Tuesday, January 10, 2017

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.  

Saturday, January 7, 2017

#6 Love the Hummers.  Just happened to catch this one mid flight.  Challenging to photograph....Fun to paint.   
In Between
8 x 8
Oil on Board
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
8 x 8
Oil on Board


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)
8 x 8 
Oil on Board
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
8 x 8
Oil on Board

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

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
8 x 8
Oil on Board

Day #2
Fluffed Up
8 x 8
Oil on Board
Not the best images but you get the idea.


Saturday, September 10, 2016

Had a lot of fun with this.  My first cow paintings and very loose for me.  I will try doing this painting again bigger and in this same style, maybe more so. This is day #10 of the 30 paintings, 30 days.
Heading Home
5 x 7
Oil on Board
Day 9 and back to landscapes.  This is another section of a familiar walk.  Again, after the fog lifts the colors stand out.  Love this place.
Wetlands
5 x 7
Oil on Board