New Orleans Arts Market

I'm headed to the New Orleans Arts Market this weekend! Look for booth #107 For the Love of Horses & All Creatures. Hope to see you there!

Wildfire

SOLD! (October, 2011)
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night

Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down its stall
In a blizzard he was lost

Wildfire. This little painting, 4" x 4", completed on a gallery-wrapped canvas, was done for Daily Paint Works' challenge, painting to a song. The model for this painting is Comet, my new Tennessee Walking Horse. I'm changing his name--love that song!   Wildfire can be purchased for $45.

Life's Reflections

This is a very small oil painting, 4" x 4", on gallery-wrapped canvas completed for Daily Paint Works' "Reflections" competition. I had to work to get Max, our St. Bernard/Collie mix puppy to pose for me, but he finally settled down long enough to get his reflection in the mirror.

Toodles

Toodles is a small oil painting, 8" x 8", on gallery-wrapped canvas. The model for Toodles was a beautiful long-haired, sassy cat, seen in Texas.

New Orleans Arts Market

I just returned from the New Orleans Arts Market, sponsored by the Arts Council of New Orleans. The Arts Market is presented every last Saturday of the month in Palmer Park, very picturesque, and this is my first experience. It must have been 110 in the shade! But, I enjoyed it, made a few sales, met some other artists, and made some contacts. Overall, it was a good experience. I'll be there again in July and August and hopefully throughout the rest of the year. If you're in New Orleans, come visit my booth For the Love of Horses...and all creatures. Hope to see you there!

Blue-Eyed Piebald by Linda Snider Ward

This small painting, 8" x 8", is part of a series of oil paintings that I'm getting ready to display at the New Orleans Arts Market June 25.
Blue-Eyed Pie Bald, an 8" x 8" original oil on gallery-wrapped canvas. $85.00

Max in a Bag

This was done very quickly & in response to a challenge on Daily Paint Works . This is Max, our newest member of the family, one half St. Bernard & one half ? I actually put him in a party bag & he didn't seem to mind at all, but he wanted to chew it up afterwards. oil on gallery-wrapped canvas, 8" x 8"

Pumpkin Basking

My sister's cat, Pumpkin, basking in the sunlight. This image shot blue with my digital camera, but the light on the left is actually warm white-yellows. oil painting on studio-wrapped canvas, 8" x 10"). Toodles can be purchased for $85.

Pearl

SOLD! (9/03/2011) Pearl was purchased by someone who said that they really didn't care for cats but liked the painting so much!

Almost Saintly

The very beginnings of the drawing, touching here and there with the Prismacolor. I tend to be very impatient and work all over the drawing, back and forth, here and there. Many colored pencil artists work one area completely before moving on. It's whatever is most comfortable for you.