Quick Sketch 2, 6x8, oil on Wallis

I continue to be fascinated with horses and this one in particular. Kind of out of whack though on the body. I should do another and get it right!

Clouds Over Chugwater, 18x24, Oil on canvas, NFS

This is the finished painting. It will go into a window instead of a frame so I had to make sure it fit - which it will if I take it off the stretcher bars and staple it to the window frame instead. My favorite part of this painting is the warm orange in the foreground.

Camping View, 6x8, oil on Wallis, $95

The name says it all. We went camping last weekend and this is a view from just outside the camper. It was lovely!!

Evening, 9x12, Oil on Wallis, $295

These two horses were so peaceful, just waiting for their riders on a beautiful summer evening. Some of this is improvised; it was fun to make it up, using my imagination.

Clouds Blockin, 18x24, Oil on Canvas, NFS

This is the block in for a painting that will be part of a fundraiser for the Angels Program and Cancer Resource Center here in Casper. This will be framed by an old wood framed window. I've wanted to paint some backlit clouds for a while and it seemed like a good time to give it a try. 

Clay's Barn, 6x8, oil on Wallis, $95

Another looking east view. I should line these up as they appear and see what it looks like! They are all close to each other.

Looking Eastward, 4x6, oil on Wallis, $45

This is a view a little further out from the sagebrush hillside. Its beautiful all year, but especially now when the grasses are varying colors and textures. Getting a little more paint on there and thats good.

Rabbit Brush 1, 6x8, oil on Wallis, $95

It was a chilly morning around here yesterday. Some friends came to my house and we painted from the deck. Definitely felt like fall. This is the view to the east. I think I'll be painting rabbit brush for awhile.

Rock Ledge Up High, 6x8, oil on Wallis, $95

This is one of my favorites! I like the view and I like the sun bathed ground. Also, the haphazard spikiness of the bushes. What a great place to paint! I hope to return to this spot for more. There was a painting in every direction. Awesome!

Cool Shadows, 6x8, oil on Wallis paper, $95

This view is in back of a friend's house in Glendo. It's a pretty big hill to get up, but worth it once you get up there!  She drove up in a Ranger and I was chicken and walked up the scarey places.

Through The Trees, 6x8, oil on Wallis paper, $95

I was taken by this view of the shed through the opening in the trees and the hills beyond. Just a nice sunny morning in Wyoming summer.

September Morning, 6x8, oil on Wallis paper, $95

The first one of the morning.

By The River, 6x8, oil on Wallis paper, $95

It was turning into a hot day by the time I began this one. I painted quickly and headed for the cool of the house. 

Morning Shadows, 6x8, oil on Wallis paper, $95

This is from a few miles down the road. Its one of my favorite places to paint. There are rocks and sagebrush and thats always good for me.

Richard Jackson's Barn 2, 6x8, oil on Wallis paper, $95

Here's the second of the barn. A little longer view gives the feeling of being set into the landscape a bit more. Anyway, I'm sure I'll be painting this again - maybe the trees will be turned to golden yellow by that time. . . 

Richard Jackson's Barn, 6x8, oil on Wallis paper, $95

This is a great barn. I wanted to get the lay of the land and the way the barn sits on it. It has a hunkered down look, which I didn't quite manage. I made a second attempt, which I'll post tomorrow. I think I'll make at least one more to really get the look of it. 

What a great place this is! There are lots of nooks and crannies to the landscape and I think we will return there quite a bit this autumn.

Cows in the Aspens, 6x8, oil on paper, $95

I thought this scene was interesting because of the forested area the cows were grazing in. I'm used to seeing them in open pasture and this is a view of mountain pasture. I suppose this isn't as unusual to many people as it is to me.

Artistic License, 8x10, oil on paper, $160

This is a plein air that didn't go to the show, but will go somewhere. I was visited by a worker who wanted to take a look at what I was painting and his comment was, "Wow! You really took artistic license!" And I said, "Of course. Why paint if you can't do that?"

Still Green in August!, 6x8, oil, $95

Another plein air piece. It is so amazing to still have green grass here in August! I have heard from several people who have lived here their whole lives - some 80 years or so - and have never seen it like this at this time of year. It is a thing to behold indeed.

Casper Mountain Morining, 8x10, oil on paper, $160

This painting was done during the plein air event. I saw a similar one, from a slightly different view, of this spot by another artist - Jeanne Mackenzie. It was fun to see that someone else had been down this road painting also. Her painting was great!

Grant's Barn, 9x12, oil on Wallis paper, $220

Another plein air piece that I didn't enter in the show, but will take to a gallery. This is such a great barn and great place to paint!! I'm off to paint again today in a little while, at a ranch I haven't painted at before. I'm excited!

Old Grant Homestead, 9x12, oil on Wallis paper, $475

This painting is now at Deselms Fine Art gallery along with Boxelder Creek and August Morning. They are the 3 I entered in the plein air show. I received an Honorable Mention for Boxelder Creek, from judge Ramone Kelly. I'm pretty happy about that! There were 180 paintings in the show, with awards for 5 and Honorable Mentions for 5. All in all it was great fun and I'm making plans for next year! Happy viewing!

This painting is available at Deselms Fine Art Gallery in Cheyenne.

Boxelder Creek, 8x6, oil on Wallis paper, $275

This painting started out as a 9x12, but got cropped when I decided to frame it in a black frame. My friend Klea mentioned that the paintings that are predominantly cool look better in the black frames than the frames with a warm cast. She is so good at identifying stuff like that! Anyway, the only black frame I had was a 6x8, so I cropped it and made a very exciting presentation I think. This painting is in Cheyenne and will be part of the Wyoming Plein Air show which begins Saturday. I'm a little nervous about the quick draw tomorrow as its outside at the Depot Square in Cheyenne and not at all the type of subject I'm used to painting - and right during the Farmer's Market. But, I guess thats also the fun of it, right?

This painting is available at Deselm's Fine Art in Cheyenne.

August Morning, 8x10, oil on Wallis paper, $375

This is the first painting of the day on Tuesday. What a great day of painting that was!! It was perfect weather and we painted all day as we travelled up the road. This was done just a few miles from my house - just a little spot and an interesting outcropping. This is painted on Wallis sanded paper and the combination of using this paper and walnut oil as a medium produced a wonderful luscious look and it resembles pastel in appearance. I think I'm hooked!

This painting is available at Deselm's Fine Art Gallery in Cheyenne.

Cottonwoods 2, 6x8, oil on paper, not available

This is the first plein air piece on my way to Cheyenne last week. It was about 8 in the morning and getting hot already. I made a couple more stops before painting in Cheyenne for a couple of hours.