Not now

So much for my 30 paintings in 30 days.  Have to let this one go for now.  I ran into a wall and realized that its too close to the last session in September, for me, and that I have three shows coming up that I should be focusing on.  Once a year is probably all I want to do with that exercise, valuable as it is.  Too much pressure right now and that shouldn't be what painting is about.  

#6 Love the Hummers.  Just happened to catch this one mid flight.  Challenging to photograph....Fun to paint.   

In Between

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Day #4 

The Great Blue Heron can be graceful or gawky but also very fierce, as this one was when I photographed him/her.  I find them endlessly fascinating. 

  Great Blue

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Day  #5  This was once a Spotted Towhee.  After a few hours it wasn't working out so well and I have to admit it was fun to transform it into this abstract.

Shadow of a  Bird (Temper, Temper)

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Day #3.  Hoping that some of these bird photos will work as a grouping for a show I'm having in August.  The theme being With Respect to Nature.  I have a passion for birds, too.

Almost Settled

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It's official.  I'm a lousy blogger.  I'd make a resolution to do better but I know I wouldn't keep it so why set myself up for disappointment..hah.  I've started Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days again.  Hopefully I will at least post them all.  I was able to finish the exercise in September, much to my amazement, since it was my fourth try at doing it.  So, here is day #1.  My first attempt at a bee.

The Bee and the Flower: A Romance

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Day #2

Fluffed Up

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Not the best images but you get the idea.