Guarding the Nest

Another freestyle painting, no photo, no sketch, just brush it in.  Guarding the Nest is in acrylics on a 8x6 archival canvas panel.  The painting is protected by a clear satin finish top coat.  

The inspiration for this painting is from watching our Red Birds in our yard and observing their habits.  They are a family oriented bird and are very close to each other.  The male is the bright red while the female is not a brilliant in color.  If you see the female on the nest or near by, you can rest assured that the male bird is within several yards hidden in the trees or brush watching over his mate.  We have watched the males feed the female bird many times.  They also have a very pretty song and sharp schrips to call each other with.  They like to build their nest in our brushy foliage in the front flower bed.  They are quite skiddish, especially when we have the camera out.  LOL  We have really enjoyed watching them.  I hope you enjoy the painting and this little tid bit of news about our red birds.

Let us pray before we paint,

jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Lighthouse Series, Winter

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Another little lighthouse painting done freestyle: no photo, no sketch, just brush it on.  This one is an acrylic alla prima on a 8x6 inch archival canvas hardboard.  I like doing these small seascapes to experiement with color and depth of the compositions.   Contact me if you would like to purchase a giclee print of this light house.  See more light house paintings.

Let us pray before we paint,

Jimmie

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Little House on the Creek, Original Acrylic on 8x10

This is another free thought and freehand painting.  I like to do these with a bit of folk art blend.  Peaceful and no barriers.  Just the paint, a little music and me.  This is on an 8x10 canvas and is mounted on one of our floater frames that is also made in our studio shop.  This photo of the framed painting turned out a bit brighter than actual.  Also, the colors seen on different monitors may vary a little from the actual painting.  I hope you enjoy the painting.

Let us pray before we paint,

Jimmie

Little Texas Barn

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This is my first acrylic painting for the year.  Little Texas Barn is a small format alla prima painting of an imaginary field of blue bonnets leading the view up to the barn and windmill.  This is a free hand piece brushed directly on the canvas. No photo or sketch used.  The canvas is a 8x6 inch on archievel hardboard mount.  I used the portrait layout to give the idea of distance for the landscape.

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Let us pray before we paint,

Jimmie

Blue Heron Taking Flight, Original Painting 11x14

This great blue heron is about to take flight in the Matagorda, Texas wet lands next to the Colorado River.  He was well over 100 yards away when I took a chance photoshot and got lucky enough to hit the target.  His image came out fuzzy and very small on the photo.  I enlarged the image and increased the contrast enough to paint from.  This painting was a real drill in painting the light and shadows to create the shapes and make him look realistic and a lot different than a fuzzy spec on a photograph.  There are pros and cons among artists about using photographs to paint from, but I could never have painted this fantastic scene without a camera and also a whole lot of luck.  Taking Flight is on a11x14 stretched canvas.

Let us pray before we paint,

Jimmie

Texas Longhorn in Bluebonnet Field, Original Oil 12x18 Inch Canvas

 This is an original oil painting on a gallery stretched canvas.  I painted a portrait version of this longhorn a few months ago and was wondering what it would have looked like if I had done it in a landscape with bluebonnets.  Since the other painting sold, I figured that was enough incentive to paint him again in the landscape setting.  I used both palette knife and brush to do the painting. I enjoyed painting him.  I hope you like the way it came out.
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jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Stretching My Wings, Original Oil Painting

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This is an original oil painting of a hummingbird stretching his wings. My wife took  this unique photo of this little guy playing around in her flower garden.

The hummingbirds are very active at our place.  Carolyn has two feeders in the front flower bed and one in the back yard.  They circle the house at sonic speed and the aerial acrobat antics are so intertaining.  They will migrate next month and we will miss them when they leave and be anxious for their return.
I hope you enjoy the painting.  Please tell your friends about the web site.  They might want to  buy you something for Christmas.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Roseate Spoonbill Party, Original Oil Painting

This oil painting is of Roseate Spoonbills feeding in the wetlands of Matagorda, County Texas.  The painting is on an 8x10 inch stretched gallery canvas.

Roseate Spoonbills are seen frequently along our Texas coastline marshes and usually seen together in groups.  This painting was inspired by a photo taken by an artist friend of mine which gave me several photos of the spoonbills to paint.  These beautiful birds are rather skiddish and he had to crawl through the wet and the weeds to get these great photographs.   I hope you like the painting.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

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Also, if you like my painting, I would appreciate it very much, if you would tell your friends about my blog and website.  As you can see, I do not have outside advertizing on my blog and sites.

Somewhere There is a Lighthouse, Original Oil Painting

Somewhere there is a lighthouse.  This oil painting is 6x8 inches and on canvas archival board.  Being an old sailor I love the water and all that goes with it, boats, the fish, beaches and far horizons, and especially lighthouses.  I painted the Hawaii Diamondhead last week and was still in the mood for painting a seascape, so I borrowed a little of the last composition to paint this lighthouse out of my head to put emphasis on the far horizon and more beach.  I had no restrictions, just the paint and brush.  A fun painting.  Hope you like it.  If you wish to purchase email jimmie@jimmiesart.com.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Just as the Lighthouse guides the mariner in the darkest night, our lord and saviour, Jesus Christ is always here to love and guide us.

Meet Monique, Original Oil Portrait

I have been working on this portrait off and on for over a month and finally finished it.  You may want to look back at the previous work in progress posts of this painting to see the stages of progress to get here.  The painting is on a 14x11 stretched canvas.  I hope you like the way she came out.

On the easel:  another small lighthouse, roseate spoonbills, and a longhorn steer.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie