New Eagle Bay, Plein Air Painting

"The New Eagle Bay"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

I went up on the levee early this morning, and painted this old favorite spot of mine. Off to the right used to be thick tall grasses and trails of marshy water. Since the whole thing was dredged and dug up it is mostly all sparse grasses. At least the water is coming back.

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Make a Wish, equine art

"Make a Wish"

18 x 24 inches

Acrylic on canvas
Ready to frame

$1,000.00

When I was young my mother would say "Look, there is a white horse! Make a wish!" so when I see white horses I still think about making wishes.

I painted this a while ago. It started as one of the thin watercolor style paintings that I did a series of. Then I layered the thicker paint on top. Acrylics are great for many different approaches. You can change your mind all you want and it doesn't hurt anything.

I love this painting. It has a nice feel to it.

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Old Wagon, Daily Painting

"Old Wagon"

6 x 6 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

NOT FOR SALE

This is the old wagon that sat up in the corner of Grandma's yard. I didn't see what the big deal about it was at the time. Just an old broken down wagon to me. We were not allowed to play on it or near it. Now I am sure it must have been an antique.

The Blue Spruce off to the left is a tree my Grandma planted. She loved the bluish green hue. I didn't see different shades of green until she pointed that out to me.

I have started a larger painting of her back yard with the deer in it. May take me a while to complete it. I have a couple of shows coming up and this week will be full!

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Love Flow, Abstract Flower

"Love Flow"

6 x 6 inches

Acrylic on cradled hardboard

Sides are painted- framing is optional

This painting started out as a geometric abstract design, kind of looked like a cliff and a road in the beginning. After I added some curves it started looking like a flower. So I added some petals at the top, and created the center. Then I gave the petals some highlights. It was fun to just see where the paint would take me.

Just felt like we all can give love and help others......

Enjoy

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Early Snow, Winter Barn, Daily Painting

"Early Snow"

6 x 6 inches
Acrylic on cradled hardboard

Not for sale

I have been going through the old photos. This is a side view of the old bunkhouse where my brothers slept at night in the summers. I was up early after the first big snow that season and took lots of pictures. I was fascinated with the snow and ice clinging to the twigs and branches.

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Heavy Laden, Daily Painting

"Heavy Laden"

6 x 6 inches

Acrylic on cradled hardboard

Did this from memory. The snow used to pile up and bend the trees over in interesting shapes and clumps.

My last winter in Libby Montana (years ago) it was 40 below zero for about a week! It was 20 below the week before and the week after. I can still hear Grandma say "Hey look, it is UP to zero today!" Then she laughed. That became our saying after that. "Is it UP to zero today?" It hasn't been that cold for that long again, but this year they have had more snow than they have had in over ten years!

I know Grandma has to be laughing because they couldn't have a grave side burial service! So we are going to have a memorial for her at the end of May when the mountain passes aren't closed and most everyone can be there. My whole family has not been together in over twenty years.

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Heaven's Harmony

"Heaven's Harmony"
6 x 6 inches
Acrylic on cradled hardboard

SOLD

My grandmother passed away this past week. I was thinking about heaven and wondering how happy she must be to see Grandpa again.

I started this painting as a simple abstract of warm analogous colors. Slowly the painting evolved into mountains and grass. Then I added the trees.

My grandmother loved the pine trees, and she loved the mountains. She saw beauty in everything, even things that I thought were so insignificant. She gave me a thirst for nature and it's grander. The deer would come down the hill behind her house and eat from her garden, and I would get up early so I could watch them with her. She wouldn't let me get to close to the patio window because she didn't want me to scare them away.

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