (formerly of the Dentaria …
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Weekly Update & Color Experiments
It’s been a busy past few weeks for me here at Wild Ozark. Today I’m doing some color experiments with suspended solids and trying to separate out some pigment. There’s a whole blog post over at the PaleoPaints site to explain exactly what I’m doing here, but suffice it to say that this colored water …
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If the Creeks Don’t Rise… Springtime in the Ozarks
Wild Ozark will be at Terra Studios tomorrow. But with the rain we might get overnight and in the morning, the odds are looking poor. If I can’t make it there on Saturday, then on Sunday I should be able to make it. Springtime in the Ozarks usually means more rain. UPDATE: I made it …
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Back to my Spring Schedule
I’m back to my spring schedule and that means Sundays at KSA! You can check my calendar to make sure I’m there or call ahead if you’re coming to paint or try out the Paleo Paints.
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Handmade, Wild-crafted Paleo Paints Mini Cubes
Paleo Paints Mini’s are mini cubes of watercolor paints using Ozark pigments. Each one is approximately 3/8 inch cubes. They’re wild-crafted and handmade. Smaller than a standard half-pan but far larger than a sample dot, these are perfect for creating watercolor travel sets. The Colors The mini cubes come in all of the colors I …
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Nothing Much
I haven’t blogged regularly in a long time. It is so much more labor intensive to do a “good” blog post that I just haven’t had the spare time to do it. But I miss the more journal-y kind of blogging I used to do. Maybe you do too. At any rate, here’s one of …
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South x Southeast Art Studio Tour
Set aside the last weekend in March to do the art tour of South x Southeast! Wild Ozark will be set up at Terra Studios 🙂
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A Falconry Story
I read Simone’s falconry story over in the Lady Hawker’s group at Facebook. While I’ve never owned a raptor of any sort, I could relate to the chasing down of a bird. Parakeets and cockatiels like to go on ‘walkabouts’ too and I’ve kept a few of those in my earlier years. She gave me …
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My Artist’s Business Plan for Wild Ozark 2019
So, this isn’t a ‘formal’ business plan, but more of an outline of my goals, plans, and strategy for the year regarding my art. To see the outline of intended subjects for the paintings, take a look at my Ozark Birds of Prey page. It’ll give you an idea of the focus and scope of …
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Goshawk no. 2 – The Creation of “Rhapsody”
I’m working on the second painting in my series of northern goshawks. Click through to read about what I’ve done differently on this one as compared to the others.
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“I make paint from rocks…” A typical encounter.
Click HERE to go directly to my online gallery. All of the work you’ll see there uses paint made from rocks. Click HERE if you want to see Paleo Paints at Etsy. And HERE for workshops on making them. Talking about Paint from Rocks When people see my artwork, they usually don’t realize the colors …
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My Interview with Jacqueline Froelich of KUAF (91.3 FM)
Jacqueline Froelich of KUAF came out to Wild Ozark to interview me about the Paleo Paints. Here’s the link so you can listen 🙂
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Goshawk No. 1, Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
I’ve always been fascinated with birds of prey and the sport of falconry. One of the birds commonly trained for hunting is the Northern Goshawk. Here’s my rendition of a beautiful wild goshawk photographed by Nicoli Gianluca. Goshawk No. 1 Right now the image is at the art shop getting scanned because it’s too large …
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