Rooster

16"x20" acrylic

This is a painting I did in planning for the class I am teaching June 12 at the Chaffee Art Center.  I went pretty abstract with the front lower and right sides, with the suggestion of foliage.  I planned it out mathematically first which was different and fun.  Click here for the demo slideshow.

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Ski Vermont 16"x20" acrylic

This is day 30 in the 30 day challenge.

Like the painting I did yesterday, this was for the non-dom challenge I submitted to DPW.  I painted this completely with my left hand.  I am continually amazed at how different places look depending on the light.  I understand how Cezanne could paint the same scene over and over, because it really is changing all the time depending on whether it is cloudy or where the sun is in the sky.  This is really evident when looking at a time lapse film of something like the Grand Canyon (or better yet, meditating on the rim for a day) where there is such a grand vista to capture the subtle nuances of light and shadow.

Soft Gray Kiss 16"x20" acrylic

This is a DPW challenge that I created to paint with your non-dominant hand.  It was painted from a photo I took when I was walking with my grandsons up their street early one foggy wintery morning recently.  They live in one of those quintessential New England areas with equestrian farms, stone fences, and colonial homes.  It was such a beautiful scene and I knew I had to try painting it. 
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Sunset Glow 16"x20" oil

This is my first painting of 2013.  We had a windstorm that knocked down about 8 trees in our yard and completely wiped out our power and communications for a week.  In the midst of that and the holidays and workmen coming and going, I just put away my paints. In the middle of it all we got a huge snowstorm. It was tremendously fun to do this painting which is larger than I normally do.  It is the east view out my studio.  The sun is setting to the west and casting an amazing golden hue on the snow covered mountains.  It is my intention to do the 30 paintings in 30 days that Leslie Seata has challenged daily painters, but I am starting a few days behind so I am going to have to get serious.  I went skiing for the first time since I broke my leg a year and a half ago, and how I felt going out is very similar to how I felt doing this painting...excited, a little cautious, and thrilled to be able to do it.  Happy New Year to all!$600