Saw Blade Paintings Linda Rupard

Sharing some saw Blade Paintings I did.    I am giving a demo for BSAA tomorrow night.

Red, Red Poppy Linda Rupard

This is an acrylic on gallery wrap canvas I did today .       A demo for WTAG.   Fun painting in acrylic.

Strips Linda Rupard

This is an acrylic from a photo of my valentine flowers from my Sweetie.   Liked the cat in front & stripes in painting behind the setup.

  

Blue Vase Linda Rupard

More work done on this painting like better now.

Blue Vase Linda Rupard

Acrylic on canvas

Lost Cabin Linda Rupard

This is a 6 X 6 acrylic on galle y wrap canvas

Daddy's Tractor Linda Rupard

This is an acrylic on gallery wrap canvas 11 X 14   Sides painted to match.

Stripes. Linda Rupard

This is an acrylic on gallery rap canvas 18/24

Country Pride. Linda Rupard

This is an acrylic on board with sides painted to match front.

Picture Perfect. Linda Rupard

This is acrylic on gallery wrap canvas 5 x 5.   

Hill-Country. Linda Rupard

This is an acrylic on gallery wrap canvas.   8 X 10

Step Up @ In The Barn Linda Rupard

On The Wild Side Linda Rupard

Zebras on gallery wrapped canvas.  20 X 30 Matching painted sides ready to hang.

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On The Dark Side Linda Rupaed

This is an acrylic painting on a 16 X 16 Gallery Wrapped canvas.  Almost black Hollyhocks  running along the walk somewhere.   So silky & dark,  a beautiful flower.

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TX Horny Toad Linda Rupard

The TX Horned lizard or (horny toad)  is a flat bodied & scary-looking lizard.  The head has numerous horns, with 2 central head spines being much longer then the others.   Horned toads are brownish with fringed scales running along each side of the body.   They can be found in some of the semiarid parts of south-central US to Northern MX.
The TX horned  toad is currently listed as a threatened species in TX.  It is illegal to have one.   I remember when I was growing up we lived in the country & we saw many of these sweet lizards, but it  has been a very long time since I have even seen one.  For a while back in the 50's & 60's tourist wanted them for pets and taking them out of their natural habitats they would die.  Horned toads will puff up & become very fat when threatened causing its scales to protrude.  They can squirt an aimed  stream of blood  from corners of  eyes & sometimes  the mouth.  Confuses predators and mixed with a chemical it is foul tasting to canines.
As 70% of horned toads diet is harvester ants, supplemented  with termites,  beetles & grasshoppers, part of their  decline is blamed on overuse of pesticides & red imported fire ants, both destroy harvester ant colonies,  the main source of food for horned toads.

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Celebrating Flowers Linda Rupard

This is a large painting I have been working on  for quite some time.   My inspiration for this painting was  the paintings of   Guiseppe Arcimboldo who  was a 16th century artist who painted portrait heads made from such objects as flowers, fruit, fish, vegetables, pans and other items that related to  each subjects work.    This is an acrylic painting on cradleboard canvas.   30 X 30  ready to hang with sides matching the paintings.

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Mask Parade Linda Rupard

I have reworked the Mask parade painting  The second photo is some of the wonderful postcards I received in ihanna's post card exchange.   Hope to get the other 4 together soon & will post them.  I thank all the ladies who sent me these great post cards.

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Wild Thing Linda Rupard

Wild Thing is the way  I feel when I do this type of abstract art so may have to do a series of wild things.  Mixed media post card size.  Used a cut up watercolor for the background.

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Moonlight Sailing Linda Rupard

This is another acrylic painting on gallery wrap canvas.   The small one is the abstract  skin I had made before interesting process.  The first 2 paintings  I have done are closer to the skins but the next ones will be from more abstract skins that I will carry on to a more realistic painting.  The small skins are mounted on burlap that is on a stretcher.  Both are for sell.

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Red & Black Vase Linda Rupard

This is a painting done on gallery wrapped canvas 9 X 9.  The smaller image is the skin I used to paint the larger painting.  The skin is 3 X 3 & mounted on 6 X 6 stretcher covered in burlap.  The skins are made the same way I created my cards.  A new way to create paintings taught by Doug Walton.  I was   in Granbury  when Doug came there for workshop and lucky to be able to take it with that wonderful group of artist

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