Texas Living | Darin Wood

• Desert Queen

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1

• Harper

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 24 x 2

• Rook takes Queens

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 24 x 2

• Wemby

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 24

• Still Life with Desert Rain Frog in a Bottle

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16 x 1. One of my students suggested putting in the frog and the worm. Here we are.

• Still Life with Blue Jay

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1. My first foray into galkyd medium. I like it. I really like it.

• Texas Gothic

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 48 x 1. This piece combines the Liz Taylor/Marfa aesthetic and indigenous flora and fauna of Central Texas. I’ve always wanted to paint Indian Paintbrush and finally studied the gestalt of the flower e…

• Alcatraz

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 20 x 1 1/2. My cat sat still for 1 whole minute. Great pose. It reminds me of the Harley Brown dramatic turn gesture. So statuesque.

• Henchman

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1 1/2

• Heavy is the Head That Wears the Crown

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 24 x 1 1/2

• Raptor

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1 1/2

• Fool Me One Time

  Mixed Media, Paper, 12 x 9 x 1. This is a limited edition print (35 pieces) with water soluble inks in the background and acrylic cactus blossoms. Shipping is free in the contiguous United States. This piece was done as…

• Untitled

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 40 x 1 1/2

• Harley

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1 1/2

• Maverick

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 24 x 1 1/2. My friend Maverick passed away in the prime of his life. He trained reining horses and could make a horse, and rider, stand up and do the boogaloo. He taught a rider how to pivot on a dime…

• Master's Call

  Oil, Canvas, 48 x 60 x 1 1/2

• Poncho and Lefty

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 40 x 1 1/2. This piece dovetails the earliest brands from Texas. Like the Texas people, the west was forged in fire.

• Mixed Emotions

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1

• Agility

  Oil, Canvas, 48 x 60 x 1 1/2

• Roadrunner

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1

• Jackson

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1. This painting somewhat pushes the boundary of color; but, in staying with the layering of cool next to warm, it works. The warms and cools have been pushed past realism for dramatic effect. The…

• Texas Autumn

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 48 x 1 1/2. Cypress tree in fall. Frio River.

• Egret

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 48 x 1 1/2

• Chicken George Zupp

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 40 x 1 1/2

• Cummings Dam

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 48 x 1 1/2. I love this place.

• Hunger Games

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1

• Jimmy

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1

• Tail Dance

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1

• Mallards

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1. This is one of those pieces that I was never really satisfied with. I knocked out the eye in ten minutes after letting the piece sit and ferment for ten years.

• Bluebonnet

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 40 x 1 1/2. It is hard to be unmoved by the display of bluebonnets in the Texas Hill Country in spring. I think they have been painted from afar for long enough and was looking for a new perspective.

• Texas Rose

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1

• Still Life with Buffalo

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 40 x 1

• Nessie

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1. Landa Park and Hinton Island Park in New Braunfels are great places to spot birds... I still haven't figured out what this one is.

• Fleeting

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1. Even before they unfurl... the flowers of the cactus are lovely.

• Carlos

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 48 x 1

• On Fire

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1

• Stealth

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 48 x 1. I find herons to be one of the most majestic animals.

• White horse

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1

• Nacho

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1/16

• Lefty

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1

• Cortez

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 20" x 1/4"

• Zeke

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9 x 1/16

• Vance Beaver

  Oil, Canvas, 20" x 16" x 1"

• Two Goats

  Oil, Canvas, 8" x 10" x 1/16

• Deep Blue

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1

• Nicole

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1. The Prickly Pear blossoms were beautiful this year. They were short-lived.

• Fishing the Shallows

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 48 x 1. This is the last painting I was able to do of this heron. Thieves stole my camera from my car. Luckily, they were nice enough to take pictures of themselves. When they were caught they were ide…