Green 1, first in a series of green paintings

"Green Leaves"

8 x 8 inches

Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas
$450.00

Sides are painted  framing is optional

This is the first of a series I am doing on using a limited palette. It is part of our daily painters challenge and tribute this month. See yesterdays post for the tribute. I am starting with green to tie in with conservation and still do studies on color.

This is a monochrome. I only used one color of green and then used black for shades of green and white for tints of green. The emphasis becomes the value changes instead of colors, which makes it harder to bring out the brightness of the leaves.

The lilies leaves had such an interesting twist to them, I wanted to use that repitition to make the composition stronger. I added depth by using more black on the leaves that I wanted to recede. I may tweek this one still a little, but over all I like the way it turned out.

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The Forth Day, abstract palette knife painting

"The Forth Day"

9 x 12 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

$550.00  ready to frame

The Daily Painters group is kicking off a tribute to our beautiful earth this month, so I thought I would start with how it all started, and pay tribute to the Almighty Creator of our beautiful earth!

Whether it took an actual 24 hour day, or whether days were long time periods, who knows? But it is so much harder to believe that every thing happened by accident than by an intelligent design. Just look at how amazing life is!

I wanted to capture that feeling of land and sea separating and the movement of the wind that may have stirred at God's voice!

Enjoy it all, even in the hard times.

And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:9

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Sail Away, palette knife painting

"Sail Away"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

This is just a simple composition. I am practicing my palette knife paintings. Getting more comfortable with it. Still need a brush for little details. It is exciting to see how the colors all work together, especially when I put a thin layer of one color under the thick layers. It makes nice value changes. I sprayed the painting with a mist of water this time, and it helped me to be able to slow down some.

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Sun Up, Palette knife painting

"Sun Up"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

ready to frame

I made this up as I went along, which is a little harder than using reference photos. Forces me to follow my instincts.

I have been very interested in the rough, thick paint of palette knife painting lately. I did this one alla prima, all in one session, which has made my shoulder sore! But the way the wet-in-wet paint acts is so different than working over dry. I may have to invest in oils and give it a try! Acrylics dry quickly, so I have to work in high gear. It is fun though.

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Little Blue, wildlife art, heron

"Little Blue"

6 x 12 inches

acrylic on gallery wrap canvas

(sides are painted)

Took pictures of this little blue heron in some very shallow water, changed the back ground some so I could make him stand out more. In the photos he was blending into the marsh grasses, so I used lily pads instead.

I like the thick paint, and tried to keep the painting very fresh and loose.

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Morning's Song, alla prima, plein air painting

"Morning's Song"

6 x 8 inches

Acrylic on canvas panel

SOLD

I had a lovely morning. The birds were singing and the rays of sun were peeking through the trees. This is part of my husband's garden, the tomatoes and peppers are just off to the left. I added the little blue jay to convey the feeling of the singing birds.

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A and D Ranch, triptych

48 x 36 inches

Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas

(Commissioned work)

Not For Sale

far left 36 x 24 inches far right 36 x 24 inches

I have been working on these for a couple of months. I plan to deliver them this week. Can't wait to see how they look in the new ranch house!

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Sun Down,

"Sun Down"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

$320.00  ready to frame

Palette knife painting. Made it up from memory. Love the unusual shapes and random effects of the palette knife.

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Day's End, Ocean Sunset

"Day's End"

This is from a lesson I did with my husband's great niece, Taylor. I painted each step on my board and she followed and painted each step on her board. She is ten and it was her first time . . . To much fun! I really like the way it turned out.

Media: acrylic on hardboard 

Size: 9 x 12 inches
Ready to frame



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He Loves Me, Palette knife roses

"He Loves Me"

(John 3:16)

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

Not Available

This painting started out as a study of complementary colors, mostly shades of red and green. I had more orange and blue in it also. It quickly became something that resembled roses and so I played that idea up with the shadows. I love the lively knife work, you can sense the energy and fast movement I used as I applied the thick layers of paint!

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Rising Water, plien air painting

"Rising Water"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on canvas board

(canvas mounted on hardboard)

Ready to frame

This is a painting I did on location last July. I have reworked it a little because it had always bothered me. I have toned it down some and added an egret and an alligator. The alligators are often hard to see, so I hid him at the lower right. (Click on the image for zoom.)

This painting is at Lake Okeechobee. Our lake is up to an average of ten feet now. Still very low. almost two years now it has been so low.

There is a teenage boy that was attacked by an alligator here at Nubbin's Slough last month. Why he was in the water swimming at night in this area is beyond me. You can see large alligators that live here at any given time. They wait by the lock where the water flows into the lake and feed on anything that comes through.

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