It was a beautiful spring day today. The path up the hill was freshly mown. A gentle breeze was blowing. My faithful Labrador Retriever and I headed out to paint en plein air. A perfect day.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Monday, March 31, 2014
She Knows Her Own Mind
...and she says, under her breath, "I am so not eating those carrots."
I do admire a slightly stubborn little girl. ;)
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Saturday, March 15, 2014
It was a windy day out on the dusty trail....
My little buckaroo rides a pony at the park.
12 x 12, oil on canvas
Monday, February 3, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
another painting from from the 3/4 head reference photo....experimentation continues
Oil on Arches oil paper
Monday, January 20, 2014
Variation 3, starting to break free
Third variation on same photo reference.
Rendering a perfect likeness is not my objective.
Moving from painting to art/ finding light and shadow/keeping the emotion involved....
that's more like it.
The emotion that inspired me in the photo is present. I'm pleased.
More to come.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Down Valley at Dusk
The sun is dropping behind the trees. Color is becoming indiscernible. Soon the deer whose tracks are seen in the snow will return to find food at the edge of the field and bed down in the grasses under the tree line, where they spend each night. Calm descends on a snowy evening.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Friday, December 6, 2013
The Dove, simplified
An equally small painting on a snowy day.
I wanted to paint the dove with as few marks as possible, almost like calligraphy.
Watercolor on Arches watercolor paper
Friday, November 15, 2013
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Big Bill
Larger than life sketch of a fellow local artist who has a larger than life personality.
33x40, vine charcoal and hard pastel
W.O. "Bill" Dugan
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)