Austin Studio Tour Starts This Weekend–online Austin Studio Tour Online The Austin Studio Tour 2020 starts this Saturday, November 14. As always, it runs for two weekends and features local artists in their studios, homes, and galleries. This year the tour combines East and West, and features over 400 Austin artists. I am pleased toContinue reading
Category: Lost Pines Art
Oil paintings by local artist who lives and paints at Little Piney, her home in the Lost Pines of Bastrop, Texas.
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Austin Studio Tour 2020: Art in the Days of Covid-19
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Painting Birds
After the holiday rush of activities and celebrations, I was eager to get back to painting. However, I had a hard time feeling inspired. After several false starts with more serious subjects, I decided I needed to loose up and lighten up. I started painting birds and haven’t stopped! Some are finished and dry. TwoContinue reading
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Art Show at Hyde Park Bar and Grill–Texas Landscapes and Bird Paintings from Little Piney
Texas Landscapes and Bird Paintings from Little Piney For the last year and a half, I have been painting expressions of my love for nature, and especially for Little Piney. In May I had the pleasure of hanging my favorite Texas landscapes and bird paintings from Little Piney in the classic Austin neighborhood restaurant, HydeContinue reading
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Reflections: Spirits in Nature
Reflections: Spirits in Nature This project began with a late afternoon canoe trip. As the light changed and the breeze died, the surface of the creek grew smooth and reflective, and I directed my camera to the mirror images of the shore and its reflection. That night when I downloaded the pictures, glowing eyesContinue reading
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An Invitation to Bastrop First Friday Art Walk, March 3
Piney Creek Reflections: Landscapes and Birds from the Banks of Piney Creek Oil Paintings and Photographs by Tammy Brown Hosted by Piney Creek Chophouse, 703 Chestnut St, Bastrop, Texas Bastrop First Friday Art Walk, March 3, 2017, 5:30-8:30 Please join us!
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Painting Birds at Little Piney–Part II
Still Painting Birds Back in August, I posted about painting birds at Little Piney. After a few weeks of making realistic realistic drawings of individual birds I moved on to painting birds interacting with a reference to human dynamics. See Part I. Now it’s December, and I’m still painting birds. In the picnic scene below,Continue reading
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Coyotes and Other Critters Call Little Piney “Home”
Coyote Pack I love to pour a cup of coffee in the morning and look out the back window. Sometimes I see deer, and sometimes coyotes and other critters. This pack of three has been around for awhile now. Coyotes and Other Critters Early one morning, I saw a deer and coyote cross paths. Things wereContinue reading
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Painting Birds at Little Piney
Painting Birds After painting yet another landscape in June, I felt restless to try something new. I wanted to paint in a looser style, and I wanted to paint some birds! I pulled out my pastels for a change of pace and some favorite photos for references and got started. I collected some old acrylicContinue reading
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The Bastrop 2016 Transformer Mural Project
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE 2016 TRANSFORMER MURAL HERE Bastrop Public Art Bastrop has an active program for art in public places. On our first visit, I noticed outdoor sculptures and colorful murals throughout the downtown area. The transformer box murals in particular caught my eye–happy art surprises scattered around town like sprinkles on cupcake. You’ll findContinue reading
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Spring Flies By Like a Butterfly
Spring at Little Piney Spring flies by like a butterfly–beautiful, colorful, swiftly gone. I know it’s not over yet, but in the flurry of over-scheduled days away from Little Piney, I feel a sense of loss. I didn’t have enough days with the Bluebonnets which are already going to seed, or with the Cedar WaxwingsContinue reading