First off, I want to thank all who have taken the time to visit and read this blog. 
I have decided to discontinue using this blog and return to just using my original blog which will be posted the same way this one has been, with one difference- the name. This one was McCoy's Artworks-Jonelle T. McCoy, the other has been changed to now read Jonelle T. McCoy- McCoy's Artworks. Same, just different order of name.
I have quite a few other blogs I post on, Oklahoma, equine, western, abstract, contemporary, whimsical etc. Plus there is the blog from my website you can visit here Jonelle McCoy blog
Again, thank you for your faith, loyalty and participation. Without you, my dose of sunshine would be a lot dimmer. Be blessed! 

Jonelle T. McCoy

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Art by Oklahoma Abstract Contemporary Equine Artist Jonelle T. McCoy

© "Zero to 60"

A long time favorite of many I had a love/hate relationship with. Took me three days after I finished it to warm up to it, and that warmth just grew and grew. I had it professionally framed in bright yellow and red which set it off beautifully. Shown, it won high awards. It was my husbands favorite and he requested I keep it to hang for our personal enjoyment for a quite awhile, then I convinced him to let it be sold since he found a new favorite of my work to hang. This vibrant and colorful acrylic painting can be seen for purchase by visiting the Kasum Contemporary Fine Art gallery here. 

Sometimes life tosses us a curve ball that at first we think is a bad throw, but it's just an angle to get around, not a straight path. I still have trouble getting past some of those angles, but that makes life interesting, don't you think?  

Jonelle T. McCoy

McCoy's Gaited Horse Artworks

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Art by Oklahoma Abstract Contemporary Equine Artist Jonelle T. McCoy

© "Blooming Everywhere" SOLD

 I can feel it! The world is ready to burst open and come back to life! 

There has been days of rain, water puddles everywhere, ponds filled to overflowing, green is showing up, flowers are blooming, trees are budding and some have flowered. Growth, and new life bursting and blooming everywhere! Oh how I love Spring! The color comes back, the sun shines longer, the days get warmer- everything about this time of year delights me! I was even surprised by the appearance of a crocus, I haven't seen one of those bloom in years at my farm. 

Do you feel this way too? Is this your favorite time of year? Indeed, each season has it's pros and cons. Along with the warmer weather comes storms, so far the rain has been gentle, but look out, it will get dicey soon here in Oklahoma- but that's a subject for another time. For now I'll just put on my muck boots and who knows, maybe I'll revisit a childhood activity of finding rain runoff and changing the way it flows. Ahhhh..... the simple things, the wonderful things.

Jonelle T. McCoy

McCoy's Gaited Horse Artworks

Your Equine Art Connection! 

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www.jonellemccoy.com

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Art by Oklahoma Abstract Contemporary Equine Artist Jonelle T. McCoy

© "Gold Leaf"

This painting is an interesting blend of several techniques, uniting acrylic paint with acrylic texture medium for the raised lines and using acrylic spray paints with both positive and negative stencil shapes to make the leaves. I leaned a bit stronger on my scenic painting techniques and style to create this one.  
Here where I am (central Oklahoma) there aren't any sugar maple trees like where I grew up in Upstate NY. Their shape is a strong trigger of nostalgia for my years in that area. This painting's bold design and creative use of the negative space brings it all together for a strong finished piece. Lastly, the limited color palette completes the whole concept supporting the idea and the name. 
"Gold Leaf" is painted on a 36"x36"x1.5" gallery wrap canvas, and is available at the Kasum Contemporary Fine Art gallery in OKC. Contact Tony for more info here

Jonelle T. McCoy

McCoy's Gaited Horse Artworks

Your Equine Art Connection! 

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Art by Oklahoma Abstract Contemporary Equine Artist Jonelle T. McCoy

© "Love Makes the World go Round"

Valentines day has a special meaning to me beyond the obvious, a day to celebrate love. It was in the parking lot of a Hardy's, inside my Toyota truck 25 years ago, that I first kissed my husband. I didn't know that he was bound and determined to have me as his wife, I was just enjoying spending time with him. And here we are, working towards our 14th anniversary later this fall. 
The painting showcased here is also the start of a love story. It was commissioned as an engagement gift from the gentleman to his girlfriend. The actual painting has their names painted on the heart, but I kept the image before they were added for my public displaying of the piece. It was very well received and I love the meaning behind the painting- I love carousel horses, and love can make you go around and around and makes you dizzy with stars in your eyes, and it also has up days and it has down days- sort of like the plucking of petals off of a flower. She love me, she loves me not etc. They did end up marrying, she said yes. A happy ending, for them and for me- hurrah!

Jonelle T. McCoy

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© WIP 

     Currently I have 2 personal blogs plus my website blog found on www.jonellemccoy.com. Then besides that are about 8 other blogs for equine, abstract, whimsical, contemporary and state etc- you get my drift I'm sure- it's too many! Well, not really since the exposure is wonderful, but yes because I find myself lacking the time to manage them all. I don't have the budget to have someone else do it for me (yet) so what I'm thinking about is dropping my personal Jonelle T. McCoy blog even though I've had it longer and keeping this one, my McCoy's Artworks blog, and also dropping one of the state blogs that has very little activity to start with. So for those of you who are subscribed to follow the other blog, I'm sorry to take it away, but you can do that here- or subscribe to my website newsletter and watch that blog. 
What's nice about this problem is the source- I'm BUSY. Busy with lots of creative activity! So there will be lots to see very soon. I will be finishing up the set I've got going for delivery this month to Kasum Contemporary Fine Art gallery in OKC and some commissions to enjoy working on after that, and some H'arts for my newsletter subscribers Valentine's special. What's the special you ask? Sign up for the newsletter on my website and I'll forward it to you!
So for now- I'm signing off, it's late, I have brushes to clean and paints to put up for the night. Happy creating starts again tomorrow! 

Jonelle T. McCoy

McCoy's Gaited Horse Artworks

Your Equine Art Connection! 

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Art by Oklahoma Abstract Contemporary Equine Artist Jonelle T. McCoy

© "Coffee with Creme"

I am in LOVE with the palomino horse coat color, and the darker and richer the gold, the more I like it. I have a lovely and very sweet paso fino mare I rescued who is wheaten color in winter, but when she sheds out for summer, he coat dapples and deepens considerably to almost being chocolate. This painting was inspired by my coffee one morning, the creamer in it gave it this lovely golden caramel color, and I painted this as a golden palomino paso fino stallion. And I called it "Coffee with Creme". In horse coat color language, the gene that makes the horse golden colored is the creme gene. So there is my fun little word twist to the paintings title. I love doing that too! Painted with acrylic on a standard unframed 24"x20" canvas. 

Jonelle T. McCoy

McCoy's Gaited Horse Artworks

Your Equine Art Connection! 

mccoysgaitedhorseartworks.blogspot.com

www.jonellemccoy.com

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Art by Oklahoma Abstract Contemporary Equine Artist Jonelle T. McCoy

© "Budweiser"

When I went to paint this gelding named Budweiser due to his flashy chrome (white) markings, I had every intention of painting him in my usual way, with lines to express the personality and character of my equine subjects, but this fellow had other ideas. The few starts on canvas of him just weren't right, the energy and flow was lacking. So I stepped back and studied him opening my mind, and there it was- this heart horse was just wanting to be real, there, pure and simple for his owner. The warm oranges emanate the happy, optimistic, bright and honest character of Budweiser, and his gentle yet engaging eyes seem to flow like warm butter into all the cracks in your being. He's beseeching you to just look, connect, and stay in his world. 

My usual approach just wasn't the right path to take in this instance, and I had to trust that the feelings I was getting were the way to go. It's not always comfortable to go against the grain of your tried and true way of doing things, but sometimes that difficulty in changing direction is meant to open new options for better results.

Jonelle T. McCoy

McCoy's Gaited Horse Artworks

Your Equine Art Connection! 

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Art by Oklahoma Abstract Contemporary Equine Artist Jonelle T. McCoy

© "Swirling Spiraling Snow"

A wintery day inspired a nostalgic type painting- of Swirling Spiraling Snow. 

This lovely paso fino looks over to the side during a gentle but very cold snow storm, the horse stands covered with flakes on it's body, head and hair, yet is content in the elements. A vaporous steam curls from delicate nostrils into the frosty air. Even though I love the warm weather, I do love snow- I love it's stark beauty, the freshness, stillness and the peace it radiates. Big flakes falling and collecting on surfaces was something I loved to be out in, and this painting makes me think of those times with nostalgia for my growing up and early adult years in Upstate New York. Snow like this is a rarity in Oklahoma where I reside at the time this painting was created. 

What do you think about the snow? Do you like it, love it, loathe it? Does snow bring you memories you like to revisit? I could list many wonderful memories from a snowy world. I'd love to hear your stories.  

Jonelle T. McCoy

McCoy's Gaited Horse Artworks

Your Equine Art Connection! 

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© "Poppy"

This is a revisit to a painting I did awhile ago that was done with the rarer white lines of my signature style. This horse could represent any of the bay paso fino's I've own, and I painted the horse in a field of poppies with the wind sweeping the horses mane, the flowers and the grasses. "Poppy" was one of the paintings in my first solo show and was also the first painting to sell. Sadly there was someone who loved it then, and still does now, that wasn't able to purchase it, and she mentioned this painting the other day. I did not expect that painting to be the first to sell, and because of that, I got the inspiration that horses with flowers was a place I wanted to further explore. Many were done, and there is sure to be more created as time rolls along. On a cold winter night it's nice to feel the warm winds caressing your skin while surrounded by lovely red poppies under the big umbrella of blue summer sky. 

Jonelle T. McCoy

McCoy's Gaited Horse Artworks

Your Equine Art Connection! 

mccoysgaitedhorseartworks.blogspot.com

www.jonellemccoy.com

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