SACRED HEART Texas Historical Church by V. Bridges Hoyt

SACRED HEART

12x16 inches

oil on canvas, palette knife painting

sculpted paint

This painting was inspired by the historical Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Palestine, Texas.
For more information, eMail Vernita.  View more art at vbridgeshoyt.com

Featured Artist V. Bridges Hoyt, August 28 "Windows of the Soul" Texas Churches in Oil Paint

Inspired by Addicks-Bear Creek Methodist Church 

BEAR CREEK CHAPEL

oil on linen-wrapped hardboard panel

10x8 inch palette knife painting
Vernita Bridges Hoyt, artist

Inspired by Addicks-Bear Creek Methodist, a historical church
on Hwy. 6 in the greater Houston area

A part of me goes into each of my paintings. Sometimes after a painting is finished, I look at it and wonder if you can see my emotion. Colors used, technique and style reflect where I was on that day of my life.... 

Fourteen of my paintings will be featured on August 28 at the Garden of the Dragonfly Gallery in Old Town Spring, Texas.

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TEXAS SANCTUARY by V. Bridges Hoyt

Frelsburg Lutheran Church, New Ulm, Texas

Sanctuary

oil on canvas, impasto

palette knife painting with thick texture

14x11 inches

Inspired by the Frelsburg Lutheran Church, Texas, this is the third painting in my historical church series and will be featured at my "Windows of the Soul" exhibit opening August 28 at the Garden of the Dragonfly Gallery in Old Town Spring, Texas, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

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We hear it on the news daily.  All around us there is the heat and turbulent weather, a world in turmoil, the sins of people, the lies of politicians, rampant drug use, crimes, violence and murder.  My portrayal of the world at hand is illustrated in paint shades of red and darkness encroaching on the sanctuary of a  small church, a church that in the midst of turmoil still holds a cross high upon its steeple and offers sanctuary to all who enter. Isn't that the way of life?

Texas Sauce Art Life

Trinity Church by V. Bridges Hoyt

Historical Church in Trinity, Texas

oil on 11x14 inch hardboard panel

palette knife painting with texture

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The second painting in my series of historical churches was painted with a palette knife to capture the essence of a church in Trinity, Texas. View this painting in person to see the thick applications of oil paint and the texture on this canvas. The Trinity Church will be another featured painting in my upcoming show "Windows of the Soul" at the Garden of the Dragonfly Gallery in Old Town Spring opening August 28. More on my blog. 

Mission Soleil

Copyright 2008 Kay Smith

22x15 watercolor, gouache, and acrylic on cold press paper over a failed abstract work. For more information please email me at 1971ks@att.net or visit my new blog at http://kaysmithbrushworks.blogspot.com or website www.kaysmithbrushworks.us