Cheval Blanc

6"x6" oil for sale by auction

Cheval Blanc....White Horse.  Wandering back roads in Quebec, I came upon this white horse on a hill framed in green.  I stopped to photograph it and he/she temporarily set aside eating to look up and pose.  It was a good day.  Not my usual subject matter, but it sure was fun to paint.

Pepper Party

6"x6" oil

Peppers are fun to paint.  They have such vibrant colors and interesting shapes.  When posting images with red varieties of colors, the photography tends to blend them into one color.  The difference in reality between the orange pepper and the red pepper is significant.  You will have to use your imagination with this one.  I like the exercise of doing still life paintings and I like taking a break on occasion from painting people.  Even though they are both made up of shapes, lines and values with lovely colors, the pressure of getting people "right" can be daunting.  I mean, if I make the pepper a bit lopsided or fat, who would notice?

Remembered Landscape #1 The Meadow

4"x6" oil  Price $45

 I have several projects going at once right now (not my favorite way to work) but I am happy that I am inspired and able to do this.  This project is to do small oil paintings of remembered landscapes.  I drive to the gym every morning and am so fortunate to have so many beautiful things to look at along the way.  I study what I see and then when I have time, I recall what I saw and paint it.  I think it is a wonderful way to train myself to quickly record an idea made of shapes and color and then when I think about it later, the key features are what comes out.  I started very simply for this 1st one.  They will get more complicated as I go, I think, although that is not my intention.

Putting Practice

6"x6" oil

I hope to do a series of golfing paintings, but that means I need to get out on the golf course and ride around finding landscapes and figurative positions that are interesting.

Shed In the Grove

The way the sky peaks through the tall trees is what drew me to this composition.  It just seemed so lovely and simple, but not simple to paint.  It was actually pretty complicated and took some effort to eliminate confusing shapes and colors.  I wanted a feeling of late summer coolness and I think I have accomplished it.  It is just a little shed in a grove of tall trees.  A nice place to feel alive!

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30-30 Challenge #27

2"x4.5" acrylic  SOLD

I have to remember to plant zinnias and cosmos next year.  They offer such easy to grow options that create such a beautiful design through the summer and into fall.  What I really liked about painting this one is the patterns of the flowers, stems, "leaves" and buds.  Pattern is so important in paintings and I sometimes forget that, and then other times it becomes the theme of the painting.

Morning Hike

oil 9"x9"

My family had a reunion in Colorado recently.  We build in lots of time to do what we want, so groups of us head out to hike, rock climb, shop or visit museums or music venues.  One morning we went hiking with one of my sisters and her husband.  It was a beautiful, cool day in Estes Park.  I am showing my initial sketch below and how I finished it above.  I love the bands of color and the structural relationships.

sketch

Abstract Flower

8"x10" oil

I had a need to do something really loose and leaning towards the abstract,  I decided to do flowers using the dark background I have been using in the still life paintings I have been doing.  Then using both a brush and a palette knife, with thick and thin paint, I just let myself go with it.  I really like the suggestion of the flowers without defining them.  It was a good exercise.

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Plum Island

24"x48"

This is the finished piece of my 30 paintings in 30 days project.  By working on one section at a time, I feel like I gave every part of this painting proper attention and the result is a rich mosaic of brushwork and color.  It was fun doing a painting so much larger than the small pieces I have been doing for the last couple of years.  It made me want to do more!

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#31 and #32 of 32

These are the last 2 pieces of the puzzle.  Tomorrow I will post it all together!

#29 and #30 of 32

#28 of 32

#27 of 32

#26 of 32

#25 of 32

#24 of 32

I get so excited when I discover a new contemporary artist that I love.  Today I discovered

Nouha Hachchane on Daily Paintworks.  I don't know anything about this artist other than that she/he does wonderful portraits of children on stretched goatskin.  Here is an example:

#23 out of 32

One thing I don't so much like about this slow reveal is the numbering of them.  It feels like a countdown, which it is, but it is like counting away the days, and I think time moves fast enough.  I will look forward to naming paintings again!

#22 of 32

6"x6" oil

#21 of 32

#20 of 32

Day 20 is a beautiful, sunny day in VT.  Hope you are having a glorious day too.