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Beautiful cacti found in the malpais, lava beds, in New Mexico. Pastel on Kitty Wallace paper. 9 x 12 inches. In private collection near Datil, New Mexico. |
A gift for Mary that delivers our mail. She is so special. Pastel, triptych, each painting is 5 x 7 inches, soft pastel on Colourfix sanded paper. |
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A gift for a friend in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Pastel diptych, each painting is 5 x 7 inches, soft pastel on Colourfix sanded paper. |
This is a view of Magdalena Mountain from south Kelly Road by Magdalena, New Mexico.The painting is in a private collection in California. 8 x 10 inches, Acrylic on board |
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The old adobe houses in New Mexico are so fascinating. New Mexico was so green this past summer. It showed all over the state, new growth and green everywhere. This close-up shows some of the texture and detail created with a palette knife. Acrylic on canvas fixed on panel. 11 x 14 inches. Framed in a brushed blue wooden frame. In private collection in Albuquerque. |
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This is the window at Peppers Art Gallery in Magdalena, New Mexico. It is much like any window in the old adobe houses in the area. The walls are very thick, sometimes 18 inches or more. This creates such good insulation that the houses are cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Painted during a show at the gallery while Jo visited with customers and other artists. Another favorite of the artist. Read more about it here on the blog. It was also the featured painting on ArtBlogs4U the first week in January, 2007. Pastel, 8 x 10 inches on Art Spectrum Pastel card. In Peppers Gallery in Magdalena, New Mexico. In private collection in Magdalena, New Mexico. |
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Plein air of the corner of the Nova Scotia farmhouse. Acrylic, 9 x 12 inches. In a private collection in the Bastrop, Texas, area. A prize in a raffle at Daddy's Grille. |
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This little 4 x 6 painting was painted with a small set of pastels given me by Jennie. You can read about it on Jo's blog. The painting was put in this photo box that can hold 96 photos and donated to the Children's Advocacy Center for their "Cowboys and Caviar" fundraiser. It will be in a private collection in the Bastrop area. |
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These two mini paintings were created for the Festival of Trees, the fundraiser for the Family Crisis Center in Bastrop, Texas. The Festival is on Saturday, November 18, 2006, at the Lost Pines Hyatt Spa and Resort. All auction and sale items money goes to the Crisis Center to prevent violence and abuse. Call the Crisis Center for information about their programs and to purchase tickets. 512 321-7760 The paintings are about 2 x 3 inches. Watercolor. Jo chose to paint the bluebonnets in the pines as most paint them in the oak trees. There are lots of bluebonnets in the piney woods. They are the State Flower of Texas. They will be ornaments on the tree donated by the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild. Artists painted the small bluebonnet paintings for the 7 foot white tree. It will be decorated in blue and silver. The tree should be a hit and hopefully make some money for the Crisis Center. Photos later in my blog. |
Jennie loves the Powwow in Austin and we go every year in October. These are dancing feet from the Powwow. Pastel on Art Spectrum paper, matted white with black trim in a black, museum style frame. 8 x 10 inches. In a private collection in New Mexico. |
This painting is of Jo's son, Larry. He says he may never golf at Sawgrass, so she put him there at number 17. Oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches. |
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Still life painted from real objects, created especially for the show at the First State Bank in April and May 2004. All pastels on sanded paper, 5 x 7 inches. |
Spring in central Texas is so beautiful. These two scenes are from the Highway between Bastrop and Bryan/College Station. Flowers are just beginning to pop out, warm clear skies. Great. Pastel on sanded Art Spectrum paper, Spring is on dark green paper and Hay Bales is on dark rust paper. They are 5 x 7 inches, framed. |
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Awarded as a prize, May 6, 2005, at a Raffle for the Relay for Life Cancer, project. Raffled at the First State Bank, Meet the Artist. This painting was selected from several by the winner, Mike Henderson. |
This painting is in a private collection in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
Old Red, Too. A barn north of Dallas. Reminds me of a covered bridge. So fun! Pastel on black paper, 5 x 7 inches. Framed to sit on a table, black, burnished silver and glass. Donated to the Children's Advocacy Center for a fund raiser. |
This scene was sketched on the road in the Llano Estacado of West Texas. The dark sky was after the storm had passed, east of the highway with the sun hitting on the farms as we drove home. The painting is in a private collection in Bastrop, Texas. Acrylic on board. 13 x 19 inches. |
This scene was painted in front of the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild Gallery on the day of the Fourth of July Celebration in Bastrop. We invited artists to come and paint on the street. Jo painted this in the Bob Ross/Bill Alexander method with big brushes in 45 minutes or so. The painting is in Jo's home in Bastrop. Oil on canvas.16 x 20 inches. |
This was created for an anniversary gift. At home with family in Magdalena, New Mexico. Painted from a photo and memories of Canada, near Nelson, B.C. Acrylic on Pastelbord, 11 x 14 inches, framed in gold leaf frame. |
A commission created from a few snapshots and a sister's memories of playing jacks on the porch. Private collection in Texas. Pastel on Pastelbord framed in gold leaf frame, no mat. 8 x 10 inches |
Painted from snapshots from the 80's taken by Jo's Mom and memories of Orphan and Cough Drop. Orphan was raised on a bottle and was the "Prince of the Range". Loved being at the ranch and detested the city, he was a true country bumpkin. Cough Drop was a companion by default, belonged to the owners of the ranch. In a private collection in Florida. Pastel on sanded paper, 11 x 14 inches |
Done as a commission for a friend, Jo's favorite of the Kelly Church. Done on a canvas prepared by artist friend Rebecca Neef. At home in New Mexico. Oil, 8 x 10 inches. |
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Pastel 11 x 14 inches |
Iglesia de San Juan, Catholic Church, in Kelly, New Mexico. Kelly is a mining ghost town but the church is still used on the saint's day of St. John the Baptist every year. It is the only building standing. Sold from Peppers Gallery in Magdalena, New Mexico. Acrylic on board, 5 x 7 inches. |
Two 3.5 x 3.5 watercolors (Framed size about 9 inch square) created from the fruit in the yard of our B&B, Nature's Doorstep, in Westbank, BC, and given as a gift to Cecile, owner. Beautiful place, roomy and great home away from home. |
The Catholic church in Kelly, New Mexico, south of Magdalena. Kelly is a ghost town, but the church still stands and mass is said their once a year on the saint's day for St. John the Baptist in June. The painting is in a private collection in Magdalena. Oil on board, 5 x 7 inches. |
Cactus pears are great fun to paint. There is another down the page. This one found a home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Oil on board, 5 x 7 inches. |
Out on the road with Sue, both artists took pictures and both painted this church in New Mexico. In a private collection in Bastrop, Texas. Pastel on sanded paper. 8 x 10 inches. |
We came through Encino on our way from New Mexico home to Texas and the clouds were so dark and beautiful and the adobe church against that dark and the shadows from across the street just were beautiful. The painting is in a private collection in Austin, Texas. Pastel on sanded paper, 11 x 14 inches. |
Started as a demo for doing an under painting for Regina, ended up as a painting. Entered in Austin Pastel Society juried show for the Corridor of Art in March/April. After that it has a home in a private collection in Bastrop, Texas. Pastel on sanded paper, 5 x 7 inches, gold frame. |
A donation painted especially for the Woodside Trails fundraiser in Smithville, February, 2004. Pastel on bright orange Canson paper, 8 x 10 inches. |
Based on the sailboats and lighthouse near Badeck, Nova Scotia. Painted especially for the "Adventures on the High Seas" fundraiser silent auction for the Family Crisis Center, January 24, 2004 in La Grange, Texas. Pastel on sanded paper, 8 x 10 inches. |
An old barn and truck spotted somewhere in north Texas. Barns have been a fascination for years and many more will follow. Oil on board, 11 x 14 inches Donated to the Fireman's Charity Auction, sold, and has a home in the Bastrop area. :) |
Painted as a remembrance of a typical house in the small towns in New Mexico. Love the yellow - purple complimentary excitement.. Pastel on sanded paper, 11 x 14 inches At home in Rosanky, Texas |
Idea came from doing a November harvest painting and father, Dutch, having his first paying job as a cook on a cattle drive when he was 18 years old. The placement of the cooking items around the fire was taken from a picture of him. Acrylic on board, 11 x 14 At home in Portales, New Mexico |
Donation painted especially for the Family Crisis Center Safari Dance January, 2003, in La Grange, Texas. Watercolor 8 x 10 inches |
Off to live with Kathy, Joanna's friend in Austin.
Pastel on sanded paper |
Private collection, Buda, Texas Pastel on sanded paper |
Found a good home in Cedar Creek, Texas, private collection. Pastel on paper 16" x 20 " |
Working cowboy framed in old lumber with cactus. Private collection in Texas. Oil on Canvas 16" x 20" |
Donated to Family Crisis Center Auction, Pastel on paper 5"x 7" |
On the Navajo reservation near the Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona. Private collection in Missouri. Oil on canvas 16"x 20" |
This is a recollection of Taos pueblo. Jo loves pottery, so
it is only natural...... |
Windmill in the Black Mesa area of New Mexico. The painting is in a private collection in Los Lunas, New Mexico. Oil on canvas 16" x 20" |
Acrylic 6 x 8 inches, framed in weathered wooden frame. Finished April 1999. In a private collection in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico |
I've been there! Pastel on pastel board, 11 x 14 inches. Framed in heavy oak frame (4 inches wide) no mat. In private collection in Boerne, Texas. |
Framed in red, this painting is in the private collection of Jo's granddaughter in Kentucky. Acrylic on glass 11" x 14" Acrylic on glass 11" x 14" |
An old painting, but a favorite place. Peaceful and beautiful. Private collection in Bolivia. Oil on canvas 16" x 20" |
Finished in October 1999. Framed in brown wooden frame, under non-glare glass with no mat. Created for the Pearls Before Swine Art Show at the Hogeye Festival in Elgin, Texas. Pastel on pastel board. 11" x 14" |
A memory of the boys at Jo's parents, probably at the Pie Place. In a private collection in Pennsylvania. Pastel on Paper 14 x 18 inches |
Portrait commission, private collection, Elgin, Texas. Oil 16 x 20 inches |
Pot of geraniums started as a demo at the Mina PTA Art Walk. Finished and donated to the Lions Club auction. Pastel on paper, 8 x 10 inches. |
Hibiscus, pastel on paper, 11 x 14, framed and donated to the Family Crisis Center for their annual dance and auction in February, 2001. |
Oil, 18 x 24 inches, on board. Framed in 3 inch oak frame. Private collection, Bastrop, Texas, area. |
Oil, 16 x 20 inches. Framed in old, dark wooden frame. Private collection, Bastrop, Texas, area. |
Pastels on sanded paper, 8 x 10 inches, matted and framed. Bastrop area, private collection. Donated to the Family Crisis Center. |