"THE GREEDY COUPLE"

No. 260 in my 354/2010 painting series.

Title: "THE GREEDY COUPLE"

Size: 11x14 inches

Medium: Wax Encaustic. on 80lb. paper.

I haven't done one of these in a long time so here in a new abstract story from the Bible. It is the Greedy Couple in Acts 5:2.

Find the eyes and the hands holding the green money.

I sure hope you like what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"WATONGA RAILROAD PLATFROM"

No 259 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: :WATONGA RAILROAD PLATFORM"

Size 8.5x11 inches.

Medium: Watercolor on 149lb. paper.

This beautiful little railroad served the city of Watonga, Oklahoma for a lot of years. It is now used for a storage facility. Watonga is about 70 miles Northwest of Oklahoma City. They have an annual CHEESE FESTIVAL each October. It includes, car shows, Parades, arts and crafts shows and a lot of good food. included CHEESE.

I do hope you like what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"CALI LILY? OR JACK IN THE PULPIT?

No. 258 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "CALI LILY? OR JACK IN THE PULPIT?

Size: 11x 14 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 80 lb. student grade paper.

This is one of my favorite blossoms. I love the shape and the total design of it.

This was a little quick demonstration again using only Alizron crimson and thalo green to paint it. Later I did enhance the seed bulb and the stem with some yellow ochre.

I do hope you like what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

" THE BRANCH RANCH NEAR SAN ANTIONO"

No. 257 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "THE BRANCH RANCH NEAR SAN ANTIONO"

Size: 11x14 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. watercolor paper.

This is the ranch of some friends and friends of the family that live in San Antonio, Texas. One of the grandson's of the owner was a private student of mine several years back.

I am experimenting with sever composition in some of the works I do at the present time. Can you tell?

I do hope you like what I do.

Comments and/or remarks are greatly appreciated.

:OWL IN FLIGHT" Fri, 8-27-2010

No. 257 in my 365/2010 painting series.

I'm posting Fridays this morning because we'll be flying home and don't want to mess with the time element tomorrow morning.

Title: :OWL IN FLIGHT"

Size: 22X30 inches.

Medium: Watercolor om 140lb. paper.

This is another one of the Demonstration paintings done entirely with red and green paints.

Salt was used for the background effects I wanted it to look like the owl was in front of the light, and the little specs were the bugs attracted to the light.

I do hope you like what I do.

Comments are greatly appreciated.

"ATHENS JAIL" MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI"

No. 257 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "ATHENS JAIL, MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI"

Size: 22x30 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. cold press paper.

This is my tomorrows post early. sorry.

This was a painting done as a demonstration where the whole piece was painted without doing any drawing. and with the use of arbitrary color.

I do hope you like what I do. Comments and.\/or remarks are appreciated.

"ABOBE DOOR"

No. 256 in my 365/2010 series.

Title" ADOBE DOOR"

Size: 11X14 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. paper.

This was a demonstration on how to use very little paint and lots of water and do a Sante Fe look piece.

Saw lots of this subject matter and colors Yesterday in southern California, Arizona and Nevada.

Going to the Grand Canyon later today.

I do hope you like what I do.

Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

Do you realize it's only 4 months till CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!

"PADDLE WHEEL ABERDEEN ON THE TOMBIGBEE"

No. 255 in my 365.2010 painting series.

Title: "PADDLE WHEEL ABERDEEN ON THE TOMBIGBEE"

Size" App. 9X12 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 149lb. cold pressed paper.

Don't think any of you would have ever seen this actual boat. but have you ever seen any pictures of it? Did you even know there was a paddle boat named THE ABERDEEN?

and just how old is the NO SMOKING laws?

This painting was done from one of the photos given to me by Miss Peacock. See thought this was somewhere near Morgans Landing.

I do hope you like what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"CREDIT CARD BARN"

No. 254 of my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "CREDIT CARD BARN"

Size: 22x30 inches

Medium: Watercolors on 300lb. 100%rag paper.

This piece was painted with a credit card. Only the black was applied with a brush. O can't remember where this barn is. It's either in Mississippi or Arkansas.

I hope you like what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated

"NEW PLANTATION IN AMORY. MISSISSIPPI"

No. 253 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "NEW PLANTATION IN AMORY, MISSISSIPPI"

Size: 22x30 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb deArches watercolor paper.

This house in somewhere in Amory, Mississippi. It is in a very nice neighborhood, but immediately i wanted to put it back on a plantation way outside the city.

I would love to see inside it someday.

I do hope you like what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"RILEY'S DAIRY BAR, NETTLETON, MS."

No. 252 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "RILEY'S DAIRY BAR, NETTLETON, MS."

Size: 8.5x11 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. cold press paper.

This little building in located on the old hwy 45 north between Aberdeen and Tupelo Mississippi. When my little girl, Robin was a baby this was HER place. I think it was her Pa Pa who started it all but she would recognize when she was close to it and we always had to stop for her. This is one of the little Plein-aire painting I did this summer, in about 20 mins sitting in my car across the street from it.

One of my new FB friends lives just around the corner from this place. It is a Restaurant now and the word restaurant is were it says Dairy Bar. I just had to change it back.

I do hope you like what I do.

Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"GUITAR NAILED TO A TREE AT THE HOLLYWOOD CAFE"

No. 251 of my 365/2010 painting series.
Title: " GUITAR NAILED TO A TREE AT THE HOLLY WOOD CAFE"
Size: 8.5x11 inches
Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. deArches watercolor paper. The Hollywood Cafe is located in Tunica, Mississippi, about 30-40 mins. from Memphis, Tennessee. This cafe is mentioned in the lyrics of the song, 'WALKING IN MEMPHIS". This is the place the Memphis musicians would go to to jam all night after their clubs closed. A great place to eat fried dill pickles these days.

"KUERNER'S DINNER BELL"

No. 250 of my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "KUERNER'S DINNER BELL"

Size 5X7 inches.

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. watercolor paper.

This is another painting done while visiting all the places that Andrew Wyeth lived and worked around. The Kuerner's farm, RING FARM, at Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania was one of those places. Anna and Karl Kuerner were some of Wyeth's favorite subjects. This is the dinner bell that called Karl and his farm hand to dinner {lunch) back in the GOOD OLD DAYS.

I do hope you like what I do. Comment and/or remarks are appreciated.

"LARRY AND DEBBIE SNEED'S HOUSE"

No. 249 of my 365/2010 in my painting series.

Title: "LARRY AND DEBBIE SNEED'S HOUSE"

Size: App. 8.5X11 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. watercolor paper.

This is the house of Larry and Debbie Sneed and it is located near Paint Rock, Alabama. Debbie is my first cousin. We lived within a block of each other till I was 14 years old and moved away. I saw her in June for the first time in about 4 years. I hope she likes this picture of her house.

I do appreciate your comments and remarks on my work.

go look at my students artworks on my blog ARNI'S STUDENTS ARTWORKS.

"IS SOMEONE WATCHING ME??????"

No. 247 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "IS SOMEONE WATCHING ME?????

Size: App. 8.5X11 inches

Media: Watercolor on 140lb. cold pressed paper.

This is an Indian burial mound at the CHUCAlISSA ARCHAELOGICAL MUSEUM NEAR Memphis Tennessee and Tunica, Mississippi. I think it is actually in Memphis. I had seen the sign for years and had never been to it. This summer, while looking for new things to experience, I decided to check it out. It is a very interesting sand historical place. I viewed and asked a lot of questions of the guides that was on duty. you cant see the mounds unless you go out behind the museum. So I asked where they actually were and the guard showed me. I asked if I could walk around and take it all in. Telling me not to disturb anything, which I would NEVER do. he left me along, I thought I was waling around enjoying but has an uneasy feeling that I was being watched by something of a higher power, spiritual like. Look to the right of this painting, from my photos, see the light, sky, between the trees, Is that a large "INDIAN FACE" watching me? I think it was!!!!!

"AW'S BATHROOM SHELLS"

No. 247 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "AW/S BATHROOM SHELLS"

Size: App. 8.5X11 inches.

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. deArches watercolor paper.

You should all know who AW is by now but just in case you've missed it. AW is Andrew Wyeth's initials. These shell were displayed on a shelf in the bathroom of AW's studio in 1983. Yep I did get to go in the famous studio in the old Brandywine museum that was Andrew's studio. Many Many other interesting things found there.

I sure hope you like what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"THE GAYLE FAMILY PORTRAIT"

No. 246 in my365/2010 painting series.

Title: "THE GAYLE FAMILY PORTRAIT"

Size: 6'X8'

Medium: Acrylic on Masonite

The Gayle family consist of Robin my oldest daughter, Matt my son-in-law and my two grandsons, Easton and Mason.

This is a historic record of their lives together.

there are 45 different items hidden in this large painting. Included are things that have happened in the 19 years they will celebrate together Nov. 30 1991. This date is hidden in the painting. Also you will find 4 pets, addresses of every place they have lived, names of close family friends, trips and vacations, all their names and birth dates, and in all 45 different things. Have fun looking.

Yes, I will do these on commission these.

I hope you like what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

Please google arni's students artworks and look at what they are doing.

"CHURCH OF CHRIST, PREACHER ARNI"

Title: "CHURCH OF CHRIST, PREACHER ARNI"

Size: 8.5X11 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. deArches watercolor paper.

Let's see who all really reads my blog.

How many of you knew that I was a "preacher" once? I sure was, in 1972, my first semester at Harding a friend asked me to preach for him one Sunday morning at Russel, Arkansas. He was going back home to Ohio for a visit and he never returned. My one Sunday turned in to 3-4 months. Russel is about 10-12 miles from Searcy and about all I remember from that experience is the drive. Well a few more little things. One of them concerns another side of me that you probably don't know at all. That is that I think I really could be a stand up comedian simply with two different stories I could tell that would keep you in stitch for hours.

One is that all the time I was at the Russel Church of Christ, I had this horrible FEAR that one of the two or three dozen elderly people at the church would die and I would be asked to do their funeral. The different scenarios that I came up with for NOT doing it are hilarious. The other story has to do with my vasectomy, I won't even start with that one.

I do hope you enjoy what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

" LITTLE WHITE CHURCH IN THE GROVE"

Just found out by Alice that this is the Tranquility Methodist Church. sorry guys.

No. 243 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "LITTLE WHITE CHURCH IN THE GROVE"

Size: pp. 8.5X11 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. cold pressed paper.

This beautiful, Not really so little, is in a grove of trees, just before you get into the city of Aberdeen, Mississippi on Highway 45N.

I can't remember the name, it's either Central Grove or Cedar Grove, Presbyterian, I believe. Who's gonna be the first to correct me. PLEASE.

I do hope you like what I do. Comment and/or remarks are greatly appreciated.

ALSO please go to my other blog on blogspot.com to see my students work.

"THE PROVIAS HOUSE"

This is the No. 243 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "THE PROVIAS HOUSE"

Size: 8.5X11 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. deArches cold pressed paper.

This beautiful little structure is located on Washington Street in Aberdeen Mississippi and belongs to one of my favorite families in Aberdeen. This looks like a very tiny house from the street but inside it's much larger. This house connects. by way of a pool and a magnificent back yard to the family owned business of Tony" Cafe on Commerce Street. This house and it's gardens are decorated in a Greek style that is absolutely breathtaking.

I sure hope you like what I do.

Also Please go to my other blog, arni's student's artworks, and look at some of my students work, they will also appreciate it.

Comments are greatly appreciated.

COLORADO RIVER BELOW"

No. 242 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "COLORADO RIVER FROM BELOW"

Size: 5X7 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. deArches 140lb. cold pressed paper.

This is a view from one of the lookouts neat Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek, Colorado.

Gotta plan another trip near there REAL soon. It is beautiful up that way.

I do hope you like what I do.

Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"GARDEN OF THE GODS"

No. 241 of my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: " GARDEN OF THE GODS"

Size: 5X 7 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 240lb. cold pressed paper.

This is the Balanced rock, in

the garden of the Gods at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

If you have never been, Please go look at some of God's most magnificent natural sculptures.

I do hope you like my efforts.

Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"TURN OF THE CENTURY JAIL"

No. 240 in my 365/2010 painting series.
Title: "TURN OF THE CENTURY JAIL"
Size: 8.5 X 11 inches
Medium: Watercolor on 140 lb. cold pressed paper.

Freedom, Oklahoma????Freedom??? yep No freedom in this little jail located in Freedom, Oklahoma.
Found it on my way to the NUSCTUNGA arts festival in June.
This little town is Northwest Oklahoma near the Kansas line. The whole town looks like a set for an old western movie. but, it's not. It really looks like the towns you see on Gunsmoke.
I loved it. Ever get close to ALVA, or BUFFALO, OK. be sure you look it up.
I hope you like what I do.
Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"AMORY, MISSISSIPPI HOUSE"

No. 239 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "AMORY, MISSISSIPPI HOUSE"

Size: App. 9X12 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140 lb. cold press paper.

This house is in Amory, Mississippi.

I do not know exactly but it somewhere near downtown. I worked from a black and white Polaroid taken some where in the late 60's or early 70's. I was going to do a one-man show in Amory so I went to research the architecture and history of the Amory. I wanted to include some of the scenes of Amory in the show. I got sick and the show was never hung. Maybe another day??? Anyway, for some I remember the house being a very light yellow with a this rich green roof. Mississippi friends, any info on this house?

I do hope you like what I do.

Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"SIDETRACKED CABOOSE"

No. 238 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "SIDETRACKED CABOOSE"

Size: 8.5X11 inches.

Medium: watercolor on 140lb. cold pressed paper.

Another form of transportation.

found this Rock Island caboose behind the court house in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.

Hard to pass up things from the past. Wonder where all this piece of machinery has been. How many miles of track did it travel. What's the farthermost place it traveled from it's now resting place? Just wondering.

I do hope you like what I do.

Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"DUCK ON THE ROCK MONUMENT, GRAND CANYON"

No. 237 of my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "DUCK ON THE ROCK MONUMENT, GRAND CANYON"
Size: 24X30 inches
Medium: Oil on Masonite.

This is another one of those that has been hanging around for a few years needing some attention. I think I was afraid to tackle the purple snow shadows the way I needed to.
I'm done now.
See if you can find the duck????
I do hope you like what I do.
Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"TALKING ART COLLAGE"

This is the No. 236 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "TALKING ART COLLAGE"

Size: 12X14 inches

Medium: Watercolor, acrylic, papers, fortune cookie fortunes, friskit, crayons and paint pens.

Two friends, Clint and Clinton (my middle name), met at the Lido for lunch yesterday to talk about art. we ate, talked, and looked at art. I had thoughts about art, He had thoughts about art and we both agreed perhaps a show. As we finished i opened my fortune cookie and it read.'YOUR ARTISTIC TALENTS WIN THE APPROVAL AND APPLAUSE OF OTHERS." as I was paying the ticket he read his fortune cookie and handed both the slips to me as we were waling toward my truck. His cookie read, "TALENTS THAT ARE NOT SHARED ARE NOT TALENTS". We are going to work on a show.

I told him that these fortune slips were going into a collage for my today's post. I don't do many collages, He does collages so I wanted to commemorate our meeting.

I do hope You like what I'm doing.

Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"EARLY MORNING AT SAN XAVIER"

No. 325 of my 365/2010 painting series.
Title: "EARLY MORNING AT SAN XAVIER"
Size 22X28 inches
Medium: Acrylic on masonite.
This is another one of those paintings that has been haunting me to just finish me.
So I did.
This is from sketchbooks and photos that I did on my painting trip to the southwest, a few years back. I arrived there real early one Sunday morning on my way to Mexico. People start arriving and I realized they were there for worship. SO i stayed for services and was so glad I did. It is absolutely beautiful inside.When we came out of the church there was a flea market set up on the other side of the parking lot. I had fun there also.
I do hope you like what I do.
Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"PLIEN-AIRE AT LAKE ARKABUTLA"

365/2010 painting series.

Title: "PLIEN-AIRE AT LAKE ARKABUTLA"

Size: 16X20 inches

Medium: Acrylic on canvas board.

This is a true 30 mins. Plien-aire- painting done between Tunica and Hernando Mississippi.

Every summer for the past 3 years While I'm traveling I put 10-12 canvases in my car and stop when I see something interesting and pull over set up and paint my impressions. And then back in the car in 30 Mins or less.

and they are not meant to go back in the studio to finish. They are finished.

Some of them like this one turn out just what i needed.

I sure hope you like what I do. comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"PRINCE'S GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ESTILLFORK, AL."

No. 233 of my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "PRINCE'S GENERAL MERCHANDISE ESTILLFORK, AL."

Size: 8.5X11 inches

Medium: Watercolor on 140lb. cold pressed paper.

This is in the mountains of Northeast Alabama in Jackson County. It is well hidden in the woods near Princeton, Alabama. It is still in operation and serves as the Post Office for those mountains. It is the smallest Post Office in Alabama. It is absolutely beautiful in those mountains. This is the region and that Curly Putman called home and it inspired him to write the all time great hit song, 'THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME". There is a resort there, Western type, that is used by people for reunions, conventions, etc, from all over the United States. In the 60's the U.S. Government bought a lot of the land at the top of the mountain there and set up three satellite tracking stations. It is an awesome site compared to what is shown in this picture but you can't see but one of the dishes now. the others were dismantled when technology out grew their need. If you're ever near Scottsboro, Huntsville Alabama or Huntland Tenn. be sure to put this beautiful drive on your plans.

I do hope you like what I do.

Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.

"WINE AND FRUIT"

No. 232 in my 365/2010 painting series.

Title: "WINE AND FRUIT"

Size: 24X30 inches

Medium: Acrylic on Masonite.

This is a painting that has been around along time waiting for me to finish it. So I did yesterday. I've got several in the "need to finish" stage.

This one really bugged me though. I would look at it and just didn't want to work on it, There were thing that were just right and I'd look at it and think. leave it alone so I would. Something said yesterday as I passed it "FINISH ME".

I hope you like what I do. Comments and/or remarks are appreciated.