Spirit Horses, Uncle Sean, Mountain Man, by Fawn McNeill

"Spirit Horses"

(Uncle Sean)

18 x 24 inches

Acrylic on canvas

$1,200.00

This is one I just made up for fun. I have been working on it for three days. It is completely from memory. My Uncle is a true mountain man. He used to live alone up in a cabin that he had to hike to. No roads in or out. I have placed him very small in the bottom right of the painting to emphasize the vastness of the mountains and trees. By the way, he lives in Northern Idaho now and is married. Smile.

In the sky I found horse shapes appearing, so you know me, I had to go with it! The clouds are now alive with horses! That was just because when I lived in the mountains I got to ride horses with my friends. We rode everywhere bareback. All of my friends had horses, so we would get large groups and go on all day rides up to the lookout tower in the Swede range or up on Treasure Mountain (Libby, Montana). What fun that was!

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Fond Memories, equine art by Fawn

"Fond Memories"

18 x 24 inches

Acrylic on canvas

$1,500.00

I created the background from memories of Libby Montana, where I stayed with my Grandmother several times. The horses are from pictures I took of horses I have known. I changed some of their colors and edited out a few of them to make the flow smoother. I have worked on this painting off and on for almost five years! I made it too abstract and lost the effect I was after, so now I have gone back to more of my style. I finished it yesterday. It satisfies me now.

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Sweet Dreams, Surrealism, Spiritual Art

"Sweet Dreams"

24 x 24 inches

Oil on canvas

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This is a painting I did back in 1995. I was in my early thirties then. I had always struggled with nightmares most of my life. They were usually about the abuse I endured in my childhood. As I went through more counseling, I began to ask Jesus to heal my sleep. This was the first of many good dreams. It smelled wonderful. The wind was gentle and it was blowing the fragrance of the flower all around me. The path was moving with the petals, making it hard to move forward. It lead toward heaven in the center. I woke up feeling refreshed and at peace. I have had very few nightmares since then. I can even sleep soundly through most things now!

check out a poem I wrote with this painting.

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Snowy Egret, wildlife art by Fawn

"Snowy Egret"

24 x 30 inches

Acrylic on canvas

$1,200.00

This is a painting I started last year while I was still working at the high school. I am trying to finish up some of my older works so I can move on to new things.

This little egret is very flashy. He has bright yellow-orange feet and bright yellow around his eyes. I saw him land on these rocks and knew I had to paint him. I played up the contrast of the soft white feathers and the rough harsh rocks. I blurred out the background to make it have that oil painting look. Again I wanted to push the soft against the hard for contrast. I like the overall effect.

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Returning Thanks, Sunset, Heron, wildlife art by fawn

"Returning Thanks"
30 x 36 inches
Acrylic on canvas

$2,500.00
Ready to Frame

This is one I did a few years ago. It is part of a series of about ten paintings I did with very thin paint, letting it run and drip like watercolors. Then I added details in thick paint after the runny layers dried. 

I quickly painted the thin acrylics onto the wet canvas and let it run to symbolize the rain and a sunset. In my paintings the rain is often for tears and growth. The sunset represents the end of a season or time in life.

I have learned that it is through the hard things that we become truly thankful. We begin to see the whole picture and know the trials bring about stronger faith and greater appreciation.

This Great Blue Heron is symbolic for a prayer of thanks, even in the midst of trials.

"All things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to his purpose."  Romans 8:28

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Dawn, Daily Painting, wildlife art by Fawn

"Dawn"

This is all about the dawn of this new year. This pair of white ibis represents freedom and love.

We all make resolutions, but for me, it is deeper than that. I have been wanting to get back to painting more spiritual art again, more symbolism and parables. So this is the first. The dawning of new ideas, new visions, and new dreams. I am looking forward to what this year holds!

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• 9 x 12 inches
• Acrylic on hardboard
• Classic black frame (see below)
• Sold

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Split Primaries, Happy New Year! Abstract Daily Painting

"Split Primaries"

8 x 10 inches

(ready to frame)

Acrylic on foam core board

I am not sure how archival this painting is. It started as a standard palette and quickly turned into a fun experiment. Foam core should be framed behind glass, but this has a lovely impasto quality, I would have to have an expert frame it.

It reminds me of Flowers exploding, or a rooster crowing in the morning. I guess it could be anything you wanted it to be. It was fun to create! I used a palette knife at first, then pushed some of the colors together with a brush, very much like I do on my palette.

These are the colors I use the most, and they are used in this painting: Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Medium, Napthal Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, and Thalo Blue. These are my primary colors and by using two of each (warm and cool) you can mix almost any color imaginable. I also use white, Dioxizine Purple, and Burnt umber.

I just love these intense strong colors. I can dull them by adding the compliment, creating lovely grays. I do not like using black, it takes over and muddies up my colors. I use it now and then with other colors in it, but I can get nice dark rich blacks in a variety of shades with this palette.

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