Cindy’s Down-Home Paintings

I’ve had some interest... well okay, one person (thanks!) so, never having been one to require a whole lot of encouragement, here are a few of my paintings from the homestead:

Just beautiful work! You can count me as person with interest number two. Wow.

I love the hen paintings, especially the Wyandotte and the Australorp!

Thank you so much for sharing, they're beautiful!! I love the expressions you captured on your cows.
And I bet there are probably chicken fanciers (Team Buff Orpington seems to be a pretty big contingent) who would love a portrait, maybe you can get a bit of an income stream going....

Cindy you have quite a talent! The paintings are beautiful. I like the Brahma and Orpington, those are some of the breeds we have in our flock. I also really like the drawing of the snowy brook.

Thanks so much everyone! 🙂

I love them, all!

Soooo.... Cindy? Are any of your paintings for sale?

beautiful! yes please let us know where we can buy and prices.

I’ve sold the occasional print long ago (very different style) when I was doing primarily pottery, but I haven’t tried to sell any of my watercolor/mixed media or acrylics. I have no idea what an appropriate price would even be. I would probably not sell the hens series since they’re a personal record of my original flock, but I might do some prints if I had enough interest. It’s pretty expensive (here) getting art prints set up. Printing doesn’t cost that much but the set-up... 😱😱😱 That’s been a very long time ago, though... I’ll look into it again. The watercolors would likely be easier to set up since colors/gradients aren’t as critical.

Meantime, if anyone wants to talk about portraits of your own beasties (or loved ones for that matter), you can sure message me. I love doing portraits... it’s really an enjoyable challenge for me. The hens took in total around 6-8 hours, but that includes chatting with my friends, handing out unsolicited advice, drinking way too much coffee... Plus it’s the first time I’ve tried painting an accurate portrait of a chicken. 😁 You really don’t know what a thing actually looks like until you’ve painted or at least sketched it. The hardest one was the Black Australorp, mainly because of her being black. I did that one three times before I was satisfied with it. They’re very nice girls, though. Well worth the effort. 🥰

Preliminary sketch of one of my Buff geese... isn’t he gorgeous? I just felt like doing a sketch but I think I’ll like it better in color.

Beautiful chooks.  Thank you so much for sharing.  Stumbling on this thread gave me a badly needed smile.