Cows and the Red Barn

 

 

Painted this scene for DPW "Cows" challenge.

These lovely black cows, mom and baby,

 are actually two from a small herd

here on the farm where I live. 

 I painted the barn outside plein air,

and  have the fir needles in my pochade box

 and paints to prove it,

 from the tree I was standing near.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Sunflower Gold

 

 

​It seems that everywhere I traveled on this years road trip,

 I  saw sunflowers growing in gardens,

 along side buildings, in fields, farms and cities.

So one day I was looking around, trying to decide what to paint

while lounging around the campsite,

 when sunflowers came to mind. 

 Sunny, bright and golden -  a perky break from all the lush greens.

 

8" x 6 oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Citrus Slice With Seed

 

 

Photographer and artist, Carolyn Anctil

graciously gave me permission to paint my interpretation

 of her spectacular photo entitled "Citrus".

 I initially was intrigued by the wonderful way

the light shone through the fruit slice.

But soon I realized I couldn't do the 'light' justice in paints,

but as I studied it more, I decided to paint my work more abstracted, 

emphasizing the many "dots" of color I perceived

from the rind to the blueish shadow spots.

You can see her photo on her blog, by clicking on her name above.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Wildflowers 2

 

 

​A second entry for DPW Wildflowers challenge.

I painted this one from one of my own photos

 taken on my road trip this year. 

 Although the wildflowers are seemingly the stars of this scene,

 I was taken by the rickety old fence around the pasture.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas

 

$35.

available in my DPW Gallery

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Summer Wildflowers

 

 

 

​Painted for DPW Wildflowers Challenge". 

Loved this challenge and the photo

 because it reminded me of so many of the beautiful places

 I saw while traveling this summer.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Blue Moon Effects

 

 

 

Recently we experienced the Blue Moon

with all the folk lore and fantasy that surrounds it.

This painting is a surreal depiction of the Blue Moon,

where I incorporated the red clouds

caused by the effects of the fires burning in the forests nearby,

 and the way the bright moonlight lit up the tree tops.

All part real, part imagination, part fantasy 

to make up a painting that is unique

 to the Blue Moon's appearing. 

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

starting bid $30.

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Santa Fe Spring

 

 

Painted this for Bill Guffey's Virtual Paint Out Santa Fe challenge.

 Spring in New Mexico, with the white blossoms, and bare tree yet to green out.

 I particularly liked the peachy adobe house

 with the bright gorgeous shade of turquoise trim.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

starting bid $25.

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Confetti

 

 

​The deck in the side garden

 is enveloped with a profusion of colorful flowers.

 As I approached it one day,

 it made me think of so many impressionist paintings,

where the colors are scattered in bits of bright hues of paint

across the canvas like garden confetti.

 I knew I wanted to paint it

and the name would be

 "Confetti".

 

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas

 

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Cle Elum River

 

 

While on my road trip,

I camped in the Red Mountain Campground on the Cle Elum River,

 in the Wanatche Nat. Forest in WA.

This was the actual scene from my campsite.

 This painting was done early one morning while the sun was just coming up.

The clouds moved in and filtered the light, so it was mostly flat.

I had to paint the light and dark values quickly, when I could.

 But the weather had been so hot, that no one was complaining

 - except maybe the resident artist.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Lavender Farm

 

 

Another painting from my summer road trip.

I saw several beautiful and well groomed lavender fields,

but this one was the one I loved,

for it's wild and free ambience.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

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Spring Thaw

 

 

As I mentioned before,

I take along some books by artists I admire

while traveling.

This painting is after Johannes Vloothius

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

starting bid $30.

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High Desert Canyon

 

 

Painted for this week's DPW "Summer" challenge.

For me, summer means a road trip where I paint and take photos.

This year's trip included the high desert of SE Oregon.

I take along a couple books to study, by artists I wish to learn from.

 I painted this beautiful scene from the influence of Johannes Vloothius.

This amazing high desert landscape of soft colors

reflecting the canyon's stark beauty,

 beginning with the pale grays of the overcast skies,

to the muted purples of the distant hills,

 the sandstone canyon walls,

 to the vegetation growing along the seasonal creek.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

Available on DPW auction

beginning bid $30.

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