Welcome to Golden Hours of the Sandhills
Why the Golden Hours?
Nebraska’s Sandhills Region offers a quiet hush of prairie grasses and the song of Western Meadow Larks. Clean air and light tell its own story. My open impressionistic style oil paintings capture the fleeting moments of the golden hours—those precious minutes at dawn and dusk when the sky glows and captivates your soul. It’s meditative and embraced with warmth and wonder.
From the rolling dunes to the glistening waters of hidden meadows, this collection is a tribute to the soul of the Sandhills. Whether it’s the soft shimmer on a windmill at sunrise or the amber hush over a hay field at sunset, each piece invites you to feel the calm, the light, and the legacy of this cherished land.
Thank you for visiting—may these golden hours bring a little more peace and beauty to your day.
Featured Paintings From Merritt Reservoir
Experience the untamed beauty of Nebraska’s hidden gems—through vivid open impressionistic paintings inspired by the Sandhills of Nebraska.
From blazing sunsets over quiet meadows to tranquil waters with waving shoreline grasses.
Each brushstroke captures the wild grace and nostalgic serenity of a place where hooves roam, time slows, and nature sings.
Commissions ~ Creatives ~ Collectors
Commission Bookings Closed Until 2026
How To Book
A select number of commissions are accepted on a yearly basis. I am booked through the end of the year.
My Open Impressionism oil paintings typically take 8 weeks to cure.
I am currently accepting Commissions in three sizes. Three payments are taken. Approximately one third to secure your spot, one third after the sketch is accepted, and the remaining fee just prior to delivery. All paintings are done on gallery wrapped canvas with the standard 1.5 inch depth. All paintings are sold without frames, unless otherwise negotiated.
Deposits Required:
24x30 - Required Deposit to secure your spot $1008.36x36 - Required Deposit to secure your spot $1815.40x60 - Required Deposit to secure your spot $3360.Base Fees For Completed Work:
24x30 - $3025 plus applicable sales tax and shipping.
36x36 - $5445 plus applicable sales tax and shipping.
40x60 - $10,080 plus applicable sales tax and shipping.
Big Hat No Cattle…The Blog
A blog for creatives daring to start from scratch.
Welcome to the wild, raw, and beautiful beginning of an artist’s life. I'm Tamara, and this is where I share the real story—messy progress, quiet wins, bold brushstrokes, and the not-so-glamorous days when I get bucked off only to get up again and again.
If you're building a creative life from the ground up, you're not alone.
Grab your paintbrush. Let’s paint our way forward—together.
An exclusive invitation to witness the evolution of Open Impressionistic Art—where each piece begins in quiet creation and finds life in your collection.
You're invited to step inside the artist's process, preview new works before public release, and collect with intention.
This is where fine art meets first access. Welcome to Create & Release Mailer.
Brand Vision
As an open impressionist artist, I paint the fleeting golden moments when the sun brushes the earth with warmth and wonder—those quiet spaces at sunrise and sunset when the world feels both infinite and still.
My vision is to preserve emotion through light, movement, and memory—inviting others to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the beauty that often goes unnoticed.
Through expressive brushwork and softened realism, I aim to create art that doesn’t just capture a scene, but a feeling—a golden echo of time that lives on the canvas and in the heart of the viewer.
“Art takes us on a journey and to be a collector is to be a traveler.”
