Brande Arno Art

12 x 16 inches, Oil on Gessoboard, - Sold My good friend and I were on our way to a grocery shopping trip when she spied this hay field.  The freshly bundled hay bales announcing a hard day of work for a local farmer.  I asked her to pull over so I could get a few pictures. She not only pulled over, but she wanted to commission me to do a painting of said field.  I enjoyed every minute of this painting.  The bales are more stagnant in real life, so I had to change that up a bit for the composition's sake.  My friend is rather literal, so I didn't have as much creative license in the composition area.  But I had fun with mixing color and brushwork, which I think comes through in this piece.

4 x 4 inches, Oil on Gessoboard Click to Bid I really wanted to paint another mouse.  I looked through my sources to come up with an unusual pose.   This mouse is definitely wanting to stop on a dime. I'll be traveling over a long weekend to visit family for a happy occasion.  It's nice to get away, but I know me...I'll be wanting to use my brushes sooner than later.

12 x 16 Inches, Oil on Gessoboard- Sold I've been working on two rather large commissions.  Like any commission, I got into the weeds and when it's all said and done, I feel like I got weed-wacked.  But after hours and hours of  painting and scraping, I'm finally happy and so is the patron.  Whew!   This painting was commissioned because a group of deer waited out a snowstorm in the yard of the patron's neighbor.  Pictures were snapped and I was given them to work with.  I had to use the artist licence.