In today's blog most folks in our NW WI neigbor hood do not know much about the wild horse situation in the state of NV...a lot of land is listed as Bureau of Land management...the wild and open valley's in-between the mountains is good grazing for the wild horses...and so they mulitply each year. The stallion I've painted for today's blog is "mystery"... a great name...he is protecting his herd of mares and young in Theodore Roosevelt National Park...from time to time the park management round up horses then cart them to a local town like Dickenson,ND..and have an auction...pretty tough and arduous path for free and wild animals...In NV the horse stories by articles I read from the Toldeo Blade, from Toledo,Ohio say as many as 2,500 are to be rounded up...but no mention what a government body is doing in the people's horse business in the first place..or no mention where the horses are going.

Last week during a morning's outing to try to locate and photograph a hawk owl in our area...this beautiful female red fox greeted us and made her way giving me a chance to get some images...and yesterday I decided to paint her using oil on a stretched canvas...you can purchase either on website or ebay..enjoy your day...Jim Springett-artist

In the last week we have been watching song birds near Sax Zim bog area in Meadowlands, MN...and these pine grosbeaks were sitting together...enjoy, this original oil painting on stretched canvas, 14" x 11" will be on my ebay site as a bid painting and on this website in my work portfolio. I hope you enjoy.

We are a blessed people...I am so grateful for having such a loving dad. During a tougher time in my life...after going through an emotional divorce, my youngest son, Norm, and I went to Toledo to visit my parents. In times like this they were a calm in the brewing storms of life. In 1991, the year we got divorced I started to go to painting and sketching as a means to soothe my emotions and my feelings. While we were visiting, my dad had this very small image of the "Watchtower" in Arizona...an ancient two story tower made by hand with stones, that the American Indians used to study the heavens. At the time, I did not not recognize this monument of the ages...but though a couple of days of painting outdoors, I finished a beautiful watercolor and before leaving for Wisconsin I matted and framed and presented this painting to him as a loving gift...the real gift all these years later is the simple fact of his loving concern. He was very happy and accepted this painting of the "Watchtower" and enjoyed this all the rest of the days of his life. Tomorrow is January 23, and on this day in 2006, was my dad's passing into his heavenly home, so our family is honoring dad, such a caring and beloved soul. 

With Feb. 14TH fast approaching...many flowers will be cut and sold to loving people everywhere, throught out the good and loving USA. In this painting...currently listed on www.ebay.com on jimmy springett...can be bid and won with the best bid. Check out many other of my works...osprey eagles, canadian geese, merganser ducks, trumpeter swans and sandhill cranes...along with the Grand Teton mountains too all are now on ebay.

"A goose and her gooslings"...is an original oil painting on stretched canvas, 11" x 14", this painting is especially unique with warm colors...the light from the orange sunset sky is reflecting on the water, geese, and reeds. Crex Meadows is a unique bird refuge in NW Wisconsin, where the birds are presenting beautiful images throughout the spring, summer and fall right up to migration...and they help me create beautiful paintings...in January when the temperatures are sub zero...I'm in the studio painting this summer scene, brings back all the sounds, smells and sights. I hope you enjoy...if you go to www.ebay.com, and in the search box put jimmy springett, my art work is available for your bids. I use the 10 day bid cycle on all my wildlife paintings. Or you can purchase these paintings directly from my website at wwwjimspringett.com...go into my work-portfolio and select "Buy Now"...pay with Pay Pal and I'll ship within 3 days, Priority Mail, fully insured. If you have questions, please leave your comments, at the bottom of this blog...you can select leave a comment.

Happy New Year....much is to be happy  in our new year...it is a time to work, to play, and to worship our God. Being grateful for our blessings is a cornerstone in the fabric of our daily lives.