Lighthouse with Stripes, Original Acrylic Painting

Lighthouse with Stripes is painted on a 10 x 8 inch canvas hardboard.  It is no particular lighthouse, just one out of my imagination while doing some painting at the last Peddler Show.  I painted this one using a free style approach with no references.

On a given bright sunny day, the beach is flat and sandy with a light wind creating gentle wave action. The gulls are looking for their next snack.

As with all art work I do at shows, I check the work and make necessary improvements when I get home  in the studio.

Thanks for visiting the blog.

God Bless You,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

http://www.thebartlettpair.com

The Outlaw Rooster, Original Painting

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The Outlaw Rooster is painted in acrylics on a 16x12 inch gallery wrapped canvas with the edges painted black.

I finished the Outlaw today and feel good about the results.  It came out with a personality fitting for the mean fighting rooster.  And this guy is a mean one!  He roams freely and terrorizes the other roosters, and he tries to break into the neighbor's fenced in coop full of hens.

It took several tries and some time to get a shot of the Outlaw as he was evasive.  The day was hot and sunny and I zoomed in on him hiding under some brush to get this shot.  The sun shining through the brush produced some nice light effects bouncing off the leaves and weeds.  The photo was an excellent reference, but I made him and the scenery more colorful, and took liberties to abbreviate all the brush he was surrounded with.

I hope you like the painting and story about the Outlaw.  Prints are for sale on our website http://www.thebartlettpair.com  Please feel free to comment on the post or email me.

God Bless You,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Morning Glories on Lattice, Original Acrylic Painting

I painted Morning Glories on Lattice in acrylics on a 20 x 16 inch birch panel board in 2003.  This is the first offering in prints.  Hope you like it!

Texas Barn, Original Acrylic Painting

24 by 36 inch Acrylic Painting

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There are several paintings I haven't blogged about as they were painted before starting this blog and this painting is one I am very proud of.  It is one of my first large paintings.

I painted the Texas Barn with acrylics on a huge 24 by 36 inch stretched canvas in 2005. The inspiration for the painting came during a vacation trip in the Texas hill country after seeing a few old barns with Texas Flags painted on them.  I wanted to put the composition I had envisioned on a large canvas with a barn as the focal point in remote woods with horses and cows in the scene.  So, from out of my head and some photo references, the composition came together.  The painting is of no particular barn or location. I just wanted to express the remoteness and expanse of the country in Texas, away from the fast pace of urban life and noise.  Some of  my thoughts in doing the work: the bull standing in the shade of the barn checking things out,  the mare looking at you, how many generations worked the ranch, how old is the tractor with stud wheels, the cattle in the background gently grazing, and the sounds of the windmill lifting the gift of water.  I hope you enjoy the painting as much as I did painting it.

God Bless You,

jimmie@jimmiesart.com

jimmie@thebartlettpair.com

Rockport Sunrise Oil Painting

Rockport Sunrise, 30 by 40 inches, Gallery Wrap Canvas

Rockport, Texas is an awesome place for painters.  The beautiful water is filled with wildlife, boats, docks, and sea birds.  I was inspired to do the painting of this marvelous sunrise while we were staying at the Beacon RV Resort.  (Carolyn and I were doing a show at the SeaFair Festival)  The RV Park is right on the bay front drive overlooking the bay and their pier and shrimp boat.  (Great RV Park!)

Rockport Sunrise is my largest painting to date and I plan to do more.  When we are staying near the coast, I try to get up before sunrise and take pictures.  Sunrise/sunsets are fascinating!  The light is changing rapidly and is a rare opportunity to capture a "one and only" moment in time.  That particular morning, the wind was up and showers forecasted; hence, the palette for beautiful colors projected on the clouds and water.  I tried to paint the scene the way I experienced it that morning using photos for reference.  No camera or painter can ever capture the perfection of the sunrises God gives everyday; and, I thank my Lord for giving me the ability to try and paint it.

God Bless You,

jimmie@jimmiesart.com

New Website and New Painting

Butterfly At Work, Acrylics, 12 x 12 inches, Gallery Wrap Canvas w/ Edges Painted

Price $150 USD plus s/h

Announcement: Carolyn and I have already posted many arts and crafts on our new website www.thebartlettpair.com, and invite you to click over and see the new jewelry art that she creates and the paintings and prints I have for sale.  Please forgive me for not posting to the blog as frequently as before.  The new website and travel to shows have consumed me.  More postings more frequently are on the menu!

Butterfly At Work is one of my show demo paintings.  I painted it at The Peddler Show in San Antonio last week and finished it in the studio yesterday.  This is a sequel to the Butterfly on Jasmine that was painted last year with the same butterfly feeding in a different pose.  The transparency of the wings allowed the light to shine through them brightening the colors.  The painting is mounted on one of my hard backed frames and the edges are painted black.  The painting comes ready to hang without a frame, however I think this fellow would look awesome framed should you want to do so.  The image is also available in print:  40 USD for 12 x 12 inch print.  I will have more print sizes posted on our new website www.thebartlettpair.com soon.  I hope you like the work.

God Bless You,

jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Roses, A Couple of Oil Paintings

Above are a couple of oil paintings I haven't shown on the blog before. These were done as studies in 2007 on 14 x 11 inch gallery wrap canvases.  They are free style 'off the cuff' compositions without use of references.  Painting from photos and sketches prepared me to be able to draw, visualize and create paintings without references.  I hope you enjoy the roses.

God Bless You,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Blue Daisies, A Decorative Painting

Blue Daisies is a painting I did this week on a 9 by 12 inch decorative box. (Also, built the box). These are painted with no plan, just make the composition up as the work progresses. Fine art works on decorative boxes very well and will make excellent prints. I had fun with it and the wood working. Hope you like it. 

Thanks for visiting the blog.

God Bless You,

jimmie@jimmiesart.com

My first feline painting! Kitty Cat

 

My first feline painting!  I had planned to start a series of cat paintings, but was always working on other subjects. Now that the cat is finished, I want to paint more of them, maybe a panther or tiger?

I  painted 'Kitty Cat' in acrylics on a hand stretched 12x12 inch gallery wrap canvas. The piece was a commission with the only request by the customer, was to have  'slate blue' in the back ground.  It worked out well with the black and whites of the cat.  I embellished the background with some pink to  match the ears and nose. The black markings on the head were easy, but the shades of whites to give the body and fur shape, took some work.  Hope you like it.

Merry Christmas,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Last Arts/Crafts Show for 2013

Carolyn and I had a great time yesterday in Yorktown, Texas at the "Santa's Cafe' Arts/Crafts Show".  The show was a hit: prosperous, good people and lots of great food.  We soon discovered that everybody knew everybody else and witnessed several spontaneous reunions of friends happy to see and greet each other. 

The picture of us, at right, was taken by one of our new friends we met at the show.

Merry Christmas!

Jimmie and Carolyn Bartlett