Desert Warrior - Ruth Andre

Today as I toiled away in the studio thoughts of art and life came to me.  Art, like life, is a continual growing place for an artist.  After posting the small painting yesterday, my husband suggested I paint a larger canvas in this style.  I surprised him and did just that.  I do not know if I will stay with this style of painting but it is good for me to work with a bit of wildness and add paint to the canvas to form shape with color.  I would imagine seeing myself at work would be like seeing a film on fast forward.  There is no time to linger.  There seems to be an immediate need to add the next palette of paint and then again and again.  Whew!  The horse is the obvious to view in this painting but I fell in love with the background and the feeling of movement and depth created while applying the paint with the palette knife.  It was, "A Painting Day".

"Desert Warrior" 24x24 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre

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Busy Week!!!!!

This has been a busy week.  I am sure you are saying the same thing.  How did we all get so busy?  My art for The Good Art Company  arrived and it is now up on the gallery walls.  I am excited to say the least.  The gallery owner hangs art of different artist to show how paintings will work well together.  The wild Mustang horse paintings are mine.  These and a few more of my paintings are on display.  The Fredericksburg Art Walk is tomorrow so if you are near Fredericksburg, go and  enjoy the music and good food at The Good Art Company

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New Moon

After my last post I headed back to the studio and made a grand dash to the finish for "New Moon".  Sometimes painting is not thoughtful and slow but just letting the paint and brush move across the canvas.  I decided to let go and let it be.  I am truly enjoying this new series of Moon Titled paintings.  This may sound strange but I am a great fan of austerity where my subject is painted with no distractions from backgrounds.  The "Being There as One" makes it interesting for me.  Now that you know I have a weird streak please enjoy the new "Moon" series as they come off the canvas.  Painting this little Paint filly made for, A Painting Day".

"New Moon" 30x30 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre 2011 ©

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Desert Moon

This painting is still wet and may need a little more work but I will take a look at it in the morning and make the necessary changes.  I am on a quest to gather together several "Moon" paintings.  Actually paintings titled using the word, moon.  You have seen "Moon Shadow, Moonlight on the Plains and The Honey Moon.  This will be moon painting #4 with New Moon in the wings.  I used a black and white reference photograph leaving it up to me to make my color choices.  It was a fun experiment.  Painting

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The Honey Moon

I just took a photo of this painting and realized I am not a photographer and do not have the right lens to photograph a painting this wide.  Since it is six feet wide I am somewhat hampered getting a good image until I take it to my good friend and great photographer, Jim Ginney in Placerville.  The painting might also need a tweak or two but I wanted to share my days labor with you.  I hope you have enjoyed seeing the paint go on this canvas and seeing it through what paintings do as they move through the process.  It is a wild ride but a fun one for sure.  Painting with these two wild horses has made for, "A Painting day".

"The Honey Moon" 24x72-inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre 201l ©

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Moon Shadow

This is a revisit to a photo image that I have previously painted as a full portrait.  I wanted to see this gorgeous Mustang in a more contemporary cropped pose.  This is a small study but I am considering painting it in a larger format,  Not sure quite yet?  I will  let it sit  and see what would be fun to do?  Taking on a new look for this Mustang has made for "A Painting Day".

"Moon Shadow" 6x12 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre ©

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Moonlight On The Plains

I have a project in the works and that is to paint Mustangs and tell a bit of their story for a coming book.  I will need a minimum of twenty Mustang paintings along with a few words to celebrate the life they live on the plains.  This painting, "Moonlight on the Plains" may need a day or two to dry and then I will take another look at it to see if it needs a highlight or two?  I also want to let folks know that follow me from the Daily Painter Originals group blog site that I will be leaving the group shortly.  Please bookmark my blog so I don't lose you and your support.  The Daily Painter Originals blog has a great group of artists and has been a wonderful showcase for my small works.  I feel it is time now to concentrate on my gallery and exhibit paintings and take just a bit of stress out of my painting schedule.  Painting Mustangs has made for, "A Painting Day".

"Moonlight On The Plains" 18x24-inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre

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White Cloud

The rain is still coming down here in Northern California.  The creek is way up and has been for several days.  It makes for a true adventure getting across the creek and out of the valley. I have spent these rainy days in the studio painting except to venture out to feed and bring the horses to the barn.  We all get wet and the horses are full of energy so I step quickly under the yellow slicker. The painting today is of a wild Mustang stallion.  You may remember the post showing the work in progress photo a few weeks back.  I am happy to say it is now finished and ready to enjoy and it made for "A Painting Day".

"White Cloud" 12x24 inches, oil - canvas by Ruth Andre Sold
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Wild Mustang Stallion

This has been a busy Saturday in the studio.  I took on finishing a small Roan horse portrait and finished this one of a Wild Mustang Stallion.  I am not sure what the name will be for this painting.  Names usually come to me as I paint a portrait but this one has a lot of life and wildness and it definitely needs something special.  Thinking of the Mustang and their life of freedom on the plains made for, "A Painting Day".

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Native of the Plains

As an artist one hopes to grow as you continue to paint and gain confidence to try new things.  The 'Native of the Plains' painting is one I feel as if I have taken a 'next step' with my painting and have freed my brushes to let them flow.  The image is of a wild Mustang stallion that is still able to roam freely in the open  plains.  May the wild horse be allowed to live as they have for centuries on the land where they were born. Thinking of the wild Mustangs made for, "A Painting Day".

"Native of the Plains" 6x12-inches, oil/canvas by Ruth Andre
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Work In Progress - White Cloud

This past week my painting days have been exciting moving from small 6x6 canvas's to larger works.  A few are even nearing completion.  Oh Happy Day!  Today I am posting a work in progress.  It is of a wild Mustang stallion, White Cloud.  The canvas is 12x24,  just the perfect size to have room to move the paint around.  It needs to dry for a day or two and then it will go back onto the easel for hopefully the final lay in of paint and a final post.  Wish me luck!  Painting a wild stallion made for, "A Painting Day".

Work in Progress - "White Cloud" 12x24 inches, oil/canvas by Ruth Andre
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Mustangs

This is a painting I painted awhile back and it still holds my interest due to the mix of horses and knowing they are Mustangs, horses that represent our heritage and our west.  I admire the Mustang advocates that continue to fight for the freedom of Mustangs and responsible care of culled Mustangs.  My love of the Mustang made for, "A Painting Day".

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Half Wild

There are a few paintings in the many that come off the easel that you become attached to and actually want to keep for yourself.  I try not to do this and after being an art representative in Los Angles several years ago would tell my clients not do that very thing.  Paint it, learn from it and move on to the next painting.  With that said this little filly, half Arabian and half Mustang, has a place of honor on a little easel all of her own in my kitchen.  I visit with her daily.  For some reason this little one caught my heart.  The story goes that her mother, the Mustang, jumped the fence to be with her soon to be daddy, the Arabian stallion and Half Wild is what became of the union.  I kind of like the idea that the Mustang mare still had a wild streak.  Being half wild made for, "A Painting Day".

"Half Wild", 6x6-inches, oil/canvas-Framed by Ruth Andre

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Wild Ones

The painting today is of wild Mustangs out on the open plains. I am very taken with the plight of the wild horses and hope we will always have wild horses roaming our vast plains. Seeing these two Mustangs made for, A Painting Day".

"Wild Ones", 8x10-inches, o/c by Ruth Andre

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Patriarch of the Plains

This painting is a tribute to the wild horses out on the plains. They are going through a difficult time right now. The wild herds are being rounded up and in time, I am afraid there will not be wild horses in the US, except for an occasional feral horse that has been let go or one that has escaped. Times are changing. Seeing this beautiful stallion made for, "A Painting Day".

"Patriarch of the Plains", 16x12-inches, o/c by Ruth Andre

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"Las Hermanas" #1, #2 & #3

Here is the completed triptych, "Las Hermanas". Each panel is 9x9-inches. I decided to frame each painting with a thin burnished silver frame, so they can be hung side by side or vertically. The horses are looking out as if each has spotted something coming their way, on the horizon. Seeing the three mares, made for, "A Painting Day".

"Las Hermanas", 9x27-inches, o/c by Ruth Andre

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