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Spring is Really Here

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 4/4/2010 5:46:02 PM
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"Captured 2" Oil Painting 12x12 on panel
The rains finally came to the Texas hill country in the fall and winter making way for a most beautiful spring. Hundreds of Blue Bonnets, Texas' state flower (elsewhere known as Lupines) adorn the property surrounding my studio, as well as white ones and numerous other wildflowers.  The white ones are beautiful - a little fuller and denser than the blues.  Trees are blooming and redbud's have been gorgeous. The Pedernales River at Pedernales Falls State Park is very wonderful this year and will produce many paintings and soon, I believe.

I have a new painting almost completed and spent the day yesterday preparing panels for more.  It has been a long past season, but  newness is here.  Many years ago God spoke to my heart as I sat in my home in the Texas panhandle with 4 ft snow banks surrounding the house - 

"No matter how long the winter, nor how deep the snow, Spring Always Follows". 

Spring has followed and I am painting and at Peace.  I am posting a new painting, one of the "Captured" series, and will be painting more moving water. 

I posted a different artwork on the main page of my website called "Raising Lazarus" in honor of the day that celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus.

This new year also brought an invitation from the American Women Artists group for Signature status.  It is a prestigious group of which to be a Signature Member and an honor for me.


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New Painting and New Spring

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 3/14/2010 10:05:36 AM
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Oil 12x12 on cradled panel
Spring is peeking everywhere I turn, and I believe, the best one yet.  Rains finally came to the Texas Hill Country in the fall and broke the drought.  For the first time I saw the San Gabriel river flowing in all it's glory.  I have Blue Bonnets growing outside my studio and covering the surrounding property promising a great blooming in the next some-while. YAY

V.W. brought me this small cardboard box containing a fallen orchid from her collection. The orchid had fallen from it's plant source in an obscure place, and been great play for cats until it came into my hands. The box was of the cheapest material and, as well, had been batted around. It speaks to me of resurrection life and of the new being and existence that comes through Jesus of Nazareth when encountered.

I have more new work to be showing soon.  Thanks for visiting,    SJo

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LIFE CHANGES

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 8/15/2009 3:36:58 PM
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I am traveling most of the time with Jim this summer.  It is a very busy time but I have paintings in progress and will post new art as it is birthed.  Thanks for checking in...........SJo

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Beautiful Louisiana

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 6/30/2009 3:40:58 PM
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My family lived on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana when I was in the 6th grade. Before moving to Grand Isle, we lived in Houma for a while and I was the only blond, blue eyed person in the school and people stared.  That was a little scary for me because I had not learned to come out of the woodwork where I normally stayed.  I remember surf fishing for flounder and evacuating for two or more hurricanes during the time we were there,  and highways in front of us covered with crawdads!  but I didn't recall the beauty of the state.  

In those days I didn't eat seafood so missed out on one of the benefits of the coast.  There was a wonderful seafood restaurant on the island where we lived (Grand Isle) and the rest of the family loved to feast on all good things caught locally while I ate cheeseburgers and nothing but.

Jim and I traveled the width and almost the length of the state last week and we were amazed at how beautiful it is everywhere as well as the outstanding friendliness and warmth of the people.  Hopefully I will be able to produce paintings out of these Louisiana treks eventually.

I do have three paintings in progress and hope to give an update on the one called "Passages" from the last blog as it has changed considerably.  SJo

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Great Shows and Wonderful Glows

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 3/30/2009 11:25:48 PM
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"Passages" oil on canvas 12x34
The exhibit at the Barnard's Mill Museum and Art Gallery was very enjoyable and I had a great room in which to hang.  I was blessed to reconnect with a number of friends and collectors.  We operated my studio/gallery in Glen Rose, Texas for about 10 years.  We were located in a wonderful, hundred year old building built of local fossilized stone.  A volunteer Bluebonnet plant filled the planter outside the front entrance the year before we left, and now the seeds have traveled and are blooming in the cracks in the sidewalk in front of the door.  It was a great place, with many visitors; squirrels that would climb down the stone walls occasionally, lizards of all sizes, a wren that built a nest in a planter inside the gallery, and the occasion small to medium sized snake.  A young opossum came calling one night while I was working late.  So many stories from those wonderful years......

I drove to the Dinosaur Valley State Park on Sunday morning to visit my river, the Paluxy, before the Sunday families arrived at the park.  What a beauty in the glow of the morning light.  What wonderful sounds as I stood in the midst of three small waterfalls listening to the flow with my eyes closed.

The painting in progress is more remembrance than real as so many times in the past I sat on a rock in the middle of the river as nightfall moved in, or at midnight, listening and taking in the peace.  This painting will be perhaps more dreamlike in it's completion - a collage of memories and experiences on my river.  SJo

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Show at historic Barnard's Mill and Art Museum

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 3/27/2009 7:56:29 PM
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"Making History 2 - oil on panel 11x18

This new painting is of an area on the Paluxy River at Glen Rose, Texas. I have done at least three paintings of and near this wonderful place over the years. It doesn’t seem to change much with time even with the periodic river risings.

“Making History 2” will be included along with seven other of my paintings in an invitational show this Saturday evening at the historic Barnard’s Mill Art Museum in Glen Rose. The museum owns four of my paintings in their permanent collection which they acquired several years ago. I will be showing along with six other artists.


Jim and I would love to see you there -

The Somervell History Foundation

Presents

Art on the Paluxy

wine and Hors d’oeuvres

Art Show and Sale

Saturday, March 28, 2009 p.m.

Historic Barnard’s Mill and Art Museum

307 SW Barnard Street

Glen Rose, Texas 76043


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Great Yellow Bottle

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 2/10/2009 9:02:00 PM
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"Great Yellow Bottle" - oil 6x6
The great yellow bottle was given to me by my niece.  It leans just a little - enough to make you wonder who missed it - the bottle maker or the artist.  It wasn't me.

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Purple Onions

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 2/10/2009 8:47:53 PM
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"Purple Onions" - oil 6x6
These onions were purchased as part of a salad and stir-fry.  My sister, also an artist from Tulsa, saw these purple onions in all their brilliance and extraordinary color, and said, "we have to paint those".  They were wonderful and found good light placed on my painting table in the studio.  Gorgeous.  SJo

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Getting Started

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 2/10/2009 6:59:36 PM
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Getting Started - oil 6x6
Apologies are in order since I boldly said I was doing a regular blog.  Life happened, and I have been very negligent.
"Getting Started" is a depiction of what often happens in my studio.  I am surrounded by windows, (too many, really) which make a wonderful environment for rooting plants.  As always I am intrigued with sunlight pouring through the antique ink bottle, and the beginnings of new roots.  Enjoy SJo

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Really Red Bottle

by Sherry Jo Horton Fine Art on 12/17/2008 11:27:47 PM
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Really Red Bottle 6x6 oil
I always look for bottles when in antique stores and yard sales.  Transparent glass appeals to me, especially when it is colored.  This strange little bottle sought me out and called my name.  I experiment with red from time to time because it seems to be so limiting, that when I pull it off, I am always excited.  Red affects everything around it and dominates in a strong way.
My daughter flies in from New York tomorrow morning and fun and much other celebration stuff is ahead.  We are looking forward to seeing her - it's been a while.
Christmas is 7 days away.  Last minute purchases can be made on my website, shipped and received in time.  Be blessed - SJo


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