Catching Up From 2020

 Yep, 2020 Was Epic!

Following are 2020 paintings that didn't get a fair shake. My routine was disrupted by the pandemic and frankly I succumbed to just going with the flow for most of the year. These were late summer and early fall paintings including a few plein air pieces.

Harry Always Comes in Hot,  7.5x12 pastel

Silver Bowl With Apples, 6x8, oil

Barn Across The Payette, 6x8, oil

Along The Strand, 4.25x6.25, oil

Wild Roses with Daisies, 8x6, pastel

The Youngster, 8x12 pastel

Fall Along The Foothills, 6x9 pastel

Eagle Plein Air Festival - Nocturne, Sunrise Cafe, 8x10 pastel

Eagle Plein Air Festival - Hay There!, 8x10 pastel

Eagle Plein Air Festival - Nocturne In The Neighborhood 8x10, pastel

Beautiful Bella, 12x9, pastel

Early Dawn 6x12, pastel

Eagle Plein Air Festival - Nocturne, A Chilly Morning, 10x8 pastel

Eagle Plein Air Festival - Beneath The Shade Tree, 9x12 pastel

The Arrival Of Autumn, 6x8 oil

Benny

Benny

10x8, soft pastel

A first try at our mini-goldendoodle Benny.  You can see his personality in his eyes...spunky and full of life.  He's now 8 months old and 34 lbs.  This isn't necessarily the best version of him...so I'm sure I'll try again sometime in the future...he only sat still for 2-3 minutes at a time so it's a fairly loose painting as a result.

Sophie The Goldendoodle

Sophie The Goldendoodle

9x9, soft pastel

Sophie crossed over the Rainbow Bridge recently...so this is a piece for her "mom" to help ease the huge loss she's surely feeling. All I really know about Sophie is that she was constantly getting into the trees and shrubs in the yard (something our little Benny is very talented at doing too).  This is a favorite image of her mom's because she had that look that all little "kids" have when they know they may be in trouble...but they just couldn't help themselves.  A beautiful sweet Goldendoodle! Of course this means I will need to paint Bennington...maybe some day soon.

Lolo

Lolo

6x6, soft pastel

Day...hummm, what day is this anyway, painting #8?  30in30 Challenges can turn into 30 days all blurred together!  Add to that, our winter had been epic for Idaho.  We've had snow on the ground for probably a month already.  Most winters we have a couple snowfalls, nothing very big, which quickly melt away after a few days.  This winter we've had a large amount of snow (18 inches or so in the past couple days) which is set to melt next week when normal temps return.  It causes one to stay inside quite a bit...which is a good thing if you're doing a 30in30 Challenge...but bad for the lack of exercise.

This is my "grand-dog" Lolo.  Below is an oil painting of her too...but it's SO bad, I'm not posting it for sale unless I get it fixed and then I'll repost it.   Ha!  Oils continue to challenge me.  I must persevere!