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Birds of Prey and Other Finished Works

Chronological Gallery
2018
2019

You can find out more about the Birds of Prey project by clicking here. The images below are arranged in random order, so use the links at the top of the page to visit the annual gallery pages to see my work in chronological order. It’s also the best way to make sure you’ve seen all of it, as I may not update this page as often as the gallery pages.

  • Destination Unknown, a red-tailed hawk painting in Ozark pigments by Madison Woods.
    16″ x 20″, All Ozark pigments, unframed. $1200.
  • Ozark Rocks and Leaf, in Ozark watercolor pigments
    All Ozark pigments. 9.75″ x 7.75″. $375 framed, $250 unframed. Prints also available.
  • "Brahman Baby", in bone black, creek shale, and willow black. At the point now where I'll begin adding details, refining highlights and shadows. You can see the whole progression either by following me on Instagram or going to the post at my Wild Ozark site.
    20″ x 16″, NFS. All Ozark pigments.
  • Red-shouldered hawk painting in Ozark pigments by Madison Woods
    16″ x 12″, $800 unframed. All Ozark pigments on Arches cold-press 300#.
  • A screech owl in the earth tone colors of Ozark pigments.
    A screech owl that lives in a tree-hole near the gate. Private collection. Prints available.
  • "Rhapsody", watercolors from Ozark pigments (except for the bright white). 16" x 12" on Arches 300#, NFS unless it juries into Watercolors USA 2019.
    “Rhapsody”, watercolors from Ozark pigments (except for the bright white). 16″ x 12″, $800.
  • My first ever Paleo Painting, a scene fromDoha
    My first ever Paleo Painting, a scene fromDoha
  • Queen of Cups. One of the hand-painted tarot cards in a deck currently in progress. 9" x 7", all Ozark pigments.
    One of the hand-painted tarot cards in a deck currently in progress. 9″ x 7″, all Ozark pigments. Original, $275.
  • 16" x 12", handmade watercolor. Pigments from local sources: wood char, red sandstone, yellow sandstone, gray/green sandstone, creek shale, brown sandstone, sassafras leaf.
    16″ x 12″, handmade watercolor. Pigments from local sources: wood char, red sandstone, yellow sandstone, gray/green sandstone, creek shale, brown sandstone, sassafras leaf. Prints available. Original, $800.
  • For this pelican, I did have to resort to a couple of outside colors, although they were still my own handmade watercolors. I used lapis for the blue in his eye and French green clay to give the gray the right tint. This painting was based on a photo from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
    Pelican No. 1. Sold. Prints available.
  • Entire painting palette is Nirvana, from russet sandstone. On commission at Kinston Square Arts, Kingston, AR. Can be shipped. On a watercolor postcard (4" x 6") $48.00. This painting had no model. It came strictly from my imagination, but it does look like a lot of little intersections I've seen on these backroads. 
    Entire painting palette is Nirvana, from russet sandstone. Unframed, watercolor postcard (4″ x 6″) $48.00. This painting had no model. It came strictly from my imagination, but it does look like a lot of little intersections I’ve seen on these backroads. 
  • "Kady's Crow". 5 x 7, original not for sale. Prints and stickers are available.
    “Kady’s Crow”. Sold. Prints available.
  • My second painting using handmade watercolors.
    This was the first real painting, after the initial test of the Doha scene with a palm tree.
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Madison’s Twisted Trees & Twisted Tree Swatches

When I make a new paint, I like to try it out on something in a monochrome painting. So I started making Twisted Tree Swatches. It was so much fun to create these twisted trees that I began a series. The first and second ones are done, and I’m sure there will be many more to follow.

Why?

First, by doing a twisted tree with with each paint individually, it lets me easily compare it to others in how it moves on the paper. Does it build, or is the character mostly sheer? Can I lift it easily or does it stain the paper? What about thin lines? Can I move the paint and draw it out into very fine lines?

All of the paints have their own personalities. When I do a twisted tree I use the same sort of strokes, and some of them work well and some don’t so much.

Second, I like doing a painting that starts as a complete unknown. When I begin a Twisted Tree, I have no idea what it will look like. Once I get the basic structure of it down, then I begin to have a more clear image in my mind. It’s fun. They’re totally fantasy and some turn out to be very strange.

I like strange.

Twisted Tree Series

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Twisted Tree No. 2, "4 of Wands". This is one of the cards I'm painting for a tarot deck. It'll be a very long time before I get them all done. 5 x 7" on handmade paper, all Ozark pigments. Not for sale. An original painting by Madison Woods.
Twisted Tree No. 2, “4 of Wands”. This is one of the cards I’m painting for a tarot deck. It’ll be a very long time before I get them all done.
5 x 7″ on handmade paper, all Ozark pigments. Not for sale.

 

 

Twisted Tree Swatches

Soul of the Ozarks Collection No. 4 (6 colors) These are all for sale. Each card is roughly 4 x 6″. Listed at Etsy as I get time. If you don’t see it there, please contact me to inquire about availability.