Spring Still Life, The Hound and the Hare

12x16, oil on linen panel

The porcelain dog (yes, I realize this isn't actually a hound)  has spied the brass rabbit.
Spring has sprung.

Still life painted in north light during a rainstorm.

10x8, oil on panel

It has been raining for days.  We are having historic flooding in our region.  Electricity and phone service comes and goes in the area. Many roads and bridges have been washed out. Yesterday I painted on the covered back porch while it rained.  I had rescued the roses from my garden. It was cold and windy, a raw kind of day, but the light was beautiful.

Detail from unfinished painting