Chessney Sevier Fine Art

Judsons Art Outfitters have an assortment of outdoor painting supplies. My favorite is a 6″ x 8″ painting box called a Guerrilla Pochade. It fits perfectly on the steering wheel of our Ranger. With this setup, painting outside in the wind and cold of winter is possible. Featured are two on location paintings painted from the inside of the cab.

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When it’s -40 below zero it’s hard to imagine summer was ever here. The air is so extreme and terminating that it’s almost like the earth is going through it’s annual disinfecting period. Maybe, the deep freeze is necessary to weed out any living thing that doesn’t belong here. I always think the scouring winds that blow in the spring serve a similar purpose. The end of summer, however, is a peaceful and agreeable time as I’ve tried to express in this painting.

November 15, 2008 through April 19, 2009, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian will be featuring a solo exhibit called “Works by Chessney Sevier”. The show will showcase pieces I’ve created over the past 10 years. This is a very big honor for me and I would like to show some of the pieces in the show here online. There are 24 total works in the exhibit. Click here for a Gallery Guide!

Sharing photos from the “Roping on the Grass” Bighorn, Wyoming Equestrian Center Sept, 14th, 2008

The music from the band pours out on the street. Straw hats glow in the yellow light of the street lights and shade the faces of those deep in conversation about this summer’s fires and lack of rain. Even though everyone has bought their own beer they still venture into the Lost Springs Bar for a mixed drink. Inside the swamp cooler and jukebox drown out the music across the street. The old timers sit and visit at a table in the corner.

Every summer in July the Converse County Cowbells have the Cowbells party in Lost Springs, WY. This handful of rancher wives, daughters and friends put on a dinner and dance to raise money for beef promotion in their county. This year the big money draw was the chicken roping.

I have a place in my heart for such gatherings. I guess I have an adoration for plain white buildings with the simple word, “Bar” on the roof too because I’ve done two paintings of the Lost Springs Bar.

An older daytime painting no longer available

Here’s a few examples of paintings I’ve done this summer using my favorite palette colors of Cadmium Orange and Transparent Red Oxide!

Me and my daughter Jymie at our home this June

We hope our kids grow up to be who they want to be. No matter what they choose to do they have our love and support as long as it’s legal and doesn’t harm people. BUT, there’s a part of me that hopes my daughter grows up loving horses like I do. I’ve often asked myself why it matters and I suppose it’s selfish mostly. Of course I hope we have something in common and a life with horses is something I can share with her. I know she’s going to learn discipline, responsibility, persistence and goal setting with any sport or activity. Anything she loves to do will encourage her to get off the couch and out into the world. It’s about her life and her future and not mine. BUT, still, there’s just something about horses, cattle and being outside that uplifts one’s spirit and that’s something any parent would wish for their child.

Bart, my husband and Jymie’s dad
when he was a kid.

Bart’s sister Angel Davis and her husband
Greg with their kids at Circle C Days this spring.

Happy Trails From Jymie, her mom and her
big fat bay horse, Mercedes!

A storm had just passed over and another was on the way. Sleet and snow mostly. Patterns of sunlight and dark clouds, sage and mud, and green and gray inspired this painting, “Passing Over Badwater”.

The one day the wind didn’t blow like a hurricane I set up my easel outdoors and completed my first painting on location for the year. A busy toddler and horses that need to be ridden on nice days limit my outdoor painting time but now that there is some green grass I’m making it a priority. This painting was an experiment because for the first time I painted on a a white canvas (usually paint on board with an orange underpainting) with only the primary colors of Cad. Yellow Lemon, Permanent Red Bright and Ultramarine Blue. The painting was composed from a landscape on our property. The color intensity seems a little subtle but I believe it’s pretty accurate considering it’s still a little gray from the cold winter we’ve had. I believe painting outdoors has ruined me from wanting to paint in my studio.