Ultimate Shades of Grey!

This is one of two paintings I'm doing for the Gamblin Torrit Grey Competition.  It's a great competition that has few winners, so I'm not holding out great hope of winning.  But it is a fun challenge.  In the contest you can use only Gamblin products, and you're limited to Torrit Grey, which is made up of all the colors Gamblin mixes in a year, a black, and a white.  I used Zinc White and Ivory Black in addition to 2015 Torrit Grey.  I also used Gamsol with a drop of Stand Oil as a medium.

Title:  "Night Dance"

It's 16" x 18", Oil on hand stretched Linen, $500.

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Shep's First Finished Paintings of Summer

This was fun!  It turned out to be a whole lot harder than I thought it was going to be to paint two almost identical paintings.  "Hello Darlin'" and "Leave Your Hat On" are 24" x 20", Oil on Canvas, Framed, $750/Each.

If you're interested in the pair, e-mail me HERE, for 20% off!

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What Else I Did On My Summer Vacation

Here's week #2 of my Paint Like A Venetian Classes.  From El Paso came Bruce King and Evelyn Posey.  Bruce is an experienced Acrylic Artist and Evelyn was painting for the first time EVER!  Are these great or what!?  I was so proud of them...and me because I had never taught this class in Acrylics before.  It turned out well.

If you're interested in taking Art Classes in the beautiful mountains of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, please send me a note.  We're currently building a new Garage/Art Studio on the lot we bought next door, and I think it might make a great classroom.

The paintings I worked on is one I did for Donna and for our Master Bedroom at the cabin.

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What I Did On My summer Vacation!

It's been a while since I added to my Blog, and that's about to change.  You see it's been the greatest summer here in Cloudcroft.

We started the summer with two great classes.  Here's the first class of the summer and the beautiful paintings my students did in the 5 Day classes.  Anne Hines and Jana Voigy, both from Dallas, were great studnets.  They're both experienced artists trying things outside their comfort zones.  I think they did great.

I started one of my Cowboys and Cowgirls paintings this week.

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Shep Shows at Cloudcroft's "Mayfair"

It was a great weekend in the mountains of southern New Mexico for Shep at "Mayfair" in Cloudcroft, Shep's summer home.  The cool crisp air and bright sunshine were wonderful, and the sales were all appreciated.  It's always to find new homes for paintings where they will be loved and appreciated.

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Shep Teaches Art at George Junior High

It was the most fun I've had in a long time to be asked by my long time friend Ron Abney to teach his Art Class at George Junior High in Rosenberg, Texas.  The kids were smart, talented, interested, and interesting.  I've always said that if you'd like to know something about a subject...try teaching that subject.  I'd like to amend that to say that if you'd REALLY like to know a WHOLE BUNCH about a subject...try teaching that subject to a Junior High Class.

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"Art'Stang" is One Great Ride! by Shep

Who doesn't love the '66 Mustang?  It's one of the great cars of all time and this is my painting of Art Jansen's "Art'Stang".  This commission is the first of two I'm doing for Mr. Jansen.  The next is one of the nicest 1949 Ford "Woodies".  I hope to get it posted very soon.

If you have a classic car you's like Shep to paint, please click HERE to message Shep.

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