Southwestern Afternoon

22x15 watercolor on Langton Prestige 140 lb cold press paper by Daler Rowney done mid-January, a still life I set up years ago. That first version was on a full sheet 30x22 and sold at its first show in west Texas. It has always been a favorite. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Cowskull Desert Debris

8.5x11 mixed media on paper completed today using an older ink marker sketch and added a cowskull from one of my antique store trips. In my mixed media sketchbook work I have used watercolor, acrylics, and ink line to mimic the desert and its debris. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Bleached Cow Skull

12x6 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper started yesterday then finished today from an old bleached cow skull hanging on the wall. I liked its dramatic shadows so sketched it in a narrow format for a southwest still life. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Cow Skull

15x11 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper of an old cowskull I photographed on my brother's ranch in O'Donnell, TX. It was propped against a tree and had rocks below and beside it. Daniel Smith paints used: Quinacridone burnt orange, quin gold and magenta, raw sienna, UB, aureolin, and Carbazole violet, all done wet on dry. Yesterday I drew it and today painted it. These icons of western art always sell pretty quickly.