Afternoon Shadows Nash Farm - SOLD

Afternoon Shadows at Nash Farm 18" x 18" Oil on Stretched Canvas Sold. I was about to leave the farm when I noticed the lovely lengthening shadows across the road and grass, so quick snapped a photo. The trees in the foreground had already lost their leaves, and I wasn't quite sure how I would depict that, but it turned out okay, I think. This one is a bit larger, so I'll charge a little more for shipping than usual. Thanks for looking.

Field Rows - SOLD

Field Rows and Detail

Plein Air Painting from Butler's Orchard

12" x 16"

Oil on Canvasboard

Sold at $50.00 plus shipping.

A few finishing touches today to a direct painting from this past fall. Everyone else painting had chosen these wonderful vistas to paint, and I was attracted that afternoon to the look of these rows of leftover harvested whatever they weres. I think it was the wonderful contrast of the shadows of the plants against the dusty rows. Thanks for looking.

Sandy Beach Lakeside - SOLD

Sandy Beach Lakeside 12" x 16" Oil on Canvasboard Sold. Back to landscape painting again today, after church and before the Superbowl (which we had on, but I really didn't watch). This was another photo from Lake Needwood, and yes, I'm getting my mileage out of this old lake. The red sand was in a blast of sunshine and really did look this bright. Thanks for looking.

Cherry Pie Green Plate - NFS

Cherry Pie on a Green Plate 8" x 10" Oil on Canvasboard. Gifted. Life drawing this morning and a quick painting of cherry pie this afternoon. I took pictures as I was painting this one, in order to post a little mini tutorial on my sketch blog. Check the sketch blog if you'd like to see it: http://nelsartmarks.blogspot.com/ Thanks for looking.

The Road Taken - SOLD

The Road Taken Oil on Stretched Canvas 11" x 14" This was one of those dabbly paintings, that you could just keep pecking away at. But I declare it done, well...maybe a few more brushstrokes here and there. And that's the way it goes sometimes. I used the limited palette colors for the red and green palette from the book The Yin/Yang of Painting, a wonderful book with a lot of good information. You get a turquoise, but no blue. You get a citron color, but no yellow. Interesting to work that way, and it makes for good color harmony. Thanks for looking.

Road to the Barns - SOLD

Road to the Barns 11" x 14" Oil on Stretched Canvas.

I was missing the feel of working on a stretched canvas, so this one is. Done from a photo taken at one of our fall forays to Butler's Orchard, one of our wonderful local wander-around farms. Others in the group were working in a pumpkin patch and there were some wonderful paintings from that day. The sky was an impossible cobalt blue, just wonderful. New price in effect today. February paintings are priced at $50.00 plus shipping. Thanks for looking.