Old Spanish Trail Studio
Art News and Happenings in Big Bend Country
Mother/Daughter Artists
Bettye Cook & Lindy Cook Severns
Hang Work Together
During Annual Fort Davis Art Show (Labor Day Weekend thru Sept. 2008)
Favorite Picnic Spot 14" x 18" Watercolor by Bettye Cook
Windswept Color 12" x 24" pastel by Lindy Cook Severns
Sticky Business 14" x 18" watercolor by Bettye Cook
Respite in Walt Gonske's Garden 9" x 12" pastel by Lindy Cook Severns
Goatherder's Gift to the Wedding 14" x 18" watercolor by Bettye Cook
The Far West of Texas 4" x 6" pastel by Lindy Cook Severns
("We think this is the first time we've ever exhibited together!" says daughter Lindy. "What fun!")
KHAA 5th Annual Juried Art Show
OLD FORT COUNTRY 1250 State Street (across from the fort) Fort Davis, TX
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How can a parent inspire a creative child?
Read Lindy's August 17 2007 interview with Smartflix.com. (Look in their blog archives.) This in-depth interview offers how-to advice for artists and behind the scene insights into the mind of the artist. Smartflix is a terrific place to easily rent instructional DVD's on art of all kinds. Try it! for inspiration or at-home instruction with painting masters.
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Wanderings of An Artist In Far West Texas offers insights into the creative process, painting previews, stories, a few painting lessons and regular musings on life and people and critters here in the wild wild west.
ALPINE ARTWALK & GALLERY NIGHT 2008 APPROACHES!
MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW FOR THE WEEKEND BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
lINDY SEVERNS WILL BE KIOWA GALLERY'S FEATURE ARTIST-- CHECK BACK FOR PREVIEWS OF HER FALL 2008 COLLECTION. A HINT: THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE BIG.
TRAPPINGS OF TEXAS 2007
Best of Show for art at the 21st annual invitational show of the Museum of the Big Bend went to Fort Davis landscape artist Lindy Cook Severns
Best of Show for Art: Lindy C Severns COMING STORM by Lindy Severns collection of Yana and Marty Davis
Lindy's pastel "COMING STORM" took BEST of SHOW for art at the 21st annual TRAPPINGS of TEXAS at the Museum of the Big Bend, Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. The exhibit ran from February 22 until April 29, 2007 in the Museum's new home, which officially opened under the direction of Larry Francell of Fort Davis, Tx on August 18th, 2007. TRAPPINGS features artistically crafted cowboy gear and fine western art from across the United States and South America. Western art critic Michael Duty, whose lengthy credentials include authoring several books on the art of the American West judged the art. Trappings is the second oldest western gear and art show in the southwest.
SEE THE PAINTINGS LINDY SEVERNS EXHIBITED IN TRAPPINGS OF TEXAS 2008
How are paintings priced?
This is a tough call for both artist and gallery. The artist must earn enough to keep painting without the distraction of needing to look for work. The gallery has a significant overhead-- keeping the doors open takes a continuous flow of money.
Most artists and galleries sincerely believe art shouldn't be priced out of reach. We want everyone to enjoy fine art, in some form or another. Prints, greeting cards and miniature originals help make this possible.
Supply and demand plays a role in pricing, too. Paintings are unique creations that consume great chunks of an artist's life. A big painting takes a bigger chunk of time. Appreciate that fact and the sometimes pricy tags on paintings make more sense.
(Don't forget that frameable deluxe, oversized greeting cards featuring Lindy's art retail for under $10. Check the studio store for this month's selections!)