Brande Arno Art

6 x 6 inches, Oil on Gessoboard $ 95.  For Purchase The inspiration for this painting comes from the Daily Paintwork's cow challenge.  I went to Morgue File and got a wonderful photo reference to work from.   I hoped to capture the heifer's muscles and still keep the brushwork fluid.  But this painting needed more, it needed richer browns than I could mix with my favorite tube brown.   So I mixed my own from a red, blue and yellow.    

Indigo Bunting, 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board Click to Bid I'm fortunate to have a mated pair of Indigo Buntings visiting my bird feeder.  I say that because I've had the bird feeder for over 10 years and my first sighting was last week.  The male of this species sports stunning ocean blue feathers...some teal in there also. I paint with a very limited palette, so I was challenged to come up with the right mixtures.  But it wasn't very long before I realized that mixing the right "Indigo" color wouldn't be enough.  So I subdued everything else, to include his cute little beak.

Introducing "Heavy Petal No 2" 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board Sold Learning so much about painting florals just from painting this series of garden daisies.  When you decide to have throw caution to the wind...and ease up on what you already know, so much learning can happen.

Ice Cream Bunny Vll, 6 x 6 inches,Oil on Board $ 50.00  Buy on etsy I see little brown bunnies out at about 7 PM, usually when we come back from treating ourselves to hand dipped ice cream.  They're out every night, even if I'm not...but I just love to see them.  They're so cute.  I made this painting on the cute side, but I venture that if I could get real close to them, I'd think they're even cuter!

"Chickadee's Pose", 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board  Sold- Thank you Painted with brush and Palette Knife.  Even though this is a charming bird, it's also a study of French Ultramarine Blue.

The Grazing Pair, 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board $ 50. Buy on Etsy Spring is almost here.  I feel a difference in the air and although where I live, there is still snow on the ground, Spring is almost here!

"Snacks and Spots" 5 x 5 inches, Oil on Board Another of my favorite subjects to paint.  The photo reference was completely a side view and for a challenge, I moved her head a bit to the side.  I've observed these ladies enough to give it a try.

"What Did I Hear?" 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board Purchase on etsy This little ewe is pretty sure she heard the farmer say we are going to have a long hot summer.  She and I are in shock and awe!

"Working the Snow" 5 x 5 inches, Oil on Board -Sold I'm glad that my phone has a camera! I happened to be coming home from an appointment when I spied  two pigs rooting with their noses in spite of the cold snow.  Of course I slammed on the breaks...scary event for the car behind me...pulled over and snapped some photos. Today's painting features one of the two, complete with snow on her nose.

Yellow Barn, Red Flowers, 6 x 6 inches, Oil on Board $ 70. Buy on etsy The rules of perspective and I have a tough life together.  In general, perspective does not give away any compliments, tips or tricks.  He's just there, all artists know he's there. For me,  perspective is a hard one to get to know.  In a way, he's a stuck up, high maintenance kind of fellow.  I've had to give eons of time and the same in practice before I got anything back.  Well, I'm pretty happy with my efforts here.  

"Vintage Barns" 5 x 5 inches, Oil on Board I tried to paint a pigmy goat today...tried and tried.  But today was palette knife day.  I don't know why.  If I had to guess, it had everything to do with viewing a wonderful collection of artwork yesterday.  The work of other artists does bring out the more creative side of me, and that means the palette knife gets a workout.

Artist Thumbsy, 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board Sold - Thank you I just thought, if I'm going to take out my artist license for the next few paintings, why not create an owl artist.  So here he is.  He's in the size up what your going to paint mode.