Red Scarf Cowboy

8.5x5.5 watercolor on Canson 117 lb CP paper done last week of August while on a trip, another imaginary western cowboy rancher. I've used White Nights paints with this fellow, over a pencil sketch. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Patriotic Cowboy

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 117 lb cold press paper. This imaginary cowboy art was created last week of August, still celebrating America's 250th birthday. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Crow Omen

8x8 mixed media on Master's Touch 140 lb CP paper done latter part of July. I used watercolor (Rosa's), Crayola Pip Squeak markers, and Caran D'Ache wax watersoluble crayons in this imaginary crow painting. Is a crow a bad omen or not? COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Purple Rain

6x6 watercolor in sketchbook 80 lb paper done mid- August, another imaginary landscape with rainy or stormy skies above. With this I've tried to focus on the rainfall and the turmoil the rainstorm is causing. Pray for rain! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

The Crow Knows

14x11 mixed media on mixed media paper using watercolor, acrylics, India ink, carpenter's pencil done last part of August. This crow bird art is one of those having fun creations; doing the top part as realistic depiction and bottom as a color explosion of sorts. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Quail in Cactus Patch

22x30 watercolor using Daniel Smith paints done week before last, on Daler Rowney Langston Prestige paper 140 lb CP. This was a commission ordered on the last day of our Alto Artist Tour on August 9th. A new customer wanted a scene with quail. Having no personal photos Free Reference Photos for Artists page on Facebook was very generous. Thanks to Anita Jones Bozich! Cactus photos were taken here in Big Spring om 6th street. An enjoyable landscape with quail was exciting to paint. Last week I took the painting to Ruidoso, NM, where new customer approved it. Currently, I am matting and framing it for her. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Siamese Side View

4.5x3 miniature watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press done last of July. This is Jezebel, my studio cat for 19 years, a side view of her sweet face. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026