Wow, it's been awhile.  I'm still here painting more than ever.  Stay tuned for more upcoming posts soon regarding what's been happening with Shelly Broughton Art.

More images from Bluebird Home Décor, 29 3rd St., Troy, New York.  www.bluebirdhomedecor.com

 

 

Smiling Goat

This absolutely beautiful smiling goat detail is from my original oil painting on board framed in a wonderful old antique frame.  This happy painting sold recently at my daughter's new shop, Bluebird, on Third Street in historic Troy, New York.

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I hope Sharon is enjoying this newest "member of the family."

Gallery Show

Market Square Wholesale Shows Gallery February 2014

Just returned home from another wholesale show in Philadelphia.  I want to say thank you to all my friends/clients who continue to seek out new paintings for there lovely shops year after year. 

 

Now Showing................

I have a nice body of work showing on the quaint Beekman Street in Saratoga Springs, New York.   Inspiration for these small landscape paintings comes from my frequent trips to Kansas and Nebraska where you find an abundance of rolling hills, old fences, farms and barns, and the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets I've ever scene.  Peacefulness is everywhere.  As I sit on the porch of a beautiful five-bedroom farmhouse in Pawnee, Nebraska, sometimes all I can hear is the faint sound of an old windmill creaking in the distance.  Because of the dreamy quality of these works, you could find these scenes really almost anyplace.  These tiny oil paintings are 4x6 up to 9x12 and are painted on canvas.  So, if you find yourself in the Saratoga region, skip over to the beautiful Sharon Crute Gallery at 73 Beekman Street where my paintings hang beside Sharon's fabulous equine works large and small.  There is also currently a very interesting exhibit of photographs by Sue Clark of Sue Photography, Fine Art Photography sure to make you think and smile!

More Midwest Adventures

I've just returned from another wonderful trip to the Midwest.  Exploring the I-70 area between Kansas City, KS and Manhattan, KS confirms my love for this region of our country.  Towns are small, traffic is light and people are friendly.  The pace is calm and enjoyable...very enjoyable.  The Flint Hills region of Kansas has many wonderful old stone houses; one after the other.  Paxico Kansas is a wonderful old town and walking into the General Store makes you feel like you've stepped back in time.  I half expected to see Clint Eastwood riding in on his horse!  But I continue to love Pawnee City, Nebraska; mostly because of the great people which we now call our friends. Check out the church below..............wouldn't it make a fantastic second home/art studio and gallery?   Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.........Stay tuned. 

Scops Owl Chick

                     I'm such a sucker for baby animals!!!  I mean, really, look at this little thing!

Painted on Vintage French Papers

Dreamy Landscapes

Somewhere in my Mind...........

Dreamy Landscape Prints

Small and Luscious

 

Reflections in Nebraska

Who would have thought this idea was my husbands'?  On a recent hunting trip to Nebraska last fall, he suggested that my daughter, Nicolle, who was taking a photography class, snap a couple views of this fabulous sunrise reflecting off the front door and window of the farm house.  Great job, guys!!

Rockstar Rooster

This is a wonderful & rich oil painting on canvas measuring 30x40.  Available at Lovely Manors Garden Design Center in Jacksonville Maryland.

Schreech Owl Chick

I'm suddenly feeling the need to paint baby owls.  Soooooooooooo cute!  I have six more "in the works."

Crazy for Owls

 

Owls on vintage papers.

Two Peas in a Pod

30x40 Original Oil on Canvas "Two Peas in a Pod"

Octopus Extraordinare

Acrylic and beeswax on reclaimed wood panel.  Approximately 22x40.

Acrylic Flower Paintings on Vintage Ephemera

I just adore the lovely background papers on these delicate floral paintings.  These are pages taken from a late 19th Century Furniture Design Book.   I like to give viewers something to explore after the initial painting itself.   Using old pages from antique books, handwritten letters and journal pages and vintage invoices adds a second layer of interest.  Originally painted as 6"x6".

Salmon Painting on Vintage Imagery

I just love the colors of salmon, so rich. 

Mariposa: A Bit of Reality

 "Taking Artistic License" is a term I've heard often over the years which refers to the luxury an artist like myself has in taking a bit of reality and making it my own.  For example, these moths and butterflies are similar to ones that actually exist, but I've taken artistic license and changed the colors and designs.  Nature gives us wonderful "information" to use when creating.  These mixed media paintings were done on vintage papers from France!  So much fun.  Enjoy.

Roses at My Studio

A glimpse at the outside of my studio nestled up on a dead end in a small town in upstate New York.  The roses did great this year!

Sea Creatures Galore

Ever since my first snorkeling experience in St. Thomas in 2008, I've been completely obsessed with painting anything "ocean" related.  At first, many of these amazing little creatures seem like just another, but if you look closely, each is a work of art in its own.  Every day I say to myself, "Okay, Shelly, it's time to paint some pigs or landscapes or a horse," and within five minutes, somehow I find myself painting another fish or my latest obsession, Seahorses.  I've just learned a bit about pygmy seahorses.................they are the size of a grain of rice!!!!  How truly amazing.  So, as usual, I look a little closer and the detail available to me as an artist is extraordinary.  More to come soon, I'm sure.

Rich Ruby Red Salmon on Vintage Papers