J & S, plein air painting

"J and S"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

(ready to frame)

Got to go out to J & S Fish Camp in the evening yesterday. The rim canal is off to the right and Lake Okeechobee is over the levee. I saw this little muddy path with the palms and thought how perfect of a composition that it would make! I used a simple palette with very few colors to give it more harmony.

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Pink Lilies, koi pond

"Pink Lilies"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

(Ready to frame)

SOLD

Combined different photos to compose this painting. The main image came from McKee's Botanical Gardens, where I painted en plein air last year. I added the koi for movement and color.

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Compliments, Abstract Art

"Compliments"

9 x 12 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

(Ready to frame)

This palette knife painting started as a color study of split compliments. Yellow, with blue violet and red violet. It quickly became an explosion of contrast and color! It reminds me of looking out through a glass window while it is raining. These are fun to do and you never know what you will get.

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Morning Breeze, seascape

"Morning Breeze"

5 x 7 inches

Acrylic on canvas panel

Just a fun little painting. I made this one up from memory. I wanted to play around with that impressionistic look, reminiscent of Monet and Renoir.

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Summer's End, Painting Demo

"Summer's End"

10.5 x 15 inches

Acrylic on watercolor paper

This is a painting I did for a painting lesson. I changed the colors and moved things around some, but the inspiration is still from a book. Non the less, I think it turned out nice.

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Formal Attire, Great Blue Heron

"Formal Attire"

5 x 7 inches

Acrylic on canvas

SOLD

This is a take off from "Shore Bird" ( tricolored heron) that I did last week. I changed the background and did it on a smaller support. This painting is of a Great Blue Heron, which is the largest of the herons. Its markings are black and burnt orange, instead of white. The great blue heron also has one of the largest ranges of population from the east to the west coast of North america!

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Day Break, wildlife art

"Day Break"

Acrylic on canvas

18 x 24 inches

SOLD

I saw these dear at the Adams Ranch along with the night heron. I put this painting together from three photos. I hid the little squirrel at the bottom. I love the lighting and the mist.

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Rachel's Horses, Daily Painting

"Rachel's Horses"

9 x 12 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

This is a preliminary painting for a mural I am starting next week. Rachel is one of my students and I have been commissioned to do this in her bedroom. Before it is done we will probably have bunnies and butterflies too! It will be fun.

This painting may be available for sale in a month or so.

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Yielding Spirit, horse, daily painting

"Yielding Spirit"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on canvas

SOLD

This is another one for a fund raising event. I really got carried away with it and put way too many hours into it. I just got caught up in the muscles and the great disposition of this horse.

I started with five reference photos of different colored horses in similar poses. Some had their heads up and others had it down. I had to reverse some of them. Then I drew different sketches to find the right angle of the head in relation to the neck. The legs were difficult at first, as I kept getting them too fat and too short.

Next I drew the horse the size it needed to be onto paper, working out most of the problems. Then I drew it onto the canvas.

Usually this approach saves time because I can paint from my detailed drawings and not worry about things being out of proportion. But I kept changing my mind and painting things in differently than the drawing.

In the end it was worth it.

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Rucks Road 3, Plein Air Painting

"Rucks Road 3"

16 x 20 inches

Acrylic on canvas

I didn't get today's painting finished. So I am posting this one it's place.

I did this back when I first started doing plein air painting. It took a couple of days to get it done because it is so large for a plein air painting. It was hot and the bugs were horrid. I almost hung up plein air painting all together! 

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Shore Bird, tricolored heron,daily painting

"Shore Bird"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on canvas board

(Canvas mounted on hardboard)

(Ready to frame)

This is actually a painting I did quite a while ago as a monochrome. I wanted to try some thin glazes over the top and experiment with different effects. But when I was done playing around with that I wasn't happy with the results. The water was too brilliant and too colorful and the heron was no longer the focus. So I went back and painted the colors in with thick paint until I got the balance I was after.

I had a great weekend at the Okeechobee Top of the Lake Art Fest. Sold lots of paintings, won a second place ribbon, and met so many interesting people!

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