Look into the landscape paintings of Arkansas native Margaret Speer.
http://www.biddingtons.com/content/creativespeer.html
Her color sense and composition are very nice, with a sort of softness that recalls some of the great Impressionist painters. She’s active so her work should be affordable and accessible, as a print if not an original.
Thanks. My experience is that while trying to paint Arkansas scenes everything is overwhelmed with GREENS! Can’t get away from it.
When I did a painting of my barn I had to do a fall scene with dead grass around to break up the overwhelming greens.
I notice all my paintings of Arkansas are mostly fall scenes as there are more color variations at that time, whereas spring is GREEN!
I have lived here for around fifty years yet I know more about Oklahoma than Arkansas, but I do miss my New Mexico and the Four Corners region.