Calf Roper...Oil...16 x 20

$600 Sold

This is a painting of a friend of mine who is a PRCA

calf roper. We spent the afternoon with me in the

practice arena taking photos of him coming right

at me. I kid him by telling everyone I had to do a

painting with the rope over his head, since he never

got the rope over the calf's head. Actually he roped

and tied several calves. We have a large rodeo

in Sikeston, and there is much interest in rodeo art.

I wanted to capture the action of the horse and rider.

I placed the horse and calf in a diagonal design

with the most detail in the horse and rider. Prints

and note cards are available of this painting.

Pink Hibicus

Pink Hibicus...Oil....20 x 20 $400

This painting was begun plein air in St. Petersburg, Florida

at a small mom and pop's motel call the Sails Resort.

We have visited there over the fourth of July for

approximately 12 years. All the folks who come

over the fourth are repeaters and we have watched

each others children grow up. Now the children are

having children. We are breeding the Sails to

capacity. The flora there is magnificent. Hibicus of

all colors reside there as well as bird of paradise.

The Rusty Truck

Rusty Truck...Oil....16 x 20

$600

This is a studio piece done of an old truck in Iowa or Indiana.
I can't remember where the photo was taken. The
fall colors worked well with the rusty truck. I do not
know what kind of truck it is. If you know, please comment
and tell me the modle and year. The old truck has seen
better days, as has many of us. I think it has great personality
as well as the old cabin behind it. It tell a story to each viewer
and I hope rekindles memories that are good.

Farm Headquarters I

Farm Headquarters I

Oil

9 x 12

$50

This is a plein air painting of a farm headquarters that I pass

each day. I see it early in the morning, in the fog, late

in the afternoon, and cloudy days. It has many different

personalities. Each one begs to be painted. I did discover

painting this scene about ants and ticks. In Missouri,

they're never far away. When I got home from painting, my

paint box was full of ants, and my legs were covered in ticks.

The wonderful life of rural america. The only fame we have

here, in Sikeston , Missouri, is the Jaycee Rodeo and

Lambert's Throwed Roll Cafe.

Wheat Harvest I

Wheat Harvest I

Oil

12 x 16

$175

The harvest in May is a wonderful time with the colors

of the machinery together with the yellow wheat and

blue sky. It happens very quickly and then the

farmers burn off the stubble left behind. I have often

tried to capture the night fires in vain. In addition to

the golden wheat, the soy beans and corn are a vivid green.

It's a great time to be out plein air painting.

End of the Season

"End of the Season"

Oil

9 x 12

$200

This is a studio still life painted with a limited palette

of Cad Red Light, Ultramarine Blue, and Cad Yellow Light.

It's reminicient of sand lot ball played many years ago. The

glove is my first purchase, circa 1960, a six fingered, trapeze.

We would take old bats that had been broken in league play

and nail the crack in the bat, then wrap it with black tape.

We would get several more years of use out of them.

I like trying to capture the look of the old leather in the

Rawlings mitt. The baseball has seen better days also.

Kentucky Hay Barn

Kentucky Hay Barn.....Oil......9 x 12

$125.00

This barn was on the way to Murray Kentucky. We were going

to Kentucky Lake for the weekend, and when we past this barn, I

had to get out and take several pictures. They were also

cutting tobbaco behind the barn and had all the equipment

for harvesting tobbaco sitting around the barn. Coming from

the "Bootheel" of Missouri, we do not grow any tobbaco, and

it is interesting to see the harvest. The tobbaco is hung in the

rafters of the barns, the doors are closed, and a smoke curing

process begins. The tobbaco barns line the roadway in every

shape, age, and size. It is now in vogue to paint the barns black,

which causes them to stand out in the fields.