Hen Session

Hen Session

16" x 20" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Roosters and Chickens

Today is our last day for posting on Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.
I was not able to finish some dragonfly paintings over the weekend, so I am posting
this painting....it is in the studio, and these chicks are looking for a new home.  Contact Kay for more information on this painting or any of my art.  Thanks, Kay

Friendly In Fredericksburg

Friendly In Fredericksburg

18" x 24" Oil on Canvas

This city rooster was waking me up every morning during a visit to Fredericksburg.  He lives in the city limits, and was scampering all over the yard with some other feathered friends.  This painting needs a frame, and a new home!  Contact Kay for purchasing information.  This is Day #29 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge...I was not able to get to the studio yesterday to paint, so I am posting a painting that I did several months ago.  Thanks for viewing....KMW

Calf In Plein Air

Calf In Plein Air

This 8" x 10" Panel is framed up ready for a new home.

This calf was nestled under a tree down in the hill country.

I started a new painting yesterday at the studio, but did not photograph.

With four shows coming up this fall, I have boxes and paintings stacked everywhere and limited time to paint.  This is Day #28 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  Contact ME for purchasing information.  Thanks, Kay

Change

Change

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Dragonfly Painting

This is September 27, and Day #27 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.

I got de-railed at the studio yesterday, and did not get to paint...so today's post is an abstract that is hanging on the wall at the studio.  Contact Kay for more info on my art!  Thanks for viewing....KMW

Contemporary Equine Painting

Contemporary Equine Painting

48" x 48" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

I have been working on this painting for months.  I worked on it all day yesterday in the studio, and now I am not sure if I am finished or not.  I need to put a title on it and a few more highlights, and then it will be finished.  Thanks for looking at my art...this is Day 26 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  Contact Kay Wyne for purchasing information.  Thanks, KMW

Lazy Afternoon

Lazy Afternoon

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

18" x 18" Oil on Canvas

I got my palette knives out yesterday and worked on the landscape with the two cattle.  I would of put some tall grass in the foreground, but the canvas is way too wet with thick paint.  I had to use a very small knife for the the cows to get the small shapes in.  Thanks for looking at my art....email me if you are interested in purchasing.  This is Day 24 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days.  Thanks....KMW

On my easel...

On my easel...

Illinois Pastoral Scene 

this was a quick under-painting on a 18" x18" canvas.  For some reason I had a hard time painting yesterday...I want to start with the palette knife today and get some thick layers of paint on.  My reference photo that I was using was from a trip to Illinois last November.  A drive through the countryside landed us on an Amish farm.  I thought these herefords were interesting, because of the markings and usually you don't see cattle lying in the pasture.  Here is my photo:

Thanks for viewing...more to come tomorrow.
Today's post is Painting #24 for the 30 Paintings/30 Days Challenge.

Contact me if you have any questions about my art.

KMW

Focused

Focused

8" x 8" Oil on Canvas Panel

Contemporary Rooster Painting

Today is Day #23 of the 30 Paintings/30 Days Challenge.

Contact Kay for more information on the art posted here.

Thanks, KMW

The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors

Contemporary Oil Painting

NFS

This was a fun piece to work on...It was submitted to The Catholic Foundational Plaza Art Competition in Dallas.  Every year a piece of work is chosen for public art, and is blown up and installed on the side of a building.  This piece received an Honorable Mention from the judging panel.  Congrats to the winner, Jim Keyes.  This is day 22 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Day Painting Challenge.  Thanks for looking at my blog...yesterday was a milestone on my blog because I hit 100,000 visitor views!  Kay

Zest

Zest

16" x 16" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract Painting

I got to the studio yesterday and felt that I

needed to punch-up the color on this

painting.  It needed zest.  So I mixed some reds

and pinks, trying to get the right coral color.

I added some carribean blue, diox purple,

and pulled out a white oil bar.  Done!

This is day 21 for the 30/30 Paint Challenge with Leslie Saeta.

I got on a major cleaning, framing, thowing-out junk kick yesterday,

with a busy October coming up, I need to be organized.

I found about a dozen half-finished (or half-started)

paintings.  Maybe tomorrow's post will be 

one of those that I found.  Thanks for looking

at my art....Kay

Abstract on my easel...

Abstract on my easel.

16" x 16" Oil paints and Oil Bars on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

This painting could be finshed, but probably not.

I have so much paint on it that it needs to dry some before 

I go in and do anything else, or I will have mud.

Today is day 20 of the 

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge with Leslie Saeta

Contact me for more information on

this painting or any of my art.

Thanks, Kay

Inviting

Inviting
24" x 36" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Thick layers of paint cover the canvas, giving it color and texture.  My inspiration for this painting was a field of aspens in Evergreen, Colorado.  Sharon and I stayed on a working ranch, and had plenty of wildlife and beautiful landscape to paint.  Here is a pic of the painting in progress:

I painted the sky, foreground and trees with a large brush, then went into the painting with the palette knife and lots of paint.  In the end I punched it up with more color.  This is day 19 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge with Leslie Saeta.   Thanks for looking....contact Kay for more info on this painting.  I hope to be back in the studio....I have an abstract that I am working on for tomorrow's post. KMW

The Look

The Look

SOLD

18" x 18" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This painting just sold last week in Santa Fe.  Since I worked on a very large painting in the studio yesterday, I am posting this painting for the 30 Painting in 30 Days Challenge.  Contact me for more information on my art.  Thanks for looking....Kay

Deliberate Distraction

Deliberate Distraction

18" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Abstract Painting

Day #17 with the 30 Paintings in 30 Day Paint Challenge

There are many directions this painting could of taken,

but yesterday's final session with it took on more color,

more organic shapes.  When I began this painting months

ago, I was painting a herd of horses, which you can see.  

I got into some nuetrals and earth tones, then in the last 

few days put some loopy colorful lines overlapping and

pulling the piece together.  I thought that the color 

punched it up.  The last two days I have been

pulled away from my easel, therefore the title, Deliberate

Distraction.  Thanks for looking at this blog and

the art posted here.  You can email me for more

information on this painting.  Thanks, Kay

Over The Hill in Cransfill Gap

Over The Hill In Cransfill Gap

12" x 12" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Oil Painting

This painting might not be completed....it is drying

at the studio right now.  I may put a fence in, 

but I need to think about it for a few days.

Mike and Missy Rogers took a fabulous photo

last year of this Lutheran church, and there was

an old country fence....so that might go in

after it dries.  This is day 16 of the 

30 Paintings in 30 Days Leslie Saeta Paint Challenge.

Thanks for looking at my blog.  Contact me for more

information on my art.  Kay

Next Door Neighbor

Next Door Neighbor

8" x 8" Oil on RayMar Panel

Contemporary Rooster Painting

I think he is a Rhode Island Red, but not sure.

This is one of my neighbors...inside the city limits of Dallas!

Chicken coops are all over our neighborhood.

This painting is #15 in 30 Paintings in 30 Days!

So we are half way finished with the challenge....time goes

by fast when you are having fun and painting everyday.

Thanks for looking at this blog and the art posted here.

Contact Kay Wyne for purchasing info.

Have a good day....KMW

p.s.  I will re-take this photo...too much glare on the painting.

Sunflower

Sunflower

12" x 12" Oil on Canvas

Today is Sept. 14th....and day 14 of the 30 Day Painting Challenge with Leslie Saeta.  My inspiration for this little painting was a photograph that was sent to my by my sister.  She has beautiful sunflowers in her backyard in Illinois.  It was a good exercise, and I would like to paint a large painting with a grouping of sunflowers in the future.

Here is one of the pics sent to me...I will be in the studio today working on painting #15 and some pieces for upcoming shows.  It seems like October is packed with art shows, receptions, studio tours, etc.  You can email me here if you have any questions about this painting.  Thanks for looking at my blog....Kay

Abstract Landscape

Abstract Landscape

12" x 24" Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

Painting #13 for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge.

Contact Kay for purchasing information.

Thanks for viewing!

KMW

Landscape

Landscape

12" x 16" Oil on Linen

I got thrown off schedule for painting due to repair 

men coming to the house, not showing up and blowing

my studio time.  So today's post is going to be #12

on the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Paint Challenge.

Contact Kay for more information on this painting.

Thanks for looking....KMW

Whimsy Chicks

Whimpsy Chicks

12" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Yesterday in the studio I was painting, and in 

the mood for something fun, colorful and whimsical.

So, I painted these chicks in oil.  

The paint is wet, and I have Diox Purple all over

me, my easel and camera.  I think I am

finished with this...I will let it set up for a few days.

Today is day 11 of the

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge with Leslie Saeta.

Contact ME to purchase this painting.

I have three paintings going right now....

I hope that I can complete one before tomorrow.

Thanks for viewing...KMW

Layers of Color

Layers of Color

20" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

This is Day 10 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.

Yesterday I got my palette knife out and a larger canvas...

which works for me so much better than a small one.

I did start this painting with a brush, but decided

that the knife would give it some interesting

texture.  Contact Kay for more information

on this painting.  Thanks for viewing...

I will be in the studio working on 

painting #11 today!  KMW

New Mexico Landscape

New Mexico Landscape

12" x 12" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract Landscape

Today is September 9th---and this is 

my post for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.

Thanks for viewing my blog...

You can email me if you are 

interested in this painting.

Thanks, KMW

Rio Grande Colors

Rio Grande Colors

12" x 16" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Abstract Landscape

This is day 8 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.

I used a #12 Filbert on this canvas, so there are wide brushstrokes,

and very little detail.  I see geometric shapes and color when I look

at the New Mexico landscape.  Thanks for looking at the paintings I post....

you can email me if you have any comments or questions.

Have an artful day.....Kay

Colors of the Landscape

Colors of the Landscape

16" x 20" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Landscape

This is painting #7 of the 

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge with Leslie Saeta

After spending this week in Santa Fe, I had to paint

the colorful landscape.  We flew back to the Texas

heat and humidity last night, so I got up this morning

and went to the studio to paint.  Had to paint that 

beautiful landscape of New Mexico.

This painting is loaded with color and texture,

and I am covered in paint as I blog!

Thanks for looking at my art...you can

email me for more information.

Coming Home

Coming Home

8" x 16" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

This contemporary landscape painting was inspired

 by a photograph I took years ago in Illinois on

my Uncle Scott's farm.

The cattle are walking up through the pasture

to the barn, thus the title, Coming Home.

Today is day #6 of the 

Leslie Saeta 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.

You can email me if you are interested in

purchasing this painting.

Thanks for viewing, Kay

Fair Park

Fair Park

10" x 12" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Plein Air Painting 

Location was the Automobile Building,

Fair Park in Dallas, Texas

Today's painting for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days.

Here is my set-up at the park.  I wanted the statue to

be the focal point of the painting.  I usually put more

paint on the canvas, but I was trying to lay out the

building and get the the architecture somewhat

correct.  It was a beautiful clear day....and I amped 

up the color of the sky a little bit.  Anyone who knows

me knows that BLUE is my favorite color.

Thanks for looking at the art posted here...

Contact Kay for purchasing information.

KMW

Docked at White Rock

Docked at White Rock

16" x 20" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Oil Painting

This is my post for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Paint Challenge 

for  Day #4.  I am tackling landscapes, and White Rock Lake 

is close to our home and the studio.  There is so much to paint

in Dallas.  Thanks for looking at this blog and the art posted here.

Contact me for more information on this painting...it is drying

in the studio.  KMW

City Chicken Coop

City Chicken Coop

10" x 12" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Plein Air Painting on location at Heritage Village

in Dallas, Texas.  I was with a group of fellow

artists painting in Heritage Village (or Old City

Park if you have lived in Dallas a while).

The chickens were very lively and did not

stand still for me.  I was perched up on a balcony

of a building next to the coop when painting.

 I took a short break and took a pic of the progress.

We were painting early in the morning because

the heat and humidity was high.  

Contact Kay for more information on this painting.

This is day #3 for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge.

Be sure to check out all of the art posted on Leslie 

Saeta's blog.  Thanks for viewing....KMW

LJB Ranch

LBJ Ranch

8" x 16" Oil on Panel

This small painting was inspired by a Hill Country trip

last spring.  On a driving tour of the LBJ Ranch I 

took some great pictures of the cattle.  

I wanted to get the colors right on this painting,

and not get fussy on the details. 

The Texas landscape is beautiful on the ranch

and the cattle are amazing. 

This is painting #2 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge!

Thanks for looking at this blog....

Have a good and safe holiday.

Kay

White Rock Lake Boats

White Rock Lake Boats

16" x 20" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

This painting is the first in a series of landscapes.  I am starting the Leslie Saeta 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge and it begins on September 1st!  I decided to paint landscapes so that I would have a theme and I have some wonderful places to go and paint in Dallas.  I used lots of juicy oils in this painting, and wanted it to be loose and colorful.  More tomorrow....join me and about 300 other artists painting for Leslie's challenge...it is fun and helps you paint everyday.  Thanks for viewing....KMW