Feeling Turquoise - NA

Feeling Turquoise
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
Revised on 9/02/2012.

Detail Below:

I wanted turquoise today, and this one made itself up as it went along.

Hay Rolls - SOLD

Hay Rolls
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $90 plus $10 shipping.

Another larger painting, of an open-spaced meadow, with hay rolls waiting for their pick up.
Peaceful, isn't it?

Strawberries - SOLD

Strawberries
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD.

I should draw your attention to the size of this canvas, since at first glance, you wouldn't notice that these are way oversized strawberries. The one on the right is about 6" top to bottom. I didn't want to waste all the red on my palette, so here you go.

Berries One and Two - SOLD

Berries One - SOLD
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 5" x 7"
SOLD at $25.00 plus $5 shipping

Berries Two - SOLD
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 5" x 7"
SOLD at $25 plus $5 shipping.

Since I wanted to eat these guys, I figured I'd better paint two pieces, while I could.
Berries One will be used to fill a collector request.

Color Play - SOLD

Color Play
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $40 plus $7 shipping.
Detail below.

When I opened my Pastel Journal email this morning, there was a little article by Richard McKinley about a technique he was using called "Sfumato," which apparently originated with Leonardo daVinci. I've gleaned that it refers to a blurred-edged, smoky kind of atmosphere in painting. No lines or hard edges. So I wanted to try it, just letting all the edges soften into each other. Kinda fun, I think, except that without meaning to, or trying to, my painting looks somewhat like the example.  I wasn't copying, I promise.

Pink Peony - SOLD

Pink Peony
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $45 plus $7 shipping.

A quiet floral for a rainy afternoon.

August Waterfall

August Waterfall
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
Available at $45.00 plus $10.00 shipping.

An oft revised and textured canvas, in it's final form.

Tomatoes from the Yard - SOLD

Tomatoes from the Yard
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $25 plus $7 shipping.

I've been having fun watching (and eating) the tomatoes growing out in my yard this summer. My models for today came in warm from the sunshine, and as soon as I get this painting posted, are slated for the cutting board, and a nice fat bacon and tomato sandwich, YUM.

....and yes, I'll fix the onion "nose" there. Didn't see it until I took the photo.

White Shed 2 - SOLD

White Shed 2
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Another view of the white shed in Laytonsville. This time you can see the red outbuilding behind the shed.
Thanks for looking.

Field with Trees - SOLD

Field with Trees
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Quick study. I am craving sunny open spaces right now. Maybe it's how full the woods are behind my apartment right now. I can't even see the row of townhouses across the little creek bed, and mere peeks of the sky. So I paint open, spacious vistas instead.

Tiny Woods - SOLD

Tiny Woods
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $25 plus $5 shipping.

This one is little. Sometimes, though, the teeny ones are as hard as the bigger ones. Every stroke counts when it's this small. I had fun with this one, combining the goodness of acrylics underneath the oils, for the sky and the lavender backwoods. Once dry, it doesn't move, and you can paint whatever you want overtop.

Field in Laytonsville - SOLD

Field in Laytonsville
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $40 plus $7 shipping.

My art buddy, S. and I stood on the side of the road, letting traffic avoid us, and took photos of the fields in Laytonsville. Fun to paint, lottsa space. Thanks for looking.

Twin Lilacs - SOLD

 

Twin Lilacs
Watercolor on Arches 300 lb Cold Press
Each 15" x 22.5"
SOLD

Done by request, to hang together, stressing slightly different colors.

White Shed, Laytonsville - SOLD

White Shed, Laytonsville
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $45 plus $7 shipping.

My art buddy, S. and I went snooping around Laytonsville one day, and asked the "farmer dude" if we could take photos on his property. This was a cool old shed, and behind it, another shed at the end of the road. This is my first time using the reference photos that we took, and now I wish that I'd made the shed a little bigger, or maybe used a rectangle. Which only means, that you'll see this shed again.

Irises, Embraced - NA

Irises, Embraced
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 9" x 12"
Not available.

The last time I was working on a watercolor, I used this sheet as a test page for colors, and made the shapes into irises (sort of) very loosely. When I saw it again, I thought it was nice enough to turn into an actual painting, so I added (loosely) more paint, and voila. It looks like the leaves are cradling the flowers, to me anyway.

Layers and Colors - SOLD

Layers and Colors
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $45.00 plus $7 shipping.

Lots of layers (planes) and lots of colors.

Folded and Bending - SOLD

Folded and Bending
Oil over Acrylic on Stretched Black Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $45 plus $7 shipping.

I've had this black gessoed canvas for awhile, and I knew I wanted to do something soft and dramatic on the black, but I wasn't sure what. I liked the photo for this one, with all it's nice color shifts.

Hillside with Trees - SOLD

Hillside with Trees
Acrylics on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $30 plus $7 shipping.

Still working with clouds, and a very simple foreground. Feels quiet, doesn't it?

Back Gate Revised - SOLD

Back Gate, Revised
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $15 plus $7 shipping.

I spent time with a private student yesterday, so didn't have time to paint paint. I decided I'd give this little guy another chance, and made the background lighter, changed the color of the fence, and the grass. I think it's better now. The plants that you can see in my border are a huge "butterfly bush" (the monarchs love it,) and some coreopsis from my friend J, which have spread beautifully.

Poppy Field, Summer Sky - SOLD

Poppy Field, Summer Sky
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $100, includes shipping.

I needed something big and open and spacey, after all the roses. This satisfied!
Here's a version where you can see the texture. I'm pretty sure that you can click on these to see a larger photo. Thanks for looking.