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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Cloudy Day Linda Rupard

The first painting is my forth painting  from Dyne's WS and the second I have done more work on my church.

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Southwest Linda Rupard

These are 3 paintings I have done in a workshop with Dyne Newton.   Dyne is a good teacher and I have really enjoyed the 3 classes I have had.  One more to go , fun , funThese paintings are acrylic on canvas.

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Desert Hills Linda Rupard

These are some  more Desert  paintings that were painted from 2 of my photos .

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Morning, Sunshine Linda Rupard

This Rooster is done on an old watercolor that I recycled,  leaving some of the under painting showing.     I flipped it and    left  the small  ceramic chicken  and the bird-nest with the tiny  eggs showing .    Other areas of the old painting can be seen  in the new painting that left unexpected things happening.   Really love seeing something else in a painting and being able to bring it out.   300 LB Arches watercolor paper.

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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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Dyan Newton's Demo painting Linda Rupard

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This shows some of the fun times we had at the Deep Creek Art Festival this last weekend in Snyder.   First photo shows   Dyan's painting and next photo shows Dyan painting on her  beautiful painting.                                          

Third shows Carolyn's booth with Carolyn, Judy & Linda  visiting.  Then Linda in front of some of her paintings & photography .    Some of Judy's neat decorated  eggs can also be seen.  The winter ice photograph won People's choice award in the Big Country Art show this year.