Have you ever seen Albert Handel's work? He is a master at strong, direct light on the landscape, trees in particular. So this is a little attempt at conveying that same type of light.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Playing with Zorn, 6x6, oil on panel
Perhaps this scene looks familiar to you. If so, it's because I did another painting of it previously. This time I used a palette commonly known as the Zorn palette. It consists of White, Ivory Black, Yellow Ochre and Vermillion or Cad Red Light. In this one I also used Mars Black just to see what the difference would be. I really like this palette. It's always surprising to me to see just what it can do. Seems magical!
Friday, February 21, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Clouds Over the Mountain, 6x8, oil on panel
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My painting for the cloud challenge, which I never actually entered . . . I'm pretty bad about such things. I did have fun painting it though. This too, is done with the Zorn palette. Who would have thought such a limited palette would produce such color variety!
Friday, February 14, 2014
Orange Pepper 2, 6x6, oil on panel
When the weather is bad and you don't want to go out, it's always fun to paint something bright and cheery a comfortable studio!
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Four Snow Paintings
I've been doing some larger (12x24 to 18x24) studio paintings using small (6x6) plein air paintings. It's fun to see them all together and the different colors depending on the key of light at the time they were originally painted.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Tools of the Trade, 6x6, oil on panel
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Tools of the trade? I do like to have a cup of coffee or tea when I'm painting, although it often goes cold before I actually drink it. I'm heading to Scottsdale Artists' School next month for a workshop with Camille Przewodek, which I'm very excited about! This little painting is an exercise in seeing color, in anticipation of the workshop.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Prairie and Trees, 6x8, oil on paper
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Like the previous painting, this was done on Wallis Sanded Paper. I highly recommend it if you have any trouble with putting one layer on another. But, again, use synthetic bristle brushes. Natural bristle brushes get eaten up by the texture very quickly.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Boxelder Creek, 8x6, oil on paper
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This painting and the previous one are done on Wallis Sanded Paper which is a surface made for oil and pastels. It's fun to paint on as it grabs the paint off the brush. You don't get the problem of an under layer being pulled up and muddying another layer placed on top. If you try it, use synthetic bristle brushes, though, because that sandpaper really eats up natural bristles!
Friday, January 31, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
Cows in the Meadow, 6x8, oil on paper
This is a little plein air painting done a couple of years ago. It's a gentle reminder that there will be a spring and summer even if it seems a long way off.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Cedar Ridge, 6x8, oil on panel
This little scene is from a spot down the road where we always go to get a Christmas tree. We've gotten in the habit of having a cedar "half tree". Cedars grow in clumps around here and so you just get a part of the clump. It comes in very handy if you have limited space!
Friday, January 17, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Orange Slices 2, 6x6, oil on panel
Still playing around with different color combinations. The wind has been howling (40-70 mph!) around here so much, it makes me doubly glad to be able to set up a simple still life and paint inside!
Friday, January 10, 2014
Sweet, 6x6, oil on panel
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What a sweet expression! Sometimes I just have to paint a cow. The angles of the bone structure always intrigue me. I never feel like I understand the structure so each cow painting is truly a response to what I'm seeing as opposed to painting from a thorough knowledge of the subject (not that there's anything wrong with thorough knowledge!)
Monday, January 6, 2014
Ice and Snow, 6x8, oil on canvas
Cold and snow is covering much of the nation these days. Here's a scene from nearby Casper. It was an overcast day full of the possibility of new snow being on it's way. There is such subtle beauty in this kind of day as the color is more saturated than on a bright sunny day.
Friday, January 3, 2014
Prairie Light, 6x6, oil on panel
This is a plein air scene from my studio window, done a couple of months ago. I've been exploring color in a different way. Trying to get a better grasp on how it conveys a feel for the light and time of day. Soon I'll be posting some winter scenes done en plein air using the Zorn palette (white, ivory black, vermillion and yellow ochre).
Monday, December 30, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Snowy Rabbitbrush, 8x6, oil on canvas
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This is a little painting from a couple of years ago. Rabbit brush and snow are both two of my favorite subjects to paint. Both seem to have never ending nuances of color and temperature. Combining them in one painting is exquisitely challenging.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Merry Christmas!
Recently, while going through some old boxes, I found these two vintage Christmas cards I made 40 years ago! Yikes, it doesn't seem like it could have been that long ago. Back then I used watercolor and painted everyone of them individually. I think I copied them from (then) vintage cards a friend of mine found in her attic. I know I didn't come up with the designs myself. And apparently, I hung them up with a tack sometime during the past 40 years.
And this year's card. . .
Wishing you all a very
Merry Christmas!
Friday, December 20, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
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