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Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)

Private
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
This week’s original painting was inspired by a pencil sketch that I did some years ago. I suppose I have always been fascinated with the door as a metaphor for what’s between us […]

 
Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week

Texas Rest Stop
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
Sometimes ideas just come to mind that I can’t resist. I probably should, but I don’t. There is something almost surreal about this image. Is it three dimensional or […]

 
Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)

Lily
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
The great thing about doing these postcard paintings is that it gives me an opportunity to try some things that maybe I have never done before (even if every other artist in the world […]

Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)

Evening Run
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
This is just a fun image that combines elements of some of my early Texas Wild Thangs series . . . purely an artistic impression of a truly unusual little bird. If […]

 
Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)

Trees West of Blue Mound - Montague County
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
This scene has always fascinated me and is probably familiar to most local folks who have traveled between Nocona and Saint Jo. At first glance […]

 
Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)

Boot and Bouquet
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
This image is quite different than most of what I usually paint. I have produced only two other paintings using mostly brown tones (raw umber, actually), but I also added a […]

 
Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)

Texas Prickly Pear
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
This image is a common sight in Texas and the Great Southwest. There are many varieties of prickly pear cacti, but my research indicates that this is probably a variety that […]

 
Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)

Ladder and Limestone
6″x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
This small painting was created from a reference photograph that I took a few years ago while visiting the Texas Hill Country and attending Bill Bush’s Fredericksburg Artists School. Noted artist, […]

Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)

View from Casa del Mar - Galveston
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
This small painting is from a photograph that I took a few years ago from our balcony while on vacation with my family. Galveston is a beautiful […]

Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)

Bountiful Harvest
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
This small painting is from a photograph that I took while visiting Granbury sometime back. A familiar scene to most Texans about this time of year, plenty of rain has produced plenty […]