Roam

Roam

18" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Oil Painting

Contact Kay for purchasing information.

Thanks, Kay

Roam by Kay Wyne

Roam

18" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Buffalo Painting

This painting was completed yesterday, and is drying at the studio.  I had painted one buffalo several years ago, and really enjoyed it, even though it was just a head shot.  I photographed my progress as I painted...so below you can see my work.  Contact Kay for purchasing information.  It is ready to hang once it dries....frame is optional since it is on a gallery wrap canvas.  

Sketching the buffalo out on the canvas.  I prefer to use a filbert brush and paint for drawing...not alot of detail, just basic shapes and darks and lights.  My reference photo was from a Wyoming trip.  This buffalo has a great stance and I want her to fill up the canvas.

 Covering the canvas with paint.  This part is lots of fun, using a wide brush I block in colors.  Working fast, I love slapping the paint on.  This part is so easy and fun.

More color, trying to figure out the background and getting my darks in on the buffalo.  I am changing the background up, wanting it to fade away when you look at it.

Using a smaller brush, pushing the background back...greying up the clouds and the landscape.  Sometimes I use too much color, so to make the buffalo have a presence on the canvas, I am making hills and landscape more abstract and fuzzy.  More details on the horns, snout and coat.

I was waiting to put in the tall grass.  I had to make sure that I was almost finished with her coat before I could put the foreground in.  I reshaped her nostrils and worked on the eyes.  I got a new brush as a gift today from fellow artist Pete Quaid, and I was loving it!  More work on the coat, letting the paint fly, with loose strokes.  The grass has lots of blues, purples and red in it....not just ochre and greens.  So that is the different stages that this painting went through.  Thanks for looking.....Kay

Buffalo by Kay Wyne

Contemporary Buffalo

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This painting is hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.

Contact Pam Massar for more information on this painting.

Thanks....Kay at kay@kwyne.com

Buffalo

Buffalo

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This creature is hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas.

He is colorful and bold...looking at you from behind a fence.

Thanks for looking, Kay at 214-532-0325 or kay@kwyne.com

Fenced In

Fenced In

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This buffalo is very colorful. He is looking at you behind a fence. He is hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas. Please contact me if you are interested in this painting. Thanks for viewing! Kay (214-532-0325)

Fenced In

Fenced In

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

I must admit that I don't see too many of buffalo in Dallas. My inspiration for this painting was a photograph taken by studio painting partner Mark Malone. Last summer Mark and John Martin were driving near Cimarron, north of Angel Fire, New Mexico. Mark said that there were three buffalo close to the fence----I liked this fellow who was standing behind the fence. Mark had painted this buffalo, grazing in the field, and graciously gave me the opportunity to paint this creature. My first day of painting was fun...I splashed on some color, positioned the head off-center on the canvas. Day two was even more fun because I really got the color going. But by day three and four, I was struggling with the snout on this guy. I guess I have painted too many cows, and he looked more like a cow than a buffalo. After a critique by Karen, Suzy and Carol at the studio, I believe that I have captured the features on his head. This contemporary painting is full of color, wide brush strokes. Fenced In is for sale. Please contact me if you are interested in this painting, and thanks for visiting this blog.