Water, Dogwood Art, and Family Connections

Whew! What a stressful ride was that — the month of May.
Water. Water. Everywhere.

Dogwood in Crockery • oil

Looking through images of past paintings, I came across these two pieces painted many years apart yet coincidentally so similar. Dogwood in Crockery and Dogwood in Red Pot. Both paintings have a strong family connection to my grandmother, my mother, and my aunt.  

Dogwood in Red Pot • oil

June brings thoughts of my mother and her love of all flowers. Her birthday would have been this month, and I am reminded of how quickly time passes. Several years before her death, she 'confessed' to me that as a teenager she had fibbed on her drivers license application to make herself one year older because she had been in such a hurry to drive. Lol ... As children we have such a small window into a parent's life. We tend to forget that parents had a life before we were born. 

The sun shines again this morning. Have a good one!

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As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings. 
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Sunflower FREE Annual Painting Giveaway! Win this Original Oil Painting!

Note:  This painting was won by J. Jordan in Lufkin, Texas.

ART.  Today I painted this sunflower for the FREE painting giveaway. I always think of sunflowers in the middle of winter. [Click on image to see enlarged detail of sunflower.]

SUNFLOWER FREEDOM © artist V. Bridges-Hoyt 2009

oil on panel 10x10 inches, alla prima

If you want to own this painting, you must leave a comment underneath one of the blog posts made in December. For each comment you leave on a post, your name will be entered in the drawing to be held January 1. Maybe you'll be the new owner.

I posted this earlier on facebook so some of you have seen it, but not all of you had the opportunity to see the video link, so I will post the painting demo here for those of you who haven't seen it. Colors layered in this painting include viridian green, permanent green light, alizarin crimson, quin violet, cad red, cad yellow, lemon yellow, yellow ochre, burnt umber, Payne's gray and, of course, Permalba white (my favorite white oil paint).  You will also notice that I use a brush in the early layers and then switch to a palette knife to add the texture.

If you'd like to see the video larger, the resolution is high enough to watch it full scale on your computer monitor. Just click on the video window. I believe that will take you to youtube where you click on it again to enlarge it to full screen size where you can see the colors much more clearly.

Many of you know that I am a Daily Painter. The sunflower was today's daily painting and therefore was done quickly. This is a one hour oil painting of a sunflower on 10x10 inch canvas panel. The one hour of painting time is compressed into a time-lapse of 3-1/2 minutes on video. It goes pretty fast. I hope you will enjoy it. 
One or two hours is pretty standard for the time spent painting for the Daily Painters Gallery, although recently I've slowed down a bit to paint more detailed and completed work, for instance the cattle painting and the La Grange bridge painting that I am working on. Both are still unfinished. Nevertheless, one hour is more the norm for daily painting, alla prima work in oil.

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Drawing on January 1, 2010.

LIFE.  As I continue my study of the Book of Proverbs [and it is slow going], my pursuit of Wisdom is still front and center with admonishment to listen and concentrate on understanding.  How many times have I heard that in my life? "Quit talking and listen!" I remember about 7th grade when my teacher made me write 99 times on paper, "I will not talk in class." I had been talking to my friend in the next desk about something that surely was more important than listening to any teacher's lecture on the subject at hand. I never could understand why I had to do the 99 lines of writing, and not my friend. There surely must have been some good reason that I did not comprehend. Thus I will proceed slowly with my study of Proverbs, and I will focus on listening [hearing] and understanding not only the Book of Proverbs, but listening and understanding the wisdom that comes to me in my day to day life ... Wisdom that might easily be overlooked, not heard, not understood. I will mindfully concentrate.

The Benefits of Wisdom

My child, listen to me and treasure my instructions. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. Cry out for insight and understanding. Search for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure. Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God. For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He grants a treasure of good sense to the godly. He is their shield, protecting those who walk with integrity. He guards the paths of justice and protects those who are faithful to him. --Proverbs 2:1-8

Today's Blessing:  A thoughtful son who taught me how to use the time-lapse video feature on my digital camera.

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Impressions

ART.  This morning I began an Impressionist oil painting of the goats. Here is a small section of the canvas. I am painting loosely on this one focusing primarily on colors and my impression of the goat landscape. 

The Dutch Art Gallery reception on Saturday was fun. I really enjoyed meeting and visiting with a few of the artists and the gallery owners, as well as the public who came in to view paintings. The Dutch Art Gallery is brimming over with art. This show will be up through the end of November and may be extended into December, so if you're in the area of Dallas, look up the Dutch Art Gallery at 10233 E NorthWest Highway and view the many various paintings on exhibit.

LIFE.  

Here are four Daily Painters of Texas caught on camera. From left to right: Judy Mackey, Kay Wyne, Vernita Bridges-Hoyt, and Nancy Medina.

Today's Blessing: Friends.

V. Bridges-Hoyt

"Painting the Sauce of Texas"

animals • flowers • people • places

HORSE RUNNING, Texas western art Impressionist oil painting

9063 Horse "Keeper #1"

Galloping Horse 

Keeper #1 

© Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2009

11x14 inches

oil on canvas

I was inspired by my daughter's horse "Keeper" as he galloped across the back pasture so used her photo (with permission, of course) for the horse reference and added an imaginary West Texas landscape. This painting was painted in my Texas Impressionist style and will be shown in the upcoming Dutch Art Gallery exhibit in Dallas opening on October 17, 2009. 


When this painting is purchased, 10% of the artist proceeds will be donated to True Blue Animal Rescue  in central Texas near Brenham.


Click on image for larger detail.

Today's Blessing: Time and Energy

V. Bridges-Hoyt

"Painting the Sauce of Texas"

animals • flowers • people • places

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