My Newest Painting-"Look Out Below"

"Look Out Below"
9" x 12" Oil on Canvas

As I was out painting, I heard all the neighborhood dogs suddenly start barking at the same time, and then a loud sound that I immediately recognized from the past as a hot air balloon. As it emerged from behind the trees where I could actually see it, it looked as if it would land on the neighbors roof! Well, it didn't, it just kept lowering until it disappeared behind the trees again. This is my interpretation of the scene.

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Tuckahoe Plantation Plein Air Event

My plein air painting done at Tuckahoe Plantation.

8" x 10" oil on linen panel



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5" x 7" Study of Fall Display

5" x 7" Oil on Linen Panel

My Artist Mentor, Kevin Macpherson, suggested I do a "still life" painting on a HUGE (for me!) canvas, 30" x 40" this month--concentrating on contrast of light/dark. This is a small study of part of the set up that I'll be painting. I think I might have to push the lights/darks on my larger piece even further than I did here.

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Shadows in the Rose Garden

Shadows in the Rose Garden
8" x 10" Oil on Canvas

I painted this out in the rose garden. It actually was more about the shadows on the ground from the surrounding trees and bushes than about the roses!

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Lilly - 8" x 10" Oil on Board

My painting for today.


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Cloudy Day Dahlia --6" x 8" oil on board

This is a 6 x 8" oil on board of a Dahlia from my garden. When I look at this finished painting I'm struck by my use of all of the grays. It has been cloudy and rainey for days on end, which has been keeping me from painting outside. This is why I went out and picked the flower and brought it in. Subconciously I also painted the cloudy gray days. I do hope they end soon.


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