A new year and more wildlife paintings!

A new year and a new beginning! I always thought our native wildlife needs more attention.
So this year I will paint mostly animals native to North America.

"Barn Owl"

Acrylic on canvas,  20" x 24", 2020.
Reference photo by Hollie Gordon (Wildlife Reference Photo)   

Attitude

Or "Cookie."  In real life, she is my little sister's spoiled cat princess and is just stunningly beautiful!

"Attitude"

Acrylic on linen panel,  12" x 12", 2018.  Private collection.

The International Artist Magazine

Clearly a highlight in my career was the publishing of some of my paintings with an article about work and inspiration.

Proudly presenting the December/January issue of the International Artist:

A Magic Moment

When I found myself standing right in front of this beautiful deer. Thankfully I was holding my camera. Keeping her, through silly actions from myself, engaged, I was able to take a perfect photo, which inspired me to this painting. One of my favorite paintings, so far.

"A Magic Moment"

Acrylic on canvas,  24" x 36", 2018.  Sold.

Running Horses

Of course, there must be horses :)

"Running Free"

Oil on canvas,  30" x 15", 2018.  Available.

More Wildlife

Going through some of my photos I took at the North Carolina Zoo, I alway find some inpiration for more paintings.

"Flamingo"

Oil on canvas,  24" x 24", 2018.  Available.

"Giraffe"

Acrylic on canvas,  24" x 24", 2018.  Available.

Native Wildlife

Another animal I absolutely love: The bear! All bears!

These Eyes

"It's not what you look at that matters, It's what you see" - Alphonso Dunn.

Acrylic on linen panel,  12" x  12". Available.

Reference photo with many thanks from Joaquin Aronoa (Pixabay)

Bobcat

Oil on canvas,  12" x  12". Available. 

Reference photo by Skeeze (Pixabay).

Zebra

I love zebras. A lot. They are horses too :)

Zebra

Acrylic on canvas,  18" x  24". Available.

Wild Horses, my favorite animal to paint!

Of course, there must be small horse paintings too.

Mustang

Acrylic on canvas panel,  5" x  7", Reference photo from Pixabay. Available.

Mustangs I

Acrylic on canvas panel,  5" x  7", Reference photo from Pixabay. Available.

Mustangs II

Acrylic on canvas panel,  10" x  8", Reference photo from Pixabay. Available.

Precious Memories

Creating small paintings I was browsing through my own photo collection and found pictures of my own sheep I had some time ago.

Heidschnucken

Acrylic on canvas panel,  8" x  10"

Heidschnucken

Acrylic on canvas panel,  8" x  10"

Small Paintings are fun!

The last month of 2017 and the first of 2018 I spent a lot of time with small paintings which was really fun!

Dawn

Acrylic on canvas panel,  8" x  8", sold

Fawn

Acrylic on canvas panel,  8" x  8", sold

Acrylic on canvas panel,  5" x  7", sold

Many thanks to Cezary Kowalski for the beautiful reference photo.

Acrylic over silver leaf on canvas,  5" x  7", available.

Many thanks to Sara Roche for the beautiful reference photo.

Lioness,   

Acrylic on mdf panel,  5" x  5", available.

Many thanks for the beautiful photo from @wildlife reference photos.

Watching

Acrylic on mdf panel,  5" x  7", available.

Photo reference with many thanks from Pixabay.

Updating

Since I am mostly using my main homepage http://ahenningsart.com/ I was neglecting my little blog here. In the next postings I will trying to catch up with the present time and keep this page going.

Equine Power, Beauty and Grace!

Another one of my paintings for our big equine exhibition at the Ambleside Gallery in Greensboro, NC. The show will open Friday, November 3rd and will remain up until November 25th.

Determined

Acrylic on canvas,  24" x  18"

Equine Power, Beauty and Grace!

A selection of my paintings will be shown at the Ambleside Gallery in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina in November.

Here some of the newer pieces I will be showing:

"Magic"

Acrylic on canvas, 20" x  20" 

"Running Free"

Oil on canvas, 30" x  15" 

"Velvet"

Acrylic on canvas, 20" x  20"

Waiting

Another gorgeous horse I saw at Sedgefield Showgrounds:

Waiting

Oil on linen panel,  24" x  18"

Arabian Beauties

Arabian Beauties

Oil on canvas panel,  10" x  20"

At The Parade

Just finished a painting of a gorgeous horse I saw at a parade last year:

At The Parade

Acrylic on linen board,  14" x  18"

Portrait of a white horse

After some beautiful days at Sedgefield Showgrounds in Greensboro I can see many more horse paintings in my near future.

Rocky

Acrylic on canvas,  10" x  10"

Miniatur

A Small Talk

Oil on canvas panel,  5" x  7"

More horses

I always enjoy painting horses

Refreshing

Oil on linen panel,  9" x 12" 

Reference photo, used with permission, by Ernie Griffiths.

And every now and then in pastel

I love to paint with pastels

Rocky

Pastel,  9" x 12", 2017

Spring

Pastel,  12" x 9", 2017

FALC 22nd Annual Juried Exhibition

I'm honored that my painting "Amber" has been accepted to the FALC 22th Annual Juried Art Exhibition in Cary, NC. The exhibition runs from March 8th through April 15th 2017.

Everybody loves elephants

And so do I. Some experiments with different media and acrylics:

Wisdom

Acrylic on mdf panel,  12" x 12", 2017
Reference photo from Bobistravelling (Flickr) Creative Commons attribution 

A Beautiful Rear Can Also Endear

Mixed media on mdf panel,  6.75" x 6.75", 2017

Carabineri

Of course, another Andalusian. Beautiful photo reference by Janina Suuronen.

Carabineri

Acrylic and some drawing on canvas panel,  10" x 8", 2017

Cantarero

Andalusians are so impressiv!

Cantarero

Acrylic and some drawing on linen panel,  10" x 10", 2016

Some tiny paintings

I had a lot of fun with painting these minis

Sheep Gallery

Acrylic on panel, ( 3) 2.5" x 2.5", 2016
SOLD

Beautiful North Carolina Mountains

Two years ago we traveled through the NC mountains to Highlands. Many of our photos are showing the beautiful rivers and waterfalls between Franklin and Lake Lure. Browsing through my photos I found several which I took at the Broad River.

Marvelous Moment in Time

Acrylic on linen panel,  8" x 8", 2016

Some small paintings

I just love to paint small paintings

Andalusian II

Acrylic on linen panel,  8" x 8", 2016

Coyote

Acrylic on linen panel,  8" x 8", 2016
SOLD

Fun Bath

Acrylic on canvas,  8" x 8", 2016

Zsa Zsa

Acrylic on linen panel ,  8" x 8", 2016

Louie the Llama

Acrylic on canvas ,  5" x 5", 2016

Sweet Jordan

I really enjoyed to paint Jordan. Such a gentle soul!

Sweet Jordan

Acrylic on canvas ,  20" x 24", 2016

"Sweet Jordan " was selected as part of the FAV15% in the September 2016 BoldBrush Painting Competition

And sometimes in oil

Every now and then I paint in oil. Should do it more often, it is really fun!

Amber

Oil on canvas ,  20" x 20", 2016

"Amber " was selected as part of the FAV15% in the August 2016 BoldBrush Painting Competition

FAV 15% Bold Brush Competition