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One From My Wife #11109092 04/10/16 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico mudhen OP Campfire Outfitter OP mudhen Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico Been trying to get my wife to paint more wildlife and she is finally coming around a bit. Here is one she finished up last week and it's already sold and hanging in its new home up in Jackson, WY: Ben Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109102 04/10/16 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,671 Kansas 7_08FAN Campfire Regular 7_08FAN Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,671 Kansas Dang...she did good...hard to tell from a photo... "Mark the birds and handle your Dog"

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109476 04/10/16 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,575 Northwest Missouri 7 7mmMato Campfire Tracker 7mmMato Campfire Tracker 7 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,575 Northwest Missouri Dang good job. She has talent. I've always been different with one foot over the line.....

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109527 04/10/16 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky WOW! "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109532 04/10/16 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... kingston Campfire 'Bwana kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... That's fantastic! Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109537 04/10/16 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,637 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,637 Midwest Holy smokes. Your wife is wonderfully talented. WWP53D

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109553 04/10/16 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 8,490 South Peyton Place, USA J jimy Campfire Outfitter jimy Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 8,490 South Peyton Place, USA I draw stick people and no one recognizes them, they look like arithmetic! She has talent. Writing here is Prohibited by the authorities.

Re: One From My Wife jimy #11109558 04/10/16 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... kingston Campfire 'Bwana kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... Originally Posted by jimy I draw stick people and no one recognizes them, they look like arithmetic! Yea, but all those fancy symbols make you look like a genius. Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109572 04/10/16 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State roundoak Campfire Outfitter roundoak Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State That is impressive. You're Welcome At My Fire Anytime

Re: One From My Wife kingston #11109597 04/10/16 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 8,490 South Peyton Place, USA J jimy Campfire Outfitter jimy Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 8,490 South Peyton Place, USA Originally Posted by kingston Originally Posted by jimy I draw stick people and no one recognizes them, they look like arithmetic! Yea, but all those fancy symbols make you look like a genius. Well I am a genius, its just that so many of the people around me fail to recognize it. Writing here is Prohibited by the authorities.

Re: One From My Wife jimy #11109604 04/10/16 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... kingston Campfire 'Bwana kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... Originally Posted by jimy Originally Posted by kingston Originally Posted by jimy I draw stick people and no one recognizes them, they look like arithmetic! Yea, but all those fancy symbols make you look like a genius. Well I am a genius, its just that so many of the people around me fail to recognize it. I feel your pain, it's a common problem around here too. Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109724 04/10/16 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,061 Idaho Razz Campfire Regular Razz Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,061 Idaho That is fabulous! Next stop the National Museum of Wildlife Art, same town as this one resides.. There's 2 dates they carve on your tombstone. Everyone knows what they mean. What's more important is time that is known as the little dash inbetween. Razz

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109788 04/10/16 Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 330 WY Jaguar Campfire Member Jaguar Campfire Member Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 330 WY I think the water is impressing me the most. So rarely is that done with such finesse. That looks like a real stream, flowing as it should, in the correct setting. Overall impressive and evocative.

Re: One From My Wife Jaguar #11109903 04/10/16 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 22,735 Minnesocialism B bigwhoop Campfire Ranger bigwhoop Campfire Ranger B Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 22,735 Minnesocialism I see a lot of artwork passing thru my frame shop. That is outstanding! I assume she had the piece photographed before selling it. My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109944 04/10/16 Joined: May 2013 Posts: 480 44.2795° N, 73.9799° W Adk_BackCountry Campfire Member Adk_BackCountry Campfire Member Joined: May 2013 Posts: 480 44.2795° N, 73.9799° W Originally Posted by mudhen Been trying to get my wife to paint more wildlife and she is finally coming around a bit. Here is one she finished up last week and it's already sold and hanging in its new home up in Jackson, WY: Talented! Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go Oscar Wilde~~

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11109958 04/10/16 Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,123 Okanagan Falls, BC BC30cal Campfire Outfitter BC30cal Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,123 Okanagan Falls, BC mudhen; Good evening to you sir and thanks so much for posting the picture. My goodness your wife has skill, talent or whatever positive descriptive word one wants to choose. I really, really like the vivid colors and detail. Thanks again and all the best to you folks this spring. Dwayne The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"

Re: One From My Wife bigwhoop #11109972 04/10/16 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico mudhen OP Campfire Outfitter OP mudhen Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico Originally Posted by bigwhoop I assume she had the piece photographed before selling it. She photographs all of her work before it leaves the studio. Actually, I think that this is a photo that I took when it was finished, but not yet varnished and framed. I wanted to share it with an old hunting partner. BTW, she builds all of her frames herself. Ben Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11110012 04/10/16 Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 68 N.E.Texas GW708 Campfire Greenhorn GW708 Campfire Greenhorn Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 68 N.E.Texas Ok very nice painting but am I the only one that sees the face of A Af. Loin in the right hand corner. I could never do something that nice. Last edited by GW708; 04/10/16.

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11110045 04/10/16 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,822 South East Missouri tedthorn Campfire Outfitter tedthorn Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,822 South East Missouri Wow She should sell prints Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper

Re: One From My Wife Jaguar #11110098 04/10/16 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... kingston Campfire 'Bwana kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... Originally Posted by Jaguar I think the water is impressing me the most. So rarely is that done with such finesse. That looks like a real stream, flowing as it should, in the correct setting. Overall impressive and evocative. I too was drawn to the water. It's a bright spot underlying the rest of the overcast Autumn scene. It's as if everything else is ranks more trivially after the stream. Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11110128 04/10/16 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,917 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,917 NM Very nice.

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11110161 04/10/16 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Very nice Ben!!!!! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11110168 04/10/16 Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 4,147 Arid-zona Grid: DM43ck Owl Campfire Tracker Owl Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 4,147 Arid-zona Grid: DM43ck Wow Ben, Very nice, lots of talent... and a GREAT cook to boot. James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11110222 04/10/16 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,220 Florida...regrettably D DELGUE Campfire Tracker DELGUE Campfire Tracker D Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,220 Florida...regrettably Mudhen, This is beautiful!! She clearly has both talent, and a future as a painter! Exquisitely turdlike in all of his many manifestations!! Resist much - obey little. Hayduke lives! "30-06 guys don't worry about schit 'cause 30-06 guys don't worry....." 16bore ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11110305 04/10/16 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,033 North East Urth Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,033 North East Urth She nailed it well, Great job, Kudos to her. Geno PS, you're a lucky man, eh? The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni) member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?

Re: One From My Wife Valsdad #11110435 04/10/16 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC Very nice Outstanding skill on display here. Now, my question is why would such a talented lady marry you? Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11110450 04/10/16 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level Mudhen - That is a beautiful painting. Some great talent there. Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE! No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's. A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.

Re: One From My Wife Coyote_Hunter #11110584 04/10/16 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 22,735 Minnesocialism B bigwhoop Campfire Ranger bigwhoop Campfire Ranger B Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 22,735 Minnesocialism If she is so inclined, she could contact the national RMEF HQ (Missoula) and see if it is something they can use. It would be a great way to get some free "pub". My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11112331 04/11/16 Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 4,826 Great Lake State C CharlieFoxtrot Campfire Tracker CharlieFoxtrot Campfire Tracker C Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 4,826 Great Lake State Exquisite! It feels as if you're there. Is she professionally trained? "A Republic, if you can keep it." ~ B. Franklin

Re: One From My Wife ingwe #11112369 04/11/16 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,640 ms N navlav8r Campfire Ranger navlav8r Campfire Ranger N Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 15,640 ms Originally Posted by ingwe WOW! WOW squared. She has a future! NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11112463 04/11/16 Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,218 West Slope of Colorado A alpinecrick Campfire Ranger alpinecrick Campfire Ranger A Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,218 West Slope of Colorado Nice, very nice. I like the bull because it is in proper proportion (something a lot of artists have trouble with), and the water is perfect. Casey Casey Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.

Re: One From My Wife alpinecrick #11116192 04/13/16 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,167 Northern California Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,167 Northern California Very well done. She has a great gift. Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11116610 04/13/16 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 825 Hutschenhausen Germany J jmgraham1986 Campfire Regular jmgraham1986 Campfire Regular J Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 825 Hutschenhausen Germany Ben- Pass on to Crystal that I said that it is phenomenal! If she ever thinks about having prints made, put me at the top of the list. -Jon Lifetime member: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers & Wild Sheep Foundation

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11116725 04/13/16 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,731 Palmer, Alaska C Cariboujack Campfire Ranger Cariboujack Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,731 Palmer, Alaska She is quite the arteeest. Wish I had some talent. Congratulations to her. NRA LIFE MEMBER GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS! "Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11118625 04/14/16 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,076 Virginia barm Campfire Tracker barm Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,076 Virginia My wife went to an art school and she says your wife is talented.

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11119487 04/14/16 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,123 Flagstaff, AZ RedRabbit Campfire Tracker RedRabbit Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,123 Flagstaff, AZ Very nice! Doug's Photo Gallery

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11121611 04/15/16 Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 5,495 TN L LouisB Campfire Tracker LouisB Campfire Tracker L Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 5,495 TN Great Elk and even better is the light treatment in the background. Some spelling errors can be corrected by a vowel movement. ~ MOLON LABE ~

Re: One From My Wife mudhen #11122143 04/15/16 Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 Wow Ben! Outstanding! The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

Re: One From My Wife BobinNH #11122175 04/15/16 Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,755 Atlanta D doubletap Campfire Tracker doubletap Campfire Tracker D Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,755 Atlanta Impressive! He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. - Albert Einstein