September Creek, NA and Sharing

September Creek, NA
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
Not Available, Revised on October 2, 2012.

Hope that you are enjoying the Labor Day weekend, all.

On a side note, it's sometimes really nice to see what happens to the paintings I sell. Once in awhile, folks will send me photos. Here are a couple:

 (not all are mine, but you can probably pick them out. What a good looking wall, yes?)

Nicely framed watercolors.

Fall Color - NA

Fall Color - NA
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, 11" x 14"
Revised on 9/04/2012.

Just so you know, there are some swipes of gold (reflective) in this one.Fun stuff.

Simple Hillside - SOLD

Simple Hillside
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $30 plus $7 shipping.

A similar and also very simple painting I did awhile back had such a nice response, so being lazy today, I decided to do another one much like it.

Fall Panorama, and Revised Fall Meadow

Fall Panorama
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 24"
Available at $90 plus $10 shipping.

I really like this one, the softness and subtle colors.

Fall Meadow, Revised
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $100 plus $10 shipping.

I like this one better now, revised a little from the other day. I made the tree on the left overhang a bit more, changed the colors in the grasses a little.

Lighthouse One and Two - SOLD

Lighthouse One
Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

Lighthouse Two
Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 9" x 12"
SOLD at $20 plus $7 shipping.

This week's topic is seascape, so I figured we'd try a lighthouse (always popular, in spite of the cliche.)
The horizontal version is okay, maybe a bit big for the format, and it suggested the vertical, so I think that's what we'll do (as far as the pattern is concerned.)

Fall Meadow - SOLD

Fall Meadow
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16" x 20"
SOLD at $100 plus $10 shipping.
Detail Below

I know, I'm jumping the seasonal gum here, but mmm, the colors of fall....I adore summer, but the colors...ahhh, the colors.

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.