The Midwest | Clifford Cox

• Looking for Mischief

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 30" x 16". This was one of my most challenging paintings. I painted all of the sky first and believed I painted it much to dark, I trusted the process after some time fretting and deci…

• Ford in a field

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 14" x 16.5". I came across this old Ford truck right in my home city of Oshkosh Wi. I have stopped and taken photos of this truck several times in different seasons and times of day. I…

• Harmony

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 18.25" x 12". I spent a beautiful late afternoon with several horses in a friends pasture. This horse was incredibly photogenic. Despite the fact that horses never stop moving I was ab…

• Freedom

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 14.25" x 11". I absolutely love these birds and all that they stand for, Freedom. I spent a few days capturing photographs of eagles by Thousand Islands Nature center in Kaukauna Wi. t…

• Walleye

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 14.75" x 22.5". Living here in Wisconsin this is one of my favorites to fish for. To fish anything well you need to understand them . I tried to capture what I imagine is going on unde…

• Aunt Marie's Chickens

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 18" x 12.5". I took the photographs of these beautiful hens and well pump on my Aunt's farmette in rural Ohio. The hens took awhile to get used to me following them around with my came…

• August International

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 14" x 17". Driving around I found this great service station in rural Wi. There were old cars, trucks and tractors all over the property and out buildings stuffed with ancient tractors…

• Hog Farm

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 16" x 22.25". Another very challenging painting. A very good friend of mine owns this 1934 Harley and he was gracious enough to bring it outside for me to take photos one November afte…

• 52 Ford Customline

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 12" x 16". Driving outside of Crivitz Wi. I came a cross a very weathered beautiful abandoned house. As I pulled in to take photos I saw this beautiful car sitting there I could only s…

• John Deere

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 11.5" x 14.75". I was driving near Salinas, Ca. when I saw this tractor sitting at the edge of a road up on a hill. I immediately turned around and drove back to take some photos. Even…

• Barn Swallows

  Watercolor, 300# watercolor paper, 12" x 17.75". I found this old service station in rural Berlin Wi. There were barn swallows flying around picking insects out of the air, I tried to capture what I felt that day. This…