Looking For Strays

Looking For Strays  16 x 20  $150.00 plus shipping

Looking For Strays  16 x 20  oils on panel

One more cowboy or western themed painting for you enjoyment.  (I hope!)

I made this painting from three reference photos. The rider is one, the horse is from the second and the background is (sort of) from the third photo.  I'm not too pleased with the background, but it is what it is.

The title suggests that this wrangler is looking for "lost" cattle that wandered away from the  larger herd.  Anyhow, it was the best I could come up with at the time.

Watching the herd

Watching the herd   16 x 20  $150.00 plus shipping

Watching the herd   16 x 20  oils on panel

This is one of several "cowboy" or "western" paintings that I did to contribute to a local 4H club fundraiser.  I made 5 or 6 paintings and donated two for the fundraiser silent auction.  This wasn't one that I donated. (DUH)

As usual, the colors are not represented well in the photograph but I do very much like the composition and colors.

Works in progress (WIP)

I've been painting for a contribution to our local 4H Valentine fund raiser. These are some of what I've been doing for the last week or two.  I'm still working on all of these; glazing and making some corrections.

Lady in a red dress (WIP)

watching the herd (WIP)

looking for strays (WIP)

been there, done that (WIP)

snow doesn't bother him (WIP)

S O L D

Jeb - young cowboy and his horse

S O L D

Jeb - young cowboy and his horse  16x20   Oils on canvas panel

Here is Jeb taking a breather after a long mornings work doing cowboy stuff.  I haven't a clue what cowboys do except mend fences, herd livestock and ride horses.  No offense, I just don't know what modern cowboys do when they do what it is that they do.

They probably don't know (or care) what it was that I did when I say that I was a programmer.

But these cowboys that I've been painting (and some more coming soon) are friendly to or at least tolerate "dudes" like me who have ridden a horse once in my life. The horse had the most fun in that situation almost 50 years ago! :-)

Billy - cowboy in the snow

work in progress

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Billy - cowboy in the snow  16x20  Oils on panel

Another cowboy with an alias. This is Billy who sometimes hangs out with Bob or vice versa.

This work in progress is pretty much done. A few things need to be worked on - his mouth for one!  I also think that I need to make the white coat fasteners a little less white.  And figure out how to paint a knot in his kerchief (ascot?) :-)

I'm going to let the painting dry then try to make snow happen on the painting.  The method I'll try is to make up a "puddle" of thinned gray and white paint then use a stiff bristled brush to splatter "snow".  I want the painting to be dry because if I mess up the snow I (hopefully) can wipe the painting clean then try again.

Anybody have a better idea for making it snow? I'd like the snow to be falling at an angle from left to right so I suppose that I'll tilt the painting then splatter from above.

NOTE!  How to "paint" snow

I found an excellent piece of advice (for me) in the "YOU ASKED" section of the Art Instruction Blog. Artist Mike Callahan had a good answer for the question of "How to Paint Falling Snow" - I tried it and I'm pleased with his method.

Bob - cowboy posing

work in progress

Bob - cowboy posing  10x16  Oils on panel

Bob isn't this guy's real name, of course. He looks like a "BOB" to me.

His jacket has been around a long time, worn out a long time ago. He would be in BIG trouble if his mother saw him wearing this jacket.

This is a work in progress - I need to do some "fixing" before I'll say this one is done.

Cowboy

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If interested, contact me at ken.barclay@yahoo.com

Cowboy  14x24  Oils on canvas panel

I liked the thought of doing a cowboy and I have done painting of a cowboys on horses but I wanted to do a "portrait" of a cowboy.

SO, I came up with this cropped "portrait" of a rootin' tootin' cowboy. No attempt at a time period. It could be now or in two centuries ago.  Who knows?  Who cares?  :-)

The Hombre

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The Hombre  9x9  Oils on masonite panel

This painting came from my brain but it's probably (DUH) something that I have seen somewhere. I don't know where, though.

I don't know if this "hombre" is a rustler or a lawman or just a podnuh on a ranch. But with those squinty eyes he looks like one tough customer. :-)