Final Days of Summer Break

SO... tomorrow I go back to planning the art curriculum for our brand new high school and the new challenges of a new building and new expectations! Today is the last day of my summer break and I finished the Kenya ink triptych. I have 3 of the pieces ready for the Brazosport Art show in August, The baby elephant and herd, the Arabian Oryx, and the three panel Kenya triptych---I'm thinking that the 4th piece will be my bighorn ram. All the items on the agenda for my UHCL Distinguished Alumni award have been checked off, completing my interview today at the Hilton on Clear Lake. Than you to everyone who has paid attention to my frequent musings and dabbles in nature art!! Here are the 3 sections of Kenya panels: DOUG HISER

ALL ELEPHANTS!!

Summer Break is Over for me next Wednesday! Just got back from the Guadalupe River in the hill country and cooled off in the clear water from the HOT texas HEAT!! Four paintings will enter the Brazoria Art show August 11th. Our recent trip to Africa has gave us a deeper appreciation of the magnificent animals on our planet and we must all do our part to help save them. Here are the many examples of elephants that I have brought to life with my ART. Thank you for tuning in! Doug Hiser

Summer is fading fast!

That is right my friends! Summer is fading fast but of course the Super HOT TEXAS heat isn't! This week we braved swarms of militant mosquitos to journey to the Egret, Heron and Spoonbill rookery at High Island, Texas. Gayln got many great shots of the many varieties of birds that nest and live there, along with a few big hungry alligators too. I will be painting some more of those birds in the near future, but right now I'm working on the triptych of Kenya, featuring: Wildebeasts, Zebras, Impalas, elephants, and Baboons. I am also currently working on a larger painting of a baby African elephant surrounded by his protective herd. Here are some works in progress: I hope you like them and forward my blog to other nature lovers! Doug Hiser

Lion Cubs Painting

Hello friends! CLear Lake Art Walk was a good experience for my Art Sales! Sold the large elephants painting 24 x 36, sold the large Winter Fox painting which took 3rd place in the Houston Society of Artists show last May, Sold every Pelican painting I had, Sold the new Blue Heron, a panda, and many more. ############################################ Later that night we visited with many of our Artist Friends at the highly successful Galveston ArtWalk. SO many people were viewing, networking, and buying artwork. We had such a good night and topped it off with a chocolate malt on the Strand. #################################################################### I have been writing more and more on my latest novel and sharing paragraphs on Facebook. I work on two and three pieces of art each day during these summer months. I have so many paintings planned already I feel sort of overwhelmed. Just finished the tundra swans and the lion cubs and Topi antelope while steadily working on the huge triptych Kenya wildlife landscape. Planning my Art classes for HS that will start sooner than we're all ready for. We'll be entering a brand new HS building this year and I have to write curriculum for Art I, Art II and Art III. #############################3 Latest news is my award of the Distinguished Alumni Award for 2012 at UHCL. I have completed my portrait photo to be hung in the Bayou building and turned in my ring size! I am so humbled and honored to be included in such a great university for all time. I still feel so special. VOted on by my peers in the Alumni Association.. :) Enjoy the rest of the summer, here in Texas it is only 100 degrees everyday! DOUG HISER

Moose and Swans

MY new ink piece is inspired by an Alaskan scene of a Moose in shallow water while two beautiful Trumpeter Swans swim nearby. *************************************************************************************** Today was a hot day but we braved a 2 hour hike through the woods and along the bayou watching deer run through the prairie grass. ************************************************************************************* The tiger swallowtail butterflies and bright red cardinals were plentiful along the trails. *************************************************************************************** Out on the slow moving bayou we encountered a gorgeous large Osprey, perched on a dead tree in the middle of a bend in the bayou. Many egrets and herons were active along the banks but nothing disturbed the big fish seeking predator. We waiting to see him fly or go hunting but he was perfectly at home on his branch surveying the bayou and refused to take wing for us. ************************************************************************************* Enjoy the Hot Texas summer as best you can. I'll continue with art and writing and staying close to nature. Until next time, see you. Thank everyone who takes the time out for art. ******************************************************************************** Doug Hiser