Strawberry Delight - Oil Painting

Strawberry Delight , oil on masonite, 11" x 14". 

This painting  shows strawberries in a cut glass dish, on a piece of battenburg lace.
For such a small painting, it was really a challenge.  I like painting glass and I really had to keep focused to get all the geometric shapes just right.


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Saturday Matinee - oil painting

Saturday Matinee, 24″ x 20″ oil on canvas

Remember when movies cost a dime and the cowboy serials were all the rage? Ok, neither do I. But this painting Saturday Matinee brings those time back with a  Tom Mix poster, our favorite cowboy, Howdy Doody, a cowgirl sweetheart, American Indian, a horse and a six shooter. What more do you need?

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Summerfall

 

Summerfall, 36" x 30", oil on canvas

Summerfall is another of my contemporary realism oil paintings featuring my vintage toys and ceramics. The main figure is the Indian Princess marionette, Winterspring Summerfall, from the Howdy Doody television show. Also included is a vintage scarf, a chalk figure (the kind you used to be able to win at carnivals) and a mule from an 1800’s mechanical toy.

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Ride 'Em Cowboy by K. Henderson

Ride Em' Cowboy, detail, 18 x 24, oil on canvas

Ok, my secret is out. I love vintage cowboy figurines. Alright, it wasn't much of a secret. I collect them. I display them. I love them.

The background features a silk scarf with a wonderful picture of a cowboy on a horse.  Each ceramic cowboy has his own palomino  horse and a cactus to show us he is in the Southwest.

I like the hard, shiny figurines against the soft texture of the scarf and rug.

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Summerfall by K. Henderson

Summerfall, 36" x 30", oil on canvas

Summerfall is another of my contemporary realism oil paintingsfeaturing my vintage toys and ceramics. The main figure is the Indian Princess marionette, Winterspring Summerfall, from the Howdy Doody television show. Also included is a vintage scarf, a chalk figure (the kind you used to be able to win at carnivals) and a mule from an 1800’s mechanical toy.

Available

See more of my Contemporary Realism paintings on My Website  

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Ride Em' Cowboy, detail, 18 x 24, oil on canvas

Ok, my secret is out. I love vintage cowboy figurines. Alright, it wasn't much of a secret. I collect them. I display them. I love them.

The background features a silk scarf with a wonderful picture of a cowboy on a horse.  Each ceramic cowboy has his own palomino  horse and a cactus to show us he is in the Southwest.

I like the hard, shiny figurines against the soft texture of the scarf and rug.

Juror's Choice Award - Breckenridge Fine Art show

Yippee! I found out today that I have been awarded the Jurors Choice award at the 18th Annual Juried Competition & Show at the Breckenridge Fine Art Center. I had 2 paintings in the show and the award was for my still life "I've Just got to be a Cowgirl"

This painting has cowgirls, a cowboy and a horse (ok, its a mule) . What more could you want in a western painting?

Breckenridge 18th Annual Juried Competition & Show

I got both of my paintings accepted into the Breckenridge 18th Annual Juried Competition & Show. 

The Paintings are I've Just Got to be a Cowgirl and Homestead (pictured on this post)

Strawberry Delight - Oil Painting

Strawberry Delight is oil on masonite, 11" x 14". It shows strawberries in a cut glass dish, on a piece of battenburg lace.

For such a small painting, it was really a challenge. This is my first painting of cut glass. I like painting glass and I really had to keep focused to get all the geometric shapes just right.

This painting has been shown at the Oil Painters of America  and the International Guild of Realism exhibits. It is slated to go to the National Society of Artists show later this month unless I sell it first.

It is available at my studio, K. Henderson Art

Ride 'Em Cowboy - oil painting

Here is the finished painting.‘Ride ‘em Cowboys’ is 18″ x 24″, oil on canvas.The challenge of this painting was to put enough detail in the scarf in the background so that it would be interesting but not so much detail that it would become the focal point and overwhelm the painting. I left the colors muted and low key

Work in Progress - Ride 'em Cowboys

Seems like I’ve been working on this painting forever. And I’m still not finished! This painting is titled ‘Ride ‘em Cowboys’. It’s 18″ x 24″, oil on canvas. It’s another painting in my Western Still life series which features vintage western figures. The background is a silk scarf with a cowboy and horse. Yee Haw! The figurines are two ceramic cowboys, their horses and cactus on a American Indian motif rug.

I have a nice collection of Cowboy and Indian figurines and I just can’t paint them fast enough. They call to me “Paint me. Paint me”. I’m so excited about this series of pauintings. They make me smile while I’m painting. What more can I ask for?

I LOVE painting the different textures and the way light bounces off the different objects. I can’t wait to see how this looks when I’m finished

Take a look at my other paintings in this series here

Saturday Matinee - oil painting

Remember when movies cost a dime and the cowboy serials were all the rage? Ok, neither do I. But this painting Saturday Matinee brings those time back with a  Tom Mix poster, our favorite cowboy, Howdy Doody, a cowgirl sweetheart, American Indian, a horse and a six shooter. What more do you need?

This painting is 24″ x 20″ oil on canvas

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Summerfall - Howdy Doody- oil painting

Summerfall is another of my contemporary realism oil paintings, 30″ x 36″, featuring my vintage toys and ceramics. The main figure is the Indian Princess marionette, Winterspring Summerfall, from the Howdy Doody television show. Also included is a vintage scarf, a chalk figure (the kind you used to be able to win at carnivals) and a mule from an 1800’s mechanical toy.