Paintings underway

Currently working on 4 oil paintings. Here are 3 of them.  The Dragoon pistol and the saddle paintings are from subjects I photographed at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco Texas.  The painting in the back, with the old Spurs, is a still life I set up in my studio. All of these paintings have a lot of work left to do before completion. 

Spurs and Things - In process

This is one of the four paintings I am currently working on.  It is 15" x 15", oil on museum series panel gessobord. I set up this still life in my studio.  I paint with many layers of glazes.  Each layer takes a long time to dry before I can add another layer. For this reason, I started working on many paintings at the same time. I am also working on the design for additional paintings.

Colorado Plein Air vacation paintings

Today, I did a little touch up on these two 8"x10" plein air paintings that I painted on location 2 weeks ago when we were in Colorado. The one on the left was at a little pond below our cabin in Breckenridge. The one on the right was done from the porch of our cabin near Salida.

Finished my 1851 Navy Revolver.

It just need to dry so I can varnish it. 

1851 Navy Revolver - Texas Ranger's sidearm

Making progress on this 9" X 18" oil painting. It's taking a lot of time because of the glazing technique I'm using. Each layer has to dry before starting the next glaze. 

39th International Exhibition

I am happy to announce that my watercolor painting, "Tropical Harmony" 30" X 40", has been juried into the 39th International Exhibition of Watercolor Art Society-Houston. 

"Saddle Horn" finished

Here is my completed oil painting of an antique saddle horn. This painting is 5" x 7". Now that I have completed two small paintings using a glazing technique, I am ready to do a larger painting. My next subject will be a life-size 1851 Navy Colt Revolver. The revolver is in the collection of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas. I was given special permission to examine and photograph this revolver.

Hibiscus painting completed

I just finished my 5" x 7" oil painting of a hibiscus that bloomed this winter in my greenhouse.

Starting a new series of paintings.

Theses are two, unfinished, new paintings that I am working on simultaneously.  These paintings are in oil; one is done with Cobra water mixable oil and one with Gamblin traditional oils.  The technique I am using is primarily glazing layers.  Each one of these 5" x 7" paintings currently has 4 glazes each.  The water mixable oils are not working very well using their glazing medium.  It takes entirely too long to dry (weeks), and it still feels sticky.  I like the traditional oil paints better.  I did those 3 landscapes using water mixable oils and they worked fine with direct painting.  Cobra is working on a solution to the drying and sticky glazing problem.  I will give them another try if these problems are fixed.

My subject matter will be western and floral.  The paintings are of a hibiscus flower and a saddle horn.