Wild Ozark™

~ Nature Artist using Ozark pigments in Kingston, Arkansas ~

Madison Woods is an artist name for Roxann Riedel of northwest Arkansas. She creates her paints from local earth pigments. Roxann is also a real estate Agent who especially enjoys helping buyers find properties with abundant nature, biodiversity and practical natural resources.

Unique Art by Madison Woods | All of the Works

 Most of my colors come from Ozark pigments. I make my paints from rocks, soot, and bone, and a couple of plants, with small
 amounts of outsourced primary colors to add more variation in shades/hues. For only the available original art, click here. 

2024-2025

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my old shed painting, featuring Ozark pigments
2025 Old Shed, Red Sunset 24 x 36″ on gessoboard
Waterfall in Jasper, 5 x 7″ oil on gessoboard
H.C.R. in Kuwait, from a small sepia toned photo in my husband's family photo collection.
Family photo re-imaged, HCR in Kuwait/Saudi 9 x 12″ oils on gessoboard
12 x 12″ oils on canvas
A painting of an Ozark autumn morning.
A painting made from rocks, and a few other sources for pigments.
Felkins Creek study
Felkins Creek study, 10 x 10″
An original oil painting of a Cooper's hawk by Madison Woods.
Blue-eyed Juvie, 12 x 16″ oils on paper mounted to panel
Homestead Memories, 8 x 10, Not Available.
Broad-winged hawk in Ozark pigments by Madison Woods.
12 x 12″ oils on canvas, SOLD
A portrait of a brahman cow.
sold
Little Red, a Brahman heifer in Ozark oil pigments. A painting in my Brahman cow art series.
sold
Dreamscape, 11 x 14″
A friendly skink, painting by Madison Woods in Ozark pigments.
Hello, Little Friend, 5 x 7
One of the artworks I recently licensed for reproduction.
Creekside with Sycamores

2023

Most of my work from this point onward will most likely be Ozark pigments in oils. I make the paint the same way as watercolors, except instead of using gum Arabic, I’m using linseed oil. Instead of using paint thinners, I use black walnut oil. My goal is to avoid the chemicals as much as possible.

Skippy, a painting of a white calf by Madison Woods.
Sold
A puppy portrait of a dog named Ghost by Madison Woods using Ozark oil pigments and titanium white. Commissions re-open in Jan 2024.
8 x 10, Ozark oils on canvas. Not available.
Kady and her Cow Named Chicken
10 x 10, Ozark oils on canvas. Not available.
Hugo, a painting of a French Bulldog puppy.
5 x 7″, oils on panel Not Available
A memorial painting for my son, a picture of his grandmother's home.
Not Available
Limelight hydrangea in Ozark pigments and titanium.
SOLD
The finished Kings River in Summer, oils on birch featuring Ozark pigments by Madison Woods.
Sold
Shadows & Mist, 8 x 10 SOLD
Choo Choo Switchback. 8 x 10" SOLD
Choo-Choo Switchback, 8 x 10 SOLD
Karter's Brahman Baby
Karter’s Princess, 5 x 7″ SOLD
Kings River in Spring, by Madison Woods. Ozark pigments in oils gives this unique art the earthy colors.
Kings River in Spring, 16 x 20″
A collection of six 5 x 7's in rustic colors is the perfect unique art for your kitchen.
Rustic Kitchen 5 x 7″ Collection, Oregano sold
Red morph eastern screech owl, in Ozark pigments. Unique art by Madison Woods.
Grumpy Lil’ Fella, 9 x 12″ SOLD
A fine example of unique art with an old-world look with a touch of whimsy.
Detour for a Thirsty Raven, 37 x 29″

2022

The artwork from 2022 and prior is painted using the Ozark pigments in watercolor.

The bear painting by Madison Woods.
The Forager | 12 x 16″, SOLD
Muddy Water is the final addition to the Coffeetime collection.
Muddy Water, 8.5 x 11″
A plate of beignets and hot coffee.
Beignets for Breakfast, 8.5 x 11″ SOLD
A little nook in the rocks for coffeetime.
Coffee Nook, 8.5 x 11″
Donut and coffee, by Madison Woods
Coffee and Donut, 5 x 7″ SOLD
A drinking horn is one way to enjoy coffeetime.
With Gusto! 8.5 x 11″
Hay Loft Doors, varnished no glass needed
Mermaid
5 x 7″ Mermaid, varnished no glass needed
Sally the salamander, in Ozark pigments. This painting is part of the Down at the Creek series.
Sally, Just Chillin’, SOLD
Monsieur Crawfish dances a little jig in Madison Wood's Down at the Creek collection of nature-inspired art.
Monsieur Crawfish, 4 x 6″, SOLD
The Rock Flutist from Madison Wood's Down at the Creek collection.
Rock Flutist, 5 x 7″
Whisper, bone pigments
the finished photo
Best Friends, 12 x 16″

2021

SOLD
Family farmstead in Weesatche, TX.
SOLD
Little Cabin in the Woods, a painting by Madison Woods.
SOLD
A real estate painting for an agent to give to her client.
SOLD
Print of my monochromatic painting made with watercolors made from red sandstone.
SOLD
Monochromatic painting made from creek shale pigment.
SOLD
Monochromatic using paint made from a yellow sandstone.
SOLD
Monochromatic painting of a twisted tree using a black sandstone.
SOLD
An image of my buffalo/bison painting. Namesake is heading to the Big Apple soon! It'll hang in a show at the Salmagundi Club from Oct. 25-Nov. 5, 2021.
Namesake
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, in Ozark Pigments by Madison Woods
Rain Crow | 4 x 6″ mounted & varnished
Arkansas Historical Building: Dr. Carter's Office in Ozark Pigments
Dr. Carter’s Office
Petunia, the Bearded Dragon
SOLD
Prints of my Showy Orchid painting.
SOLD

2020

Painting of the old shed, by Madison Woods
SOLD
Painting of a goddess figurine dancing in the flames.
SOLD
A bald eagle in Ozark pigments.
Don’t Mess With Me, 20 x 16″
Original painting of northern Bobwhite quail in Ozark pigments.
A Curious Pair, SOLD
“Four of Wands”
Old Man is Twisted Tree No. 1 in my series of Twisted Trees.
SOLD
'Warrioress' is from the Twisted Tree Nature Fantasy series by Madison Woods.
sold
A palette of earthy colors worked well for this old tractor.
16 x 12″
Art inspired by nature: 'Raccoon on the Rocks' in Ozark pigments by Madison Woods.
12 x 16″
A giclee print of my original painting titled 'Drip'
SOLD

2019

Watercolor painting, Ozark pigments by Madison Woods
SOLD
"Goshawk No. 1", 12 x 17", handmade watercolors using Ozark pigments.
SOLD
Decorate with nature using this sweet"Brahman Baby" painting in bone black, creek shale, and willow black..
SOLD
Red-shouldered hawk in handmade watercolors using Ozark pigments. You could decorate with nature, literally.
SOLD
Accepted to the Creature Conserve 'Re-Imagining Conservation' exhibit at the Swale House on Governors Island in NY. “Destination Unknown”, in Ozark earth pigments.
Destination Unknown, 16 x 20 SOLD
Nature Fantasy in Ozark Pigments by Madison Woods
SOLD

About my Art Process

My goal is to create unique art with as much of the materials as I can foraged from right here at home at Wild Ozark. The pigments in my work comes from rocks, bone, soot, and a couple of lightfast plants. I process each tube or pan of paint myself. With the oil paints, I do not have a naturally occurring source of white, so I purchase titanium powder to make my white paint.

We also have no source for blue, and only one stone that offers a greenish gray. I use tiny amounts of outsourced pigment to give greater variation to my green, and outsource anything blue.

All of the paints are handmade, whether I use local pigment or outsourced.

I have a new studio here on our land and will begin Open Studios hopefully in September. Keep up with progress on that at my Studio page.

Because I live down a long dirt road with low-water bridges that flood when it rains enough, cancellations are possible. To stay abreast of any schedule changes, either subscribe to my newsletter and check off the special group for studio updates, or email me if you’re making a special trip. That way I can let you know if I can’t make it. Newsletter subscribers can also join the special group to be notified when I’ve got new works available.