Good Morning, Goats!

Can you just imagine the conversation as their farmer opens the barn door?

FARMER: Good morning, goats!

GRUMPY IN THE BACK RIGHT: It's about time!

FLOPPY EARS IN THE BACK LEFT: You're late!

CUTE KID IN THE FRONT: Hurray!  A new day! Let's go!

MOMMA IN THE MIDDLE: Did you bring the food? 

OLD GOAT SMIRKING ON THE SIDE: Y'all know I go first, right?

I was scrolling along through Instagram when this image flipped by. Wait!  Go back! I love this!  I looked at it a long time... took a screenshot of it... kept going back to look at it again.  Finally I got up the courage to send a direct message to @birches_hobby_farm to ask permission to paint their fabulous goats.

Every once in a while an image does that.  It tells a story and begs to have that story put on canvas.

When I learned that my painting challenge for the week was "Something Old, Something New,"  I decided to make it work! Yippee! There's an old goat and a baby goat. It fits!

Original Oil Painting on 16"x 16" Wrapped Canvas

I'm going to love having this on my own wall while it waits for its forever home.  Click Good Morning, Goats! if you'd like to purchase this painting.

Who's the G.O.A.T?

Who's the Greatest Of All Time?

• Garth? or George?
• Kermit? or Mickey?
• LeBron? or Michael?
• Tom? or Peyton?
• The Beatles? or The Eagles?
• Michelangelo? or DaVinci?
• Dolly? or Taylor?
• Dr. Seuss? or... Well... no one comes close there...

Ok... that little exercise had nothing to do with these guys, but it was fun to come up some G.O.A.T.s for the list.  

These 3.5 goats were my dad's neighbors a few years ago.  The teenager who lived next door to him raised goats for his 4-H project.  They were funny and friendly. And who doesn't love a funny goat!

So... if you're wondering about the 1/2 goat on the left... When I was taking the picture of the other three, he literally butted in and photo bombed the shot.  

I worked on and "finished" the painting without him, but I never felt satisfied with the painting as a whole.  My painting partner / daughter-in-law said, "Put that other half a goat in!!" Turns out he's the star of the show... the G.O.A.T!

Original Oil Painting on 14"x 18" Wrapped Canvas
[SOLD]

Three Silly Goats Gruff IV

Do they look familiar?
I know... I know... I know!!
I have a folder filled with images I want to paint, so why would I keep painting the same one!

Three Silly Goats Gruff 4/14

We enjoyed the first one on our wall so much... for a week... then it sold... 

Three Silly Goats Gruff  11/14

Three Silly Goats Gruff  12/17

The second 
one was done for the owner of these funny little goats, so we only got to enjoy it until the paint was dry.


A couple of months ago, Ron said, "Why don't you paint those silly goats again.  I liked them."  So, I did them a third time, and we laughed as we hung them on the wall... where they hung for two days!  Then they sold!



So... one... more... time!!!
Baaaaaaaaa!!!!

Original Oil Painting on 11"x 14" Wrapped Canvas
Not for sale right now... maybe later 😊

Three Silly Goats Gruff III

I know, I know... Haven't I painted these three silly goats before?
Yes, but they just... crack... me... up!
I think this is a painting about attitude as much as it's a painting about goats!

That first one, Gladys, is about out of patience.
The one in the middle, Gabby, just wants to be a part of the fun.
And Percy, on the end, either has a joke to tell or has just played a prank.

I love them!
The first time I painted them, they sold as soon as they were dry.
The second time I painted them, they went to live in the home of the family that actually owns them.
This time maybe I'll get to enjoy them on my own wall for a while.  (I feel like I need to stop and have a conversation with them every time I pass by them.)

Thank you Renee for taking the picture and for letting me put it on canvas... again... 

Original Oil Painting on 11"x 14" Wrapped Canvas
[SOLD]