At Sea, One Needs Little
6x6, oil
At Sea, One Needs Little ...a light breeze and a loved one nearby.
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Sailboat 5 - Tied To The Sea
Tied To The Sea
6x6, oil
Maybe it’s because I grew up along the Mississippi River, but I’m drawn to boats, fishing, any body of water and in particular these types of little buoys. They remind me of fishing bobbers. As a young child fishing I learned early on to pay close attention to them. Once they started bobbing frantically your heart skipped a beat and you were pretty sure you had a fish on the line.
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Friday, March 6, 2020
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Sailboat 2 - Gray Dawn Breaking
Gray Dawn Breaking
6x6, oil
Gray Dawn Breaking is the second in a series of boats...this one, an early morning sail on a very foggy morning. I love the subtle lavender mist. The image is a bit speckled from light hitting the oil paint...I’m going to have to practice a little more taking photos of wet paint.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Sailboat 1 - Seas The Day
Seas The Day
6x6, oil
Seas The Day is the first in a small series of 10 sailboats I plan to paint in oil. I’m one of twenty local artists participating in a fund raiser on April 30th at Finer Frames to benefit the Eagle Idaho Plein Air Festival (which will be held June 6-13th). Each painting must be painted on a 6x6 unframed wooden panel (which means my beloved pastels just won’t work for this event). However, what a great opportunity to practice painting in oil. Right?
Anyway, the fund raiser is comprised of 200 6x6 paintings all of which will be up for sale for only $36. each! It should be a wildly popular event...I’m hoping to buy a couple paintings from other artists myself.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Brass Bird on a Pot
Brass Bird on a Pot
6x6, soft pastel
This little guy travelled with me to the local greenhouse for a bit of “Plein air” painting during January. I placed him on an upside down flower pot in between a few other pots of bright pink flowers where he rested quietly until I was finished. Plein air isn’t necessarily my bag...but it was great fun and good practice painting outside the studio.
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