Loading Up The Pack Mule by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

6 X 8 Oil on MDF Board

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Hunting season was fixin' to begin at Thirty Mile Campground, near Creede, Colorado, and nearly every day hunting guides were hauling camping equipment up the mountain to set up campsites for the hunters. The first guide I watched load up was Greg Pearson of Lost Ute Outfitters, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to get some great images of him and his animals. He was readying 3 mules and an Arabian gelding to haul camp equipment up the Weminuche Trail. This painting is of "Ace", one of the pack mules.

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Concentration - roping cowboy oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

5X7 Oil on Masonite board $115

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So many things have to come together perfectly at once when a cowboy ropes a calf: His horse must be positioned precisely, the rope must be thrown without getting tangled everywhere, then it has to be tied off on the saddle, the horse must stop, cowboy stays balanced on horse, etc. I don't think the cowboy realizes how his face looks at this moment, but I see intense concentration that comes from years of experience and practice. I never fail to be fascinated with the procedure...A GOOD cowboy makes it look effortless.

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Red Boots cowboy on a paint horse oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

6X6 Oil on Linen Panel $115

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He appears to be reaching for something in his right pocket - a gun? a cigarette? Modern cowboy with modern devices - probably his cell phone. And the red boots positively identify him as 20th century!

Uh, is texting on a horse illegal yet? 

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How Old are YOU? 7x7 foal oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

7 X 7 Oil on linen panel $125

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His legs are still so long - and to reach the ground, he must make them go in opposite directions...the little bird MUST be investigated - both just fledged and newly exploring the world.

I still find many things new and curious, and baby critters top the list. I never tire watching a newborn anything.

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Gated Community - cowboy oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

5 X 7 Oil on canvas panel $115

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I know that gated communities, home owner's associations and the like have their place in this world. I just hope I never have to live in one....although, the thought of someone else making decisions  for me, mowing my grass, caring for the trivialities of home ownership and just leaving me alone to paint at times sounds enticing.....

If you've lived in the country as long as I have, you've probably seen every kind of gate there is - and I HATE this kind...the floppy wire ones; made of barbed wire and cedar posts. Often they are made without benefit of an "H frame" so they aren't very sturdy - and I almost ALWAYS scratch myself on the barbed wire unhooking them and then again when I re-close 'em.

I took this photo at Tommy Houston's calf working LAST spring. The gate was more conventional, but the cowboy unhooking it was still having difficulties with it, so I gave him a gate that justified the effort. His chaps were a little too new, also, and the grass was green...a dead giveaway that the photo wasn't taken THIS year in Texas! I may just turn this one into a larger painting...

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First Day Out - Arabian foal oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

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I can only do so many landscapes and birds and other animals...then it's back to the horses. I intend to cover this one with an acrylic polymer which makes the colors POP. There is no way to show what it really looks like on the computer, but it I plan to put it in an upcoming show where it can be viewed properly. (If it doesn't sell first!)

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Wind Beneath My Wings - flying brown pelican oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

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There was a small flock of brown pelicans hanging around the beach at Matagorda Bay last weekend. They flew over me several times and I managed to get a few quick images. Do pelicans mate for life? I don't know - many water birds do - I know geese and most cranes stay together year after year.
I have mated for life (and hopefully so has my husband!! LOL) We'll celebrate 38 years this July - not bad for a couple old birds!
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Who's Watching the Baby? - Matagorda Bay Beach Oil Painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

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A quick trip to the Matagorda Bay area last weekend afforded me the opportunity  to acquire some "beachy" images. While Mike and I were soaking up a few rays, I got permission from the folks around me to take their pictures for possible future use in a painting.

This is a classic example of combining two images to make one. This young man watching his daughter and WAS NOT actually oogling the lovely young lady strolling by - she was on the beach on a separate occasion and was walking her dog. But the image of the young fellow with his face turned so dramatically just demanded something worth looking at! Voila! Who IS watching the babe...er baby?
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Easy Move - Debbie Grayson Lincoln horse oil painting

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I rather like this split complement combination: green, red-orange and red-violet. The red-violet and green make a nice dark, and red-violet and white works well for the shadow on the stockings.
Still keeping it simple.
I haven't yet heard from Jennifer regarding Easy. I hope she gets to ride him after school today, because this is about as perfect a day that Texas can offer - in fact I have to admit that it felt like Colorado this morning when I stepped out to feed the chickens. Fifty degrees, light breeze, low humidity and warming up to low 70's. Just what we find in Creede in August. If it would STAY this way, we would never feel the need for a vacation! But, alas, we know August's seering heat is right around the corner. Thank God for Colorado!
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Easy Walk - quarter horse oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

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I have a need to get back to basics - and one problem I have always had is achieving color harmony. I have a color wheel, which helps, so I dug it up and used it on this painting. My plan is to paint one simple small painting of Easy every day for a week using a different palette from the color wheel.
This palette is a "split complement"  using blue-green, orange and red. A complement of blue-green is red-orange. The "split" occurs when you use the two colors on either side of the red-orange. I may just rotate one color and do the next image as a split complement, too. This could turn out interesting.
I am painting Easy because he is on my mind. Today he went to a potential new home - down in China Springs near Waco. I have always thought he would excel as a 4-H English project and that's exactly what 13 year old Jennifer wants to do with him. They are going to take up to a month to decide if they are a good fit. She is a beginning rider and has an instructor to work with them. I do not want Easy to go anywhere where he is not appreciated and cared for and Jennifer and her family seem like the perfect caretakers. And if it doesn't work out, well, I'll still have my favorite model!
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Experienced Rider Only - bucking bronco painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

9 X 12 Oil on Stretched Canvas $125

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I attended a calf working last weekend - YES, it's that time again! - and this fella was one of the cowboys roping and dragging calves. He was new to me, so I watched him intently to see how well he and his horse worked together. They caught their fair share of calves, and the horse SEEMED to be cooperative. While I was momentarily distracted by another roper, a sudden "WHOOP-EE" errupted from the mouths of the others watching. I turned quickly and frantically focused my camera on the lanky cowboy on the sorrell gelding - we had us a rodeo!
He lost his stirrups on the first hop, but didn't pull leather until buck number 5 or 6 and even then didn't hold on tight. Instead he waved one arm in the air, held on to his rope (but he did lose is calf0 and spurred that gelding until he quit bucking. And yes, he made his 8 and then some!
A round of applause was given by the spectators, and the cowboy went back to work as if nothing had happened. The horse didn't act up for the rest of the day, as far as I could tell.
I asked him later if the horse was a regular bucker, and he replied, "Well, Mam, I just bought him yesterday, and they told me he did buck some". I have a feeling that this cowboy has done some time riding broncs in competitions and it won't be long before "Bucky" finds out that he has finally met his match!
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Sportaloosa Fun Time - running appaloosa painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

8 X 10 Oil on Canvas panel $110

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To quote the Sportaloosa Website: The Sportaloosa is a unique modern spotted sport horse bred to be user friendly and competitive in the Olympic disciplines of jumping, dressage and eventing as well as cattle classes, reining, rodeo and endurance. 
I found this image by accident on Facebook and received permission of his owner (who lives in New South Wales) to paint him.
I have always been intrigued by the Appaloosa coloring and have even owned two in my distant past.  In fact, the first GOOD horse I owned was an ap mare named Cocoa. I purchased her (unknowingly) bred and her colt became our first foal and the first horse I actually trained. Both my kids rode him and he eventually became a member of a dude ranch string of horses. THAT was 30 years ago...I imagine Nipper is probably waiting for me in Heaven by now....
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What are YOU Lookin' At??? - rooster painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

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I haven't been blogging lately - too busy working in the yard and the vegetable garden. This year I have committed myself to being intensive using compost (we have a HUGE pile) and totally organic methods. I rarely use insecticides anyway - choosing to plant enough for us AND the bugs. But I do know there are better methods - and space is becoming a premium as the growing trees around the garden's perimeter are now using a huge share of the sunshine. In addition, we had such a poor tomato crop last year - partly due to the early heat - that I am really working hard to get a good crop off and running early this year. It hasn't been easy either. We have already had uncommonly warm dry weather followed by cool dampness, and even frost. Gardening in Texas is becoming more and more a challenge.
And to add to the problems, I discovered a mite infestation in the hen house. I am letting another hen set some eggs and when I went to check her nest box last evening, I found the underside of the lid crawling with tiny red bugs. I have sprayed with an orange oil mixture and will dust the entire coop with diatomaceous earth tomorrow. Poor chickens - no wonder they run for their dust baths every them I turn them loose!
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Bluebonnet Roller 4 horse in Texas bluebonnets by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

6 X 8 Oil on linen panel $103

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I have painted this image several times and always enjoy it - especially this time of year when the bluebonnets are just beginning to open up. Despite a severe lack of moisture, the bluebonnets are gamely trying to put on a show. There are plenty of plants, thanks to a decent rainfall last September, but the blossoms are having a hard time putting on a happy face.

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Chicken Gourmet 3 - colorful coyote oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

5 X 7 Oil on Linen board $85

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Georgia, the Cowdog-Wanna-BE, woke me at 4:00 am this morning whining to go outside. This is very unusual for her, so I got up, thinking she must be sick to her stomach. As soon as I opened the sunroom door, she shot like a bolt around the West side of the house, without a sound. I followed her in the bright moonlight and could see nothing as she circled the house and then took off for the chicken pen - all without uttering a peep, nose to the ground.
We live with coyotes, coons and bobcats, but there has also been periodic sightings of cougars in the area. Georgia barks at other dogs, possums and coons (and bears - but that's another story), and I am familiar with those warning barks. I do not know how she "talks" to extra-large cats. After we came back inside, I briefly thought that the next time I go traipsing around outside in the wee dark hours of early morn, perhaps I should take my gun...although I'd MUCH rather shoot the wild animals around here with my camera. If they'd just leave the chickens alone!

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Quit Bucking If You've Won the Fight - bucking bronco oil paintings by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

16 X 20 Oil on Canvas $250 plus shipping and insurance
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It's been a frosty, frozen day here in Hill Country Texas. Only 2 cars have passed down our road all day, and one has been the mailman. I can see the chickens occasionally poke their beaks outside the coop and then hurriedly return inside. The horses galloped past my studio window a few moments ago. I suspect they became bored sheltering in the barn. Their burst of energy didn't last long, though. After about 10 minutes of kicking and bucking, they returned to again huddle in the barn and avoid the sub-zero wind chill. I feel sorry for any animals, domesticated or wild who are without shelter. This cold is brutal.
I am continuing to play with the palette knife and I'm liking the looseness it forces upon me. Can't get too detailed when no tiny brushes are used. More paint ends up on the canvas, too, which makes an intensely colorful image. In addition I LOVE this frame. It fits this painting perfectly.
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Winds of Change - horse oil paintings by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

6 X 6 oil on Belgian Linen $115
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We all have to face changes from time to time. Changes in health, changes in relationships, changes in jobs, changes in our families. How we face them and adapt to them say much about our personality...and the relationship we have with God.
Luke 18:27
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

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The Last One? Indian and horse oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

12 X 16 Oil on Belgian Linen
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I have never painted a rainbow before, but I love the symbolism in the image. After the flood during Noah's time, God placed a rainbow in the sky as a symbol of his covenant to us that he would never again destroy the world (we can do that very well ourselves, thank you).
The great bison herds in North America weren't nearly wiped out due to divine anger. Mankind did it. Fortunately we came to our senses before it was too late and now there are several large wild herds in Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas, as well as many animals being raised commercially (I know of three small herds in Texas).
So often we seem to be in the brink of destruction and at the last moment we come to our senses - both individually as well as globally. Do we need to be down to our last bison before we realize the price we have paid? The Lord's prayer concludes "...world without end. Amen." I understand that this means "the kingdom of God is without end". However, this physical world holds no promise for us, therefore I am setting my sights on higher ground...
Do you see all this in the painting?
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Windrunner 4 - impressionistic horse oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

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Texas has been in the deep freeze for the past couple days and I have enjoyed the excuse to stay inside by my little wood stove in the studio, dreaming of nicer days when I can ride my horse again. It's almost like being in a cocoon - evolutionary things seems to happen in the winter. I usually try some new techniques, palettes and subjects, although I always love painting the horses....

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Wind Runner 3 - abstract horse painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

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Cold day in Paradise - ice on the sidewalks did not melt today and tonight is gonna be colder. I am enjoying the excuse to stay inside and paint this image which reminds me of the joy I get when I ride a running horse.
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