Pink Pansies

Pink Pansies Oil on Board, 8" x 8" Available at $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping. I kow, have you ever seen pink pansies? I never had, but found these, here at the tail end of the flowering season. Good old Home Depot.

Peony Tweaked - SOLD

Peony Tweaked Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 16" SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping. I always liked this one (Peony Bud Opening), and figured maybe I could tweak it up a bit and change the background color, and offer it again. I think the blue is better (it used to be green in the background.)

November Pansies - SOLD

November Pansies
Oil on Gessoboard, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping.

This panel has a small thickness of about 1/2" which will be painted. The panel has slots in the back for hanging, so once the edges are painted, it will need no framing. Happy to find pansies still at the Home Depot, besides all the mums and Christmas trees (potted ones, of course.)

Amherst Autumn Two - SOLD

Amherst Autumn Two Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20" SOLD at $115.00 plus $10.00 shipping. This one is pretty big, and was intended as yesterday's post, but it just didn't seem to want to be finished, so I worked on it some more today. It's a lot of canvas to cover lovingly and I'm quite pleased with the results.

Amherst Autumn - SOLD

Amherst Autumn Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $50.00 plus $10.00 shipping. No, I didn't take a trip to Amherst. My dear friend Barbara came down to Maryland to visit her daughter and family, and we were able to visit, and she brought me lovely photos that she'd taken this fall in Massachusetts. This one I'll also do in a 16" x 20" size, yum. Don't you like the little leaves on the water?

White Onion

White Onion Oil on Gessoed Board, 6" x 6" Available at $20.00 pus $5.00 shipping. White onion on a white plate. Palette knife painting.

Sunset from the Dock

Sunset from the Dock Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" Available at $50.00 plus shipping. Sometimes, when I have really busy days, it's nice to have some unsold paintings on hand to revise. Sometimes it's a background, sometimes more. This one was first posted in late July, and I did it from imagination, and it was perhaps not subtle enough, maybe too pastel. So I printed out one of the sunset photos from the beach house, and revised it this evening. (The horizon line is straight in the painting, I promise.)

Pears on Green Stripes - SOLD

Pears on Green Stripes - SOLD Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $45.00 plus $7.00 shipping. Another version of the pears from yesterday, for a collector who missed the first one by mere minutes.

Rosy Pears on Green Stripes - SOLD

Rosy Pears on Green Stripes Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $45.00 plus $7.00 shipping I like this one. It's actually yesterday's painting, but when I went to post it, I decided I wasn't completely happy with it, and did some "fixing" this morning. I had the folds and shadows way to dark. Feels better now.

Rock Creek Three - NA

Rock Creek Three Oil on Stretched Canvas, 18" x 18" Not available. This is the third and largest of the series of three paintings. I think I'm done with this image for awhile. I really like the water in this one, and the sense of shadow falling across the water. This has been a fine project and I can see doing the small, medium, large again sometime. Helps if you really like the photo reference. Each one you do makes the image more familiar, and you can wrestle with something you want to improve on each time.

Rock Creek 2 - SOLD

Rock Creek 2 Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 16" SOLD at $100 plus shipping. The second version of the series, in a medium size. More room for detail with a bigger canvas. I especially like the reflected water in the rocky area in the foreground. Isn't that a nice passage?

Rock Creek One - SOLD

Rock Creek One Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10" SOLD at $50.00 plus $5.00 shipping. The idea for this one is a series of paintings. This one, the first, is smallish, then a medium sized and lastly a large. I want to see how it'll go, wondering if they'll get better with more room to paint.

These Fall Days - SOLD

These Fall Days Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD at $75.00 plus $5.00 shipping. Another version of the view in my back yard. The colors are just radiant right now, although with the rain, they might not last much longer.

Backyard Autumn - SOLD

Backyard Autumn Oil on Stretched Canvas, 18" x 24" SOLD at $100.00, plus $15.00 shipping. Yup, this really is what my backyard looks like right now. I'm not sure what kind of trees they are, not maples, but they turn this bright light yellow in the sun, which is just gorgeous. I took two days on this one, including some time with the canvas outside, even though it's pretty big.

Dwight's Barn - SOLD

Dwight's Barn Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 16" SOLD at $80.00 plus shipping. This one is for Dwight, who missed the first version. Thanks for looking. Isn't fall wonderful?

Lake Needwood, Revised - SOLD

Lake Needwood, Revised

Oil on Stretched Linen Canvas, 9" x 12"

SOLD.

The original version is below.

This plein air piece sold, but the collector gave me permission to revise it a bit, since I wasn't quite happy with it. I made the water more reflective of the sky (that is, I made it blue) and changed the left side altogether, and fixed the grass in the foreground. Ahh, much better.

The Last Sunflowers - SOLD

The Last Sunflowers
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $75.00 plus shipping.

There were 2 bunches of somewhat sad looking sunflowers still at my local Giant, so I picked the better looking bunch and brought them home. I don't think there will be any more this year, so I'll do the best I can with this last bunch.

Yellow Onions - SOLD

Yellow Onions Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8" SOLD at $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping. There have been so many beautiful onion paintings lately, that I wanted to try one too. Not as easy as you would think. Pinks, oranges, yellows, purples, sienna, all these colors in an onion.

Irises in Lavenders - SOLD

Irises in Lavenders Watercolor on Arches 300 lb paper, image size 19" x 25" SOLD. The image editing software I used today rendered this one a little washed out, but the colors are pretty rich. Done by request. Thanks for looking.

Plein Air Lake Needwood - SOLD

Plein Air Lake Needwood Oil on Stretched Linen, 9" x 12" SOLD at $40.00 plus shipping.

OK, today was a plein air afternoon, and the day could not have been any more beautiful. Bright sunshine, clear skies, only a slight breeze. It was good to be out in the day, painting, and I got some nice photos taking a walk around the lake.