Big Commission for beautiful home in Smith Valley

 Thirty one horsse in all.The feature horses are staring to come alive with color little bit by little bit.

 Setting down the sky line. Bridgeport one end and Smith Valley on the other. The two converge on the middle panel.

 Thirty one ghosty horses waiting for their colors. Canvas's are 48' x 36" each. It's a big and high wall.

 The main horse on the right is Bud. Pete's horse, and his pasture mate and sort of look alike on the left is Cody.

The Bridgeport horses. Note the Crags in the background.

So this is what I am doing in isolation. It's a very nice commission for Pete and Nancy Raisbeck of Smith Valley. I've spent several hours sitting at their table milling over photos and hearing a collection of both funny moving stories about each and every one of the horses they want me to depict, as best I can, in my wild, quirky and colorful style. 
This will be a compilation of treasured memories of all the horse that have come into their family circle over a lifetime.Three of Pete's childhood horses are among them. I keep thinking what a fabulous thing to do and I really hope I can do it justice. They know I'm not a realist so are happy to have me conjure likenesses and personalities through gesture and actions. They told me I have until Christmas to finish it but I KNOW they want it as soon as possible.They are excited about it. I do work fast but had no idea how long it would take me. I told them errr about maybe 20 or so hours. I'm up to 30 already! I am hopeless with numbers. Stay tune for updates. R
PS. It goes without saying that my show at Artsy Fartsy is on hold. AF is closed until April 17th. We'll look at how things in the world of Viruses is going then and reschedule appropriately! 

More Artsy Fartsy Artwork

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These were really fun to do! The top one is a gelatin block ink print worked into with liquid inks, acrylics and glaze. The other two are inks and acrylics and lots of glaze on really top quality 300lb Arches watercolor paper. Thank you to my good friend and fellow artist Donna for buying it for me. What an Angel!
Yee hah!

Continued from last two posts

A thank you to my framer Theresa at Custom Framing and Design in Gardnerville for framing my work for this and other shows. She does a fabulous job and is very reasonable!!!She's a big part of my arty community!

I've three paintings on the easels and this one has just been finished. It's actually a redo. Sometimes I put a piece back on the easel for a face lift. For this one I added extra goofy bees and fluffed up the background colors. I really like it now and it makes me chuckle!Apparently it is simple ettiquette to let the bees know of any major events in your life like births, deaths, marriages etc. Personally I don't think they give a hoot but then again maybe they do! Oh, and especially when you die you are suppose to let them know you have gone!

Definitely lots of things that whizz and Buzz!

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 The Eye! (aka Stink Eye)
I've been working on this one for a while and now and it's finally done. Lots of layers and depth.Inks and acrylics and a load  of glaze. My young Arabian gelding 'Tush' has one eye that shows a lot of white. It makes him look pretty wild which he is not. Well about 99% of the time anyway. That 1% is a doozy though!

 And one happy little Sunday Afternoon painting.....Ya Don't Say!Click on images to enlarge.

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Continued from the previous blog.Three more for the show in April.. I've added grey borders as the others have white borders that, of course, don't show up. Click to on images to enlarge them.
Ronnie

2020 Sees me back at this blog!

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Geez, long time since I've blogged here but here we go.( Helping Kip with his blog hogs a lost of my computer time) It's 12th March 2020 and I have a busy year artwise ahead. So much for trying to retire aye! I'm preparing for two shows one of which is at the prestigous Artsy Fartsy Gallery in Carson City on April 16th at 4 pm. Here are seven new paintings of the 15  I will need to have done framed and ready to hang by then. I haven't decided on a title for this show yet.Maybe... Whizz, Buzz, Dive and Gallop! LOL
   The other is a group show with our famous Smith Valley Art Group. It will be at the The Seirra View Library from June 1st to July 31st and will be titled Women's Stories. 
Check in from time to time to time as I plan on being more attentive to this site. Ronnie

Studio at the Dome up date 11/28/2018

 Untitled Abstracts. Not new but have been hidden away for a while.Still untitled.Click on images to enlarge.

 A Diptych really. 12 x 10 ish inches on canvas.

 New 11x14 mixed media on canvas. Hey You!

 Works in progress about 15 x12 MM on paper. Worked into  mono prints.
The Monkeys Know Nothing.

To be embellished future with the familar sound of hooves beats.

These are works I start with a mono printing process done on a gelatin pad using acrylic and inks. The paper is returned to the plate and rolled several times before I tape it to the easel and ask it where it would like to go next. I work into areas with more (fluid ink in this case) media then add images as they come to me. I may add more demension (or more aptly dementia) using media with more body or even collage.Not sure where the little quirky figures came from. Maybe relatives or escapees from Heironymos Bosch's Garden of Earthly delights.
I'm wanting to work more on my 3D pieces and clay but alas I have injured my thumb. Dang

Art up date for May 2018

 Our SV Art Group has a show at the Lyon County Musuem until July 10 th. 5 artists (Stepheanie Doane, photography, Victoria Cushman, fibre, Carol McLeod, mixed media, Doana Nelson, mixed media and yours truly, mixed media) and a BIG variety of work. Great museum too! Tons to see!What a Gem in the main street of the tiny little town of Yerington, NV. I still have work at East Fork In Gardnerville, Artsy Fartsy in Carson, YTA in Yerington and Art-o-mat all over the country. Still I call myself retire. Go figure!

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 Now, finally I'm back to ceramics! See above greenware ready to fire. I have a kiln and my own 'kiln technician.' Mernie of course and he does a great job.

 Hanging horse tile approx. 12 x 10".

 Joy Boys. LOL

 Doana is going to embellish them with her magic touch. Stay tuned.

 Giant button experiment.

All my bowls are a little crazy. I call them 'Odd Bowls'!
Doana Nelson and I are going on a road trip to NM next week. We are meeting our friend Michael and will be taking Taos by storm!Hopefully we will have lots of wonderfully arty photos to show in my next post.