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"Talons, Osprey in Montana" Fine Art Print by Donna Ridgway [5605940-1] - Red...
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)24 Jul 2010 at 11:13 am
"Talons, Osprey in Montana" Fine Art Print by Donna Ridgway [5605940-1] - RedBubble:
We visited the osprey nest near Freeze Out Lake last night (7/23/10). One parent is gone teaching the first baby who left the nest how to hunt and fly with skill. The other parent is watching over the nest with the remaining baby.
I caught this as she was settling in for the night, she came down above me, with h ... read more
A great shift in creating....
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)24 Jul 2010 at 11:04 am
I've been learning to use the manual settings on my camera. This is a big breakthrough for me, as I've been scared to death in the past, to change my menus from automatic. I just knew if I changed something, I'd never get the thing back to where it was, and I'd never be able to take another photo! I'm psycho....:)When Henry and Pedro left to go to new homes, I needed another, o ... read more
Candy Striper, a Zebra carousel.
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)27 Feb 2010 at 5:14 pm
Here's my latest carousel animal painting He's composed entirely from my imagination and it was sure fun painting this. I used many thin glazes of color, creating the stripes with red and green layers. When you look at this up close, you can see those colors in the zebra.
This painting is 20X24 inches, acrylic on hard board.
Donna
Conjure up a cowboy in 30 minutes!
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)15 Jan 2010 at 4:02 pm
Last night I went to the Great Falls Art Society meeting. We had a pastel instructor there, with a live model. It was so interesting and fun to watch her work! She had us do three gesture sketches, then she showed us how she would create a painting in 30 minutes from her cowboy model. After that, we tried creating our own painting from the model. He was a very good model, ... read more
Low Temps-High Spirits!
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)8 Jan 2010 at 6:34 pm
Low Temps-High Spirits can be purchased on my Red Bubble site.
Here's a high flying Appaloosa for you! He was feeling his cheerios, and showing off for us. By the time he'd finished his antics, he had Robert and I laughing pretty hard!
He can be purchased as a framed print, a poster, or a giclee print or card on my red bubble site. Shopping there is easy, I think you'll like th ... read more
Appaloosa in the Snow
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)1 Jan 2010 at 2:53 pm
We spent Christmas Day with my cousin and her family, near Swift Dam, west of Dupuyer, Montana. On the way to her house, we stopped to take photos of this beautiful horse. I liked the way his colors contrasted with the snow and the blue of the mountains!
You can purchase this image here on my Red Bubble site, Appaloosa in the Snow
A Bunch of Bucks!
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)1 Oct 2009 at 10:13 am
"Bunch of Bucks"
We were coming home from the car show at Lincoln, when we decided to head for Bean Lake on the cut across road to Augusta, Montana. We noticed a mule deer buck in a coulee beside us, and we stopped to take a photo of him. As we looked onto the hillside, we were looking directly into the setting sun and it took us a moment to make out there were three more bucks on ... read more
Henry, AKA Sharp Slicker, my new horse.
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)30 Sep 2009 at 5:29 pm
Sharp Slicker, or Slick, or Henry :) A favored child has many names. lol If you click on Henry, you'll find my album of more pictures of him. I haven't got good ones since, the light is just wrong for getting good pics of him.
Last night, Robert and I were dragging out some lumber wraps to cover a pile of lumber before it rained. Robert had drug several tarps out and I was going to pick them up ... read more
"Kiss Me!"
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)30 Sep 2009 at 5:28 pm
"Kiss Me!"
Nothing can be sillier than two mules playing! You'd swear these two are in love!
You can see more of my digital art on my Red Bubble gallery.
The Hitch Hiker
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)30 Sep 2009 at 10:23 am
"The Hitch Hiker"This little foal wasn't quite ready to take on a rider yet, but this cat couldn't resist jumping on his back when the foal walked by the corral fence! The cat looks like he's daring the foal to try to get rid of him...:)
Bright Eyes!
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)25 Sep 2009 at 11:26 pm
Purchase giclee prints of this image here.
I took a photo of this horse near Charlo, Montana. I thought he was cute as he looked over the back of his pasture mate. I added an old rusty car hood photo to this for a layer of texture, then I used photoshop brushes and many layers until I made his bright eye pop!
Cowboy Camper
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)26 Jun 2009 at 12:02 pm
I spent some time this spring, redecorating our pickup camper. It's a traditional type pick up camper, 10 foot, with the bed over the cab. We picked it up for $100 at a farm sale ...It was in good shape, no leaky roof, and a nice floor plan, with two big closets, and a bathroom... We put it on our four wheel drive pickup, we needed a camper that will get us to some of the places we want to go, wh ... read more
"I'm a Real Bright Fellow!" More digital work...
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)26 Jun 2009 at 11:52 am
"I'm a Real Bright Fellow!"First off, I love seeing meadowlarks on fence posts! They're such in integral part of spring in Montana! But there are all ready hundreds of photos of meadowlarks on posts....so I wanted to do something different...
Secondly, I was thinking of the value of tones, sepia, black and white, and full color. So this piece explores that theme also.
When I was finished with the ... read more
Digital fun....It's been a real dry year!
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)26 Jun 2009 at 11:38 am
"It's Been a Real Dry Year!"Here's a spoof on the favorite conversation of ranchers and farmers. I had so much fun working this up.
The world of digital art has interested me for a long time, but I've resisted spending the time it takes to learn "how" to do this for ages. I finally took the plunge and spent hours and hours working away in Gimp and Photoshop Elements, until I could create somethin ... read more
Eagle Rising
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)22 May 2009 at 11:38 am
On Valentine's Day, 09, we decided to take a drive and see if we could get some photos. It was snowing hard, the wind was blowing.... We drove along the Missouri River and to our delight, the eagles were there along the river. Some of them were fishing, but most were sitting in trees. This eagle was on a rock outcropping, high above the road, sitting on a post. I had to walk up to him, and se
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Want to help me name this photo? Some awards!
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)19 May 2009 at 12:43 am
Need some captions for this photo. I'm sure someone can come up with something good! I asked on Twitter, and Facebook also. Be fun to see what anyone thinks it could be called.
Another of my photos was featured on Red Bubble in the Wolves in Art group. I was tickled pink to open my Red Bubble page and see the notice they liked my "In the Trees" photo of a wolf.
Last but not least, Linda Shantz ... read more
Donkicorn meets Elfin King.
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)4 May 2009 at 5:05 pm
Owning a donkey is a very special thing, and it's also an educational thing. Owning a donkey teaches you to think patiently! Our Pedro teaches us something every day we own him. He's quite ornery and quite delightful, all at the same time. :)While I'm waiting for Pedro to come to me, to get a pellet, or hoping he'll allow me to pet him, my mind gets to going a million miles an hour, with all t ... read more
Update on the elk. He's in the snow now!
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)4 May 2009 at 4:58 pm
Poor elk, he went from fall to winter in a hurry. I couldn't make him stand out from his background so switched seasons on him. I bet he was surprised! lol I'm calling him finished this time! He's 8X10" on canvas board, painted in acrylic. I'll probably put him for sale in my etsy store.
My art isn't very high priced. I'd like to think I could sell more art at a low price, then sell a few at a ... read more
An elk painting. Work in Progress, WIP
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)30 Apr 2009 at 9:10 pm
I've laid in the basic elk, and a little bit of an idea, but need to figure out where to go from here. This painting is 8X10 inch, on canvas. I started it with watercolor, to place basic colors and draw the elk onto the support. I've now moved on to acrylics and covered most of the painting over with some under layers.More to follow later!
Donna Ridgway
The Unconventional Yearling
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)30 Apr 2009 at 8:51 pm
I call this the Unconventional Yearling. In real life, this little filly had the strangest coloring, a dark bay roan, with tan points. I began to draw her with blue paint on the support, and this followed. She has a mind of her own! She wanted to be this way, truly she did!She seemed really cute and full of personality when I finished her, kind of like she could come to life and be a real ho ... read more
She's Pink!
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)16 Apr 2009 at 4:20 pm
A few days ago, I felt honored when Linda Shantz asked me to create a guest blog post for her blog. She asked me a few days ahead of the needed post, so I had plenty of time to create a horse painting for her blog.You can find Linda's blog by clicking her name above. You'll enjoy her work, she paints a lot of thoroughbreds, and she also paints dogs... Oh yes, she's also writing a very good book ... read more
Emmie, finished. Cat oil painting by Donna Ridgway
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)16 Apr 2009 at 3:33 pm
Here's Emmie, with some whiskers, eye brow whiskers, a shine on her nose, and a bigger chin. She still has a funny little pug nose look on her face. But some cats are like that, so I'm leaving her like she is. She was so much fun to paint. I could imagine her soft fur in my hands as her form took life.I'm using my limited palette of French Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow and Grumbacher Red pain ... read more
Emmie, a cat oil painting by Donna Ridgway.
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)15 Apr 2009 at 8:09 pm
I began this painting while looking at a photo of my own kittie, Scarlet. Suddenly a different cat began to emerge. This new cat has long hair and Scarlet has short hair, so I had to find a new name for this little fuzz ball! I decided to call her Emmie, because she has such pretty emerald eyes.I'm almost finished with this. She needs an addition of whiskers, then I'll post her for sale in my ... read more
Sing Song, black cat with green eyes, oil painting by Donna Ridgway.
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)2 Apr 2009 at 5:22 pm
This is our cat, Sing Song. Our neighbor went to a party at the bar in Vaughn, one October night, 4 or 5 years ago. When our neighbor left the bar, she heard pitiful sounds coming from beneath a vehicle. Lucky for Sing Song, our neighbor loves animals and couldn't bear to leave this starving kitten there in a snow storm, on the wet ground, under a vehicle that was about to move.Our neighbor b ... read more
Green Llama WIP 2
by montanaphoto@3riversdbs.net (Donna Ridgway)19 Mar 2009 at 1:55 pm
I had a lot of fun painting this llama. He's so haughty! When we go to do chores for our neighbor, this guy gurgles and hawks up cuds like he's going to spit at us. He hasn't done it yet, thank goodness. We can't be mad at him, as he's guarding four baby goats, and he takes his job very seriously, thank you!As you know, I started painting him on St Pat's Day, so he had to be kind of green. :)
D ... read more