This is titled “Last of the Cherry Tomatoes” oil 5” x 7”
We have 5 acres but with the deer, raccoons & other tomato loving animals that proliferate in the forests around us I must grow tomatoes in large pots on our terrace.
This year there were so many that we could gather more than a dozen per day for several months. They tasted great! This painting was done to relax me before starting on the finishing days of a large painting of lions that I was doing for the wildlife show at the San Bernardino museum in California.
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"Rodeo Veteran"
My husband has been involved with investing in rodeo bulls and this bull belongs to some friends of ours that own a rodeo production company. The bulls are powerful, impressive athletes. I have not only a great respect for them but have developed a real appreciation for their beauty. I don't know what it is about them but I love being around them.

I still have the original painting, which has been a great painting to send to shows, and I've had giclee prints made of it. The prints are already a popular seller and will be limited to 100 of the original size which is 11" x 14".

The painting is many layers of transparent oil and has great depth as well as a certain old world quality. One patron who purchased a framed print laughed and said she never thought she would ever have a bovine on her wall but she just couldn't resist this one. I hope she and the others who took hime home enjoy his presence.

“Fall at Shiloh”
This painting was a Top 100 Mini winner for the Arts for the Parks juried show this year. In the past I seldom painted landscapes but am really getting a taste for them. In this painting I wanted to emphasize the quiet stillness of this place. I hope to show the reverence one feels walking here. I have just finished a painting of a river in Kenya and in painting the animals, I saw there this year. I'm adding more small landscapes behind them in an attempt to tell more of their story.

It’s raining and gray here today but warm enough to keep the windows open. The colors of fall are so vivid it feels as if you are in a kaleidoscope. The rain washes and darkens the leaves bring out the pigment. Our home is in the center of a forest, bordered on one side by a lake. Oaks, maples, birches, elms and aspen are quilted together and interspersed with the darkest of greens from fir and pine. All of this can be seen from almost any room in our home. More and more of the view of the lake can be seen every day a the trees loose their leaves.

Art by Linda Walker

I have been meaning to start a blog site if for nothing else but my own journey. I will try and get to it as often as possible and I’m sure I’ll be more conscientious the first few months. I’d like to post some photos from my trip to Africa and some images showing my paintings. They are mostly oil paintings of wildlife but I also get interested in other mediums and genres. There has been a lot happening in my art world lately so come back and visit from time to time.

This is an example of a miniature painting, only 3.5" x 5" titled Moving On. It just won 2nd best of show at the Miniature show in Casper, WY (yea!) .

I'm really enjoying painting these small gems. They take more time per square inch than a larger painting and take 3 to 4 days each to create as they're not just small gesture paintings but finished in multi - layers and comparable to a large painting in everything but size. Although this one is on primed panel I often use special synthetic ivory, tiny brushes and a magnifying glass. I learn a tremendous amount from painting them. I have beautiful frames made for them so they fit the size without being overwhelming.
It's so nice to just put these in a small box and send them off without the taxing and expensive shipping of the larger works. I've taken to entering miniature shows along with the regular shows.