Off the Beaten Path

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson 

OFF THE BEATEN PATH
Pastel on 9x12 inch Jack Richeson Gator Board panel
© Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2011
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The ART reference for this painting of cattle off the trail came from a May visit with Dad. One ritual for us has been that he would drive me around the farm to look at cattle, new calves, the hay patch, land rooted up by the feral hogs, or anything else that might be going on around the farm.  He would drive and I would take photos, lots and lots of photos. Little did I know that Dad would not be driving me after that last trip in May. He had a short hospital stay the first week of June, and yes, he has given up driving. Now I will have to get brave and drive him out in the pasture, up and down hills, across the narrow dam at the upper pond that is sandbarred and swampy with quicksand. Although my Jeep is made for off road driving, I wouldn't want to miss a wheel placement and fall into that quicksand as I round the corner to cross over the cattlebar and drive up that crooked hill. He had it down to a pattern and could have probably driven that trail blindfolded. I suppose we'll drive around on the county road to get to the other side of the farm instead of cutting across the levee.
... and LIFE goes on.

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Happy Days are Here Again! Pastel, 4 Colorful Cows

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“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; But often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us”
- Helen Keller

4 Colorful Cows, soft pastel on Canson paper, 9x9 inches
© V. Bridges Hoyt 2011

ART.  SOLD January 11, 2012.  "4 Colorful Cows" is a soft pastel sketch on Canson paper, 9x9 inches unframed. This piece is imaginary and unique. Spring has sprung. I am inspired to paint color! Happy days are here again!

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Enlarged Detail of 4 Colorful Cows

A couple of days ago I posted an armadillo "Walking Across Texas" but have since removed the post as I decided to do something different with that painting. I'll bring it back again once it has been updated.

LIFE. I am making a concerted effort to take care of one extra "life task" each day. Yesterday I got the car inspected. I'm legal. Today I'll make a concerted effort to pay all the bills ... again. They just keep coming.

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Mail Route farm painting

Mail Route
oil painting on 10x8 inch canvas
copyright V. Bridges Hoyt, All Rights Reserved
Texas Impressionism

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.  Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.   Cherokee Expression
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Barnyard Full of Bull

The birthday painting is now complete. This is the Beefmaster bull calf that was in the barn lot last year. He would be grown now. Dad saw the unfinished painting on February 10. Now I can present him with the final version framed. 

I hope soon that I will find my muse again, or the muse will find me. She seems to have been off on a vacation somewhere in the sunshine while I worked my way through the cloudy days of winter. Aside from this one, the Dalmatian "Puppy Breath" and another Dachshund in Hat, I haven't painted much this year.

Saturday brought such a pleasant surprise. My Arkansas cousins, Lamar and Lynda, stopped by the studio. It was such a joy to visit with them again.
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I am hoping to get back to the daily painting routine soon. You can watch for my progress at the blog: One Painting a Day