Leaf Showers

11"x14" oil

We had a spectacular fall in the NE and then had a huge wind storm.  One day I looked out the window and saw the leaves blowing across the back yard and wanted to capture what I saw from memory.  I spend a few moments studying the big pieces of composition and note the values and colors.  The blue of the sky and water are much less colorful in the painting...more of a whitish gray with a tint of blue.

Birch Boulder Bike 6"x6" oil on canvas

This is an old rusted bike my son gave to me to put in my garden.  He has a quirky sense of the visual and also a quirky sense of humor and he keeps me laughing.  We have a lot of birch trees in our yard, pines and sugar maples so it is looking very colorful right now.  Since DWP's challenge this week was to paint birch trees, it seemed like a good time to do this painting that I have been thinking about for a while.  This is part of the view out the front of my studio.

Also: remember I am giving away the following painting at the end of Oct. to one of the blog followers who makes a comment on my blog this month.