Late Afternoon Field - SOLD

Late Afternoon Landscape Oil on Canvas board, 12" x 12" Sold at $50.00 plus shipping The light of late afternoon was just golden yesterday, so I took some photos and painted this one t oday of a field in Barre, with shadows crossing over it. Thanks for looking.

Carnations on Black Two - NA

Carnations on Black Two Oil on Canvas board, 8" x 8" Not Available The carnations were still good, so I reset them and tried again. Interesting viewpoint, isn't it? I set them on a folding chair next to me, so I could look sideways and down on them. This one seemed easy, I think sometimes you have to make a painting before you can paint a painting. The second one is almost always easier. Thanks for looking.

Carnations on Black - SOLD

Carnations on Black Oil on Canvas board, 8" x 8" SOLD. I have wanted to try a black background for a while now, and decided these carnations would be a good place to try it out. I love the way it makes other colors pop out, especially the red. I'll be using it again, I think. Thanks for looking.

Green Pears Squared - SOLD

Green Pears Squared Oil on Canvas board, 8" x 8" Sold at $40.00 plus shipping. I got some specially cut square canvas baords yesterday, and it was fun to paint in a square format again. I get to do ten this size. I like the green and orange combo here. Thanks for looking.

One at a Time - SOLD

One at a Time Oil on Canvas board, 12" x 16" Sold at $50.00 plus shipping This is how the road in front of the house looks right now, brilliant color tree by tree. Fall is a bit late this year, usually by Columbus Day things are at peak. But the weather's been so nice still that we are not complaining. Thanks for looking.

Hamilton Orchard Three - NA

Hamilton Orchard Three Oil on Canvas board, 10" x 12" Not Available. This is actually yesterday's painting, but our internet connection was down last night, and I couldn't post, so putting it up this morning. I worked on a still life that wasn't happening, so did a quick and swishy landscape instead from the same photos of the orchards. I do think my landscape style is evolving into a more daring application of paint, which I like. Thanks for looking.

Risky Apples - SOLD

Risky Apples Oil on Canvas board, 9" x 12" Sold at $25.00 plus shipping. I wanted to try a still life lengthwise and see what happened, and although I really like some of the brushwork, and the colors, the composition is just not good. What an odd piece. Unless we take risks and try new things, though, how would we grow? So I've posted this one, and named it after the sense of risk taking and stretching to grow. Thinking that it might appeal to someone. Thanks for looking.

Hamilton Orchard One - SOLD

Hamilton Orchard One Oil on Canvas board, 10" x 12" Sold at $45.00 plus shipping. This one is done from a photo, since it's been really gusty today. We went apple picking last week, and the kids enjoyed it so much. Hamilton Orchard also has a great little petting zoo, with goats and bunnies to pet. I took photos while they picked, and did these two today from that excursion. Thanks for looking.

Hamilton Orchard Two - SOLD

Hamilton Orchard Two Oil on Canvas board, 10" x 12" Sold at $45.00 plus shipping. The hillside at the orchards, with the sun in and out of the clouds. Thanks for looking.

Autumn Clouds - SOLD

Autumn Clouds 9" x 12", Oil on Canvas board Sold at $50.00 plus shipping. I loved the clouds here and shot a few photos. We aren't quite at peak colors yet, but it's getting there. Thanks for looking.

Washline with Red Towel - SOLD

Washline with Red Towel 6.25" x 12" Sold at $25.00 plus shipping. The laundry paintings have been so popular that I decided to do another one. Thanks for looking.

The Horse Shed - SOLD

The Horse Shed 12" x 16", Oil on Canvas board Sold at $75.00 plus shipping. This is the home of Gracie and Maverick, the neighbor's horses. I sat on the front lawn yesterday and just visible through the changing trees, I saw one or the other of the horses poking their heads out of the door. The colors are really happening now, very fall in the air. (The colors on the left side aren't really this washed out, got some glare in the photo.) Thanks for looking.

Sun Washed Laundry - SOLD

Sun Washed Laundry 5.75" x 12", Oil on Canvas mounted on Scrap board Sold at $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping Washed and hung, and then sun drenched. Isn't that a nice concept? Thanks for looking.

Lichen Covered Tree

Lichen Covered Tree Oil on Canvas mounted on board 7.5" x 16" Available at $25.00 plus shipping. I liked the twists and turns of this lichen covered tree, and the way the dark pines contrasted against the water and sky behind them. On one of my Home Depot scraps covered wih canvas. Thanks for looking.

Red Pears on Green - SOLD

Red Pears on Green Oil on Canvas board, 10" x 12" Sold at $65.00 plus shipping. The red pears again today, even though the outdoors is calling me. (I may still slip out for a bit.) The kids have been asking to eat these, so this will be it on the pears for now. The platform is simply a show box with paper on it, and I liked this olive green with the pears. Thanks for looking.

Red Pear Parade - SOLD

Red Pear Parade Oil on Canvas board, 10" x 12" Sold at $60.00 plus shipping. Unusual colors for me in the background, but I bought some new craft papers, and these colors appealed to me. The red pears are in season, and they are just too pretty to pass up. Thanks for looking.

Jana's Roses - SOLD

Jana's Roses
Oil on Canvas board, 10" x 12"
SOLD at $60.00 plus shipping.

My friend and fellow artist, Jana Bouc, gave me permission to use her photo of a still life which she had assembled. We have a mentoring arrangement and I wanted to see what I could do with her photo. Her sketch blog is here: http://janabouc.wordpress.com/ and I did this one as a tutorial of sorts, which I will post later on my own sketch blog. This one was intended to be very loose and directly painted, and I think I got it, at least for the most part. The colors are vibrant and dramatic, which is what I was going for. Thanks for looking.

The Edge of Autumn - SOLD

The Edge of Autumn Oil on Canvas board, 12" x 16" Sold at $50.00 plus shipping. I found this trail around Moss Pond and decided that it was a perfect day to be out painting it. There is just a touch of color in the trees and bushes now, sumacs turning red, hints of burnt oranges in the trees. The vines in the treetop here were bright red against the sky, just lovely. Thanks for looking.

Path to the Old Red House - SOLD

Path to the Old Red House Oil on Canvas board, 16" x 20" Sold at $75.00 plus shipping. This is a salvage painting that I had started some time ago, and put aside. It really only needed freshening up, and now I'm glad I didn't put it in the trash heap (at the price of canvas panels, I hesitated) as I was going to this morning. I always like the sense of shade into light, or light into shade; which makes either one pop out. Thanks for looking.

Kitchen Tableau - SOLD

Kitchen Tableau Watercolor on 140 lb Arches paper 9" x 12" Sold at $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping. A little watercolor with things from the kitchen, a few minutes here, a few minutes there. I see now that I could have composed these better, but I did something different with the shadow and I liked it (just let all the primaries float in). Thanks for looking.