KARAKUL SHEEP - WIP

I'm working on a 16x20" painting of "Karakul sheep"  My neighbor has a small heard of these beautiful animals, and I've painting these sheep many, many times over the past five years.  Karakul's are very different from the usual sheep you see out in the pasture, and also 

 a rare breed in the United States. For myself, it's the beautiful, curly coat that is a challenge to paint.  Here is a little information about them off the internet:

The Karakul sheep is a type of fat-tailed sheep, very common to the African and Asian continents, but considered a rare breed in the US and Canada.

The Karakul has some unique qualities.  It has a dominant black gene, so a very high percentage of these sheep are born black.  A desert animal (originally) that stores fat in its tail for nourishment in lean times, it is very hardy and adaptable.  The pelts of the Karakul lambs are historically referred to as "Persian lamb" or "Broadtail".  This pelt is a lustrous coat of intricately patterned curls.  They were legendary trade items on the ancient Silk Road of China, and were used extensively in America (for the first part of the 1900s) as a fabric for coats, jackets, and hats.  For these reasons, the Karakul is often known as the "Fur Sheep".

The US Karakul population has drastically declined, however, and the current estimate is less than 2,000.  In light of this, the main interest of Karakul breeders has been to simply sustain the breed's presence in America.  The Registry was re-established in 1985 for that purpose.  Today, small farm flocks are scattered throughout the US, with a few in Canada as well.  The five or six known bloodlines are juggled within breeding programs to perpetuate the breed.

Their devoted shepherds love their exotic carriage, intelligence, hardiness, common-sense instincts, beauty, and independence.  And of course, their rich history, which is unparalleled by any other breed of sheep!

This photo is a work in progress...stay tuned for the finished painting!

Char Davis is a Daily Painter from Elizabeth, Colorado

visit my website:  CharDavisFineArt.com

Sweet Summer Girl

Sweet Summer Girl

Oil on canvas

16"x24"

This little sweetie pie was at one of our summer art shows last year...she was so beyond cute; I just had to paint her.  She was wearing the brightest colored, cutest little outfit and was so fascinated with my friend, Beth's,  beautiful flowers.

If you are interested in this painting, please contact me.

Char

Char Davis is a Daily Painter from Elizabeth,  Colorado

visit my website:  CharDavisFineArt.com

MINI TREESCAPE

Mini TreeScape

Original Acrylic on wrapped canvas

3"x5" unframed

$25.00 

free shipping

Just a small tree painting today..it's mini, small, wrapped canvas 3"x5" 

I love painting trees and any one who knows me, knows I really love to paint all kinds of "treescapes"

Just a quick little study today and I like the way it turned out.

please contact me if you are interested in this mini!

It's fresh and fun, would make a great gift!

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Char Davis is a Daily Painter from Elizabeth, Colorado

visit my website:  CharDavisFineArt.com

"FALL ON THE RIVER"

"Fall on the River"

Original Oil Landscape on Linen

10"x13" unframed

$165.00 + s&h

Char Davis is a Daily Painter from Elizabeth, Colorado

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contact me:  Char

"IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE" by Char Davis

"IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE"

Original Oil on Board

14"x14"

$200.00 US, unframed

free shipping

Char Davis is a Daily Painter from Elizabeth, Colorado

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"RED BARN HILL"

"RED BARN HILL"

Original Watercolor

8" x 8"

$200.00

A very loose and "artsy" painting. If you are interested in this painting, pleasecontact me! I also have prints available.

Also, this painting will be hanging at a show at the Littleton Town Hall Arts Center, Stanton Gallery, Littleton, Colorado, with a group called

"THE PALETTE PALS"

The dates of the show are January 5 through January 29; stop by if you are in the area, I will have 5 or 6 paintings hanging. This is a 5 person art showing that I am doing with my painting friends. We are a small group of painters who paint and show together regularly in the Denver Metro Area.

Thanks for visiting today!

Char is a Daily Painter from Elizabeth, Colorado

visit my website: CharDavisFineArt.com

PRINTS of this painting are available HERE

"ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE"

"Abstract Landscape"

30" x 30"

acrylic on deep canvas

(haven't priced it as of yet)

I've wanted to paint more abstract paintings for quite a while. My architectural rendering business slows quite a bit this time of year and I've had time to take on some new projects...yea :)

I love the feeling of an abstract..just an impression and more of a "feeling" piece of artwork. These are not very great pictures....it looks really bright, when really the yellows are more of a golden, the lavenders are more beautiful. I'll try to take a better picture later when it is finished.

I've been reading about painting abstracts and learning quite a few new things about this kind of art. I'll write some of what I've been reading about abstracts and maybe you will learn something about this type of art too!

And the size of the painting, I thought it would be so difficult because I have been painting small for quite a while, but actually it was so much fun because I really felt like I had so much freedom with my brushes and you really just get your whole body into the painting.

Thanks for looking today.

"PAINTED PONY SERIES #4"

"PAINTED PONY" #4

Acrylic on paper

$20.00 free shipping

This is a very small painting, only about 2.5 x 3.5 inches! I'm getting a little bit interested in painting some of the ATC's which stand for Art Trading Cards! I paint with a group of friends and we are going to trade ATCs at a Christmas party in December. The art cards are sort of a craze in the artist and art collector world. Artists normally trade the cards with each other like baseball cards, and art collectors can own a very inexpensive original from many artist they like. I have to tell you, they sure are cute mini paintings when they are matted and framed. Just in case you think my paintings are getting smaller and smaller; what I post tomorrow will certainly surprise you!!

Thank you for looking today.

Char Davis is a Daily Painter from Elizabeth, Colorado

visit my website: CharDavisFineArt.com

YELLOWSTONE RIVER

Title:
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 16"x24"
Available at: $375.00 unframed
How to Purchase: Contact the artist CharArtist@msn.com

This painting SOLD to a collector in Littleton, Colorado

This painting is from our trip to Yellowstone trip last summer. Thanks for looking today!

ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING

Working on the "spring" look here....you know that in my photo all of the trees and grass and all, are brown and bare...things are starting to green up slowly but surely.  This home looks so much better with things alive!  Oh...and I'm sorry that this picture is so small.  I have a new computer and I cannot figure out how to make the uploaded picture bigger on my blog.  I'm working on it tho!!  If you just click on the picture, you will see almost a full size version. Thanks for looking today!

Title:  Architectural Rendering
Medium: watercolor
Size: 10”x13”
Available at: Sold

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT

Title: Rocky Mountain Goat
Medium: Oil
Size: 7"x13"
Available at: $125.00 unframed + $5.00 s/h in U.S.
How to Purchase: Contact the artist CharArtist@msn.com

Painting this was so much fun....really enjoyed mixing all the colors in the white fir and it all just seemed to go together. I think it was so enjoyable because the white china in the last painting; the still life, was such a struggle at times. I love the way his face looks so friendly and his eyes look so sweet. I took the pictures of the Rocky Mountain Goat when we visited sort of an outdoor wildlife park in South Dakota last year. The place was called Bear Country USA, and was a great place to take pictures of animals. I'm probably going to paint this guy again, only a different pose. Thanks for looking today.

SPRING IN COLORADO-SOLD

Title: Spring in Colorado
Medium: Canvas Board
Size 9”12”
Available at: $125.00 unframed + $5.00 s/h in U.S.
How to Purchase: Contact the artist CharArtist@msn.com

This painting is SOLD

Spring in Colorado, I can hardly wait. The next best thing was to paint a spring time painting today. Spring in Colorado is very colorful; probably not compared to other states in the south and east, but just to see the aspens finally getting their spring green leaves and the wildflowers covering the mountain hills is quite beautiful. All I could think about while working on this today was aspens and columbines, our state flower. This is done very painterly with the purple representing the columbine flowers. Thanks for looking today.

STILL LIFE WORK IN PROGRESS

This is the beginning of my first still life. I won't say "ever" because I have painted flowers in a vase, and once I painted tomatos in a basket. But this is the first still life set-up in a shadow box ever, and also my first very realistic painting. I first painted the green apple, and then just a start on the cheese keeper (borrowed from my Mom, isn't it unusual?) I had a difficult time with the whites of the dish; you would think they would be easy, but nooooooooo, there are a million different colors of white! Anyway, I think it looks kind of antique-ish the way it is now and can't wait to paint the orange flowers.This is the drawing of the still life. At first I thought my drawing was too small; but now I think it will be ok.

This is a photo of my still life set-up. Took me forever to create and photograph this! It was fun though and quite a learning experience!!

Hope you have enjoyed the process, will post more as I get it painted. Thanks for looking.