Well, I’m baaaaack…after an extended visit to Florida. Look for Jungle/heat paintings coming. (But maybe not until the weather turns cold.)
HOWEVER…here is a preview of my entries to the Oregon Trail Days Art Show. OTD, for those of you outside the region, is a big deal with an astounding number of activities in an amazingly beautiful setting. Scottsbluff/Gering does us proud! But the art show is one of the best, too, and draws in over 20 artists from around the country…set up in the Gering Civic Center. (I love doing this show…can’t you tell?)
This time, I’ll exhibit seven major paintings, some giclee’s , and a variety of small matted prints. (I’m still working hard, so there might be something extra, too.) I also hope to have some of my limited-edition calendars for sale.
If you like my stuff on line, please come to the show. I’d love to meet you. (And the other artists have fabulous stuff, too.)
SHOW PIECES:
Nebraska:
”Morning Crane Flight,” “Bad Yellow,” ”Morning Cloud,” “Prairie Outcropping,” “A-Frame Barns”
From Australia: 
“Primeval Gum Trees with Deer,” “Witches Wood”
“Prairie Wave” pastel on sanded paper 28″ x 44″ (SOLD)
As you can see, I seem to be influenced (still) by water images…but I do love these prairie storms!
Even though I’m wildly impressed by the Australian Gum Trees, I think this might be the last of this “tree” series. In this one, I used the Decalcomania process to lay down the base, and then worked it with acrylic in layers until I started to babble and drool. (I always figure that’s well past the time to quit, anyhow.)
“Gum Forest Primeval” is at the left. On the right I thought you might like to see a close-up detail.
…and here are the latest two paintings using that process for underpainting (or base.) Both are variations of the “Gum Trees of Australia” theme. 
Here are some new pieces: (I’m stepping carefully over the ice to get into the studio…)
First, a pastel: “Royal National Park with Gymea Lily”
…and then I get wild. Or wilder. The Gum Trees of the Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia just amazed me. Here’s the first from the ”tree” series: 
Decalcomania process
“Gum Tree #1″ acrylic with ink overlay on wc paper.
”Decalcomania process”– means I put a big painting on a piece of plexiglass and make several impression of it on various surfaces. (It involves plastic on my floor, lots of water, lots of mess, and lots of colorful language. ) After the transfers are dry, I put on my ink overlays…or do additional painting. And they don’t always inspire me. Sometimes I throw them away.
How do I explain how influenced I am by “place?” Check out the New Zealand paintings: “Island Nation Fantasy” (acrylic with ink overlay) 
and below it “Gold Mountain;”(SOLD) and “Island Nation #2.”
(SOLD)
New Zealand really was a gentle, rainy land when I was there, (although I was told it was even more beautiful in the summer.) As Nebraska seems to have entered “never ending winter” this year, I think often of that green land on the other side of the world.
Stats? What Stats? My web designer showed me that there really are people lurking silently out there… reading this thing.
Here are two more paintings: 
#1–Coastal Pine (SOLD)(Acrylic with ink overlay) and #2–Prairie Church (pastel) 
…so I work with the “hot” scenery, just to keep my blood moving a bit. Here are two from my travels through the grasslands. It was a glorious afternoon, as I remember it, with golden dust-motes and the only shade owned by the roadside trees.
“in the Shadow of South Butte” pastel on sanded paper 16″ x 30″
“Late Day Tree Line” pastel on sanded paper framed outside dimensions 16″ x 30″
An old friend from California was especially taken with the title of my recent show: “Peg Fowler and the Horse she rode in on.” He has been demanding pictures…but what he wants is a picture of me astride the horse. He’s also imagining the “me” from 45 years ago, with long black hair and not much clothing. Sorry, Hugh m’ love. That photo is only in your mind.
”LAW” is finished on August 1st, but Harrison’s PRAIRIE ART GUILD ANNUAL SHOW is accepting entries on Thursday, Aug 5th until noon. Then we hang it, and the show is open to the public Friday and Saturday. The first week of August is “FAIR WEEK” which is always exciting in Harrison!
by Peg
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