Lakeside Afternoon - SOLD

Lakeside Afternoon
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x12"
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Today a small watery landscape, in order to study clouds and rocks, again...two things that I (still) don't feel so confident about in landscape painting. I've seen what painters who paint rocks or clouds really well can do, and it bears constant effort.

Sweet Summer Colors - SOLD

Sweet Summer Colors
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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A simple landscape to savor the lovely colors of summer.

Sunset Study - SOLD

Sunset Study
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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Oh, I like how this one turned out.  So enjoying my oils again, getting brave enough to do a large commission piece, which I've been edging up to.I'll show it to you when it gets done.

Hillside 1 and 2 - SOLD

Hillside One
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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Hillside Two
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
Revised on 5/26/15, SOLD

I used the reference photo for two gouache pieces a couple of weeks ago, and still really like it. Soooo, thought I'd try it in oils, see what happens. I like both of these, some particular passages of each.

Cara Sue's Marathon Route - SOLD

Cara Sue's Marathon Route
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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My niece, Cara, posted a photo from the Colfax Marathon the other day on Facebook, and I liked it for the sky and water. There was a small patch of blue showing thru the clouds, so nice. So this is a practice piece, to see me back into my well-loved oil paints once again.

Blue Green Harmony - SOLD

Blue Green Harmony
Acrylics on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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What actually is nice about acrylics is that you can layer and layer, and layer, though you really can't blend anything much. This one has lots of layers.

Turning Maples - SOLD

Turning Maples
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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Another small palette knife painting. Maples slowly starting to change color.

Fall Anticipation - SOLD

Fall Anticipation
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 9" x 12"
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My friend brought me a couple of canvases (thanks, KM!), so I used one today, thinking about all the lovely fall colors coming up. Not that I'm anxious for fall, I could happily take three Julys before I got tired of it. If I got to choose, I'd also happily take three Octobers!

Hibiscus - SOLD

Hibiscus
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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A little morning drama.

The Mother's Summer Colors - SOLD

Mother's Summer Colors
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD

The glorious colors of summer, in a simple little landscape.

Grapes in Green Bowl

I revised this one today. I have no problem whatever attacking a painting that needs revision. Don't you think it's much better? I changed the shape of the bowl (it was wonky on the left side,) made the background dark, changed the color and shading on the bowl, and went over the grapes more carefully. NOW it's nice.
It has a bit of a formal look to it, but that's okay.

Here's how it looked before.

Grapes in Green Bowl
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 9" x 12"
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A simple bowl of grapes, but this one took me a long time today.
I'm not sure if I like it or not, I've been looking at it for awhile.

Glowing Farmhouse - SOLD

Glowing Farmhouse
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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I thought I'd stay with the buildings for a little, but oh, my, they take so much nit-picky time.
All those little angles and tiny shapes...
Anyway, I do like how this one turned out.
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Tucked Away - SOLD

Tucked Away
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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This is another of the reclaimed canvases, with two other paintings underneath. I did sand the surface down before painting on it. The painting is a combination of brush and palette knife. Done from an old Barre (Massachusetts)  reference photo. I like the sky a lot, so moody, an uncertain weather day.

Cherry Blossom Tree - SOLD

Cherry Blossom Tree
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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The blossoms are gone from the trees now, but I wanted to paint one, and had a nice photo from the neighborhood, and used that. Without the townhouses behind it. There is another old painting underneath this, and I let a few little bits show thru.

Cherry Blossoms Two - SOLD

Cherry Blossoms Two
Oil on Canvas Panel, 12" x 9"
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It's such a deluge outdoors today, that my yard looks like a rice paddy. My poor pansies are underwater.
So I used the same blossoms as yesterday, but put a sky behind them.
(Even though they are still in the vase.) My mantra today was "Messy, drama, contrast; messy, drama, contrast..."

Carefree Pears - SOLD

Carefree Pears
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
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I was going for "loose and sketchy" (messy) again, to the point where I used an old painted canvas panel for these guys, to keep from caring so much about the outcome; and even though I started to get fussy again in spots, it's still loose enough to where I like it. And yes, even though it's quite cheap, I'll put it up on DPW.

Purple Pansies - SOLD

Purple Pansies
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 9" x 12"
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Such lovely models, I'll paint them while they bloom.

Summer Dapples - SOLD

Summer Dapples
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD
The challenge this week is to paint summertime in the winter. Just to give us a bit of warmth.
A nice open field in the sun, and a dirt track shaded by overhanging trees.