22 October 2005

Two oil sketches


Lakeside Reflections

22Oct05
5"x7"
Oil on Canvas Board











SE out my window

22Oct05
5"x7"
Oil on Canvas Board

08 October 2005

Brown Eggs



8October2005
6"x8"
Oil on Canvas Board

05 October 2005

View from my Window 1 & 2


After not having painted for 10 days, I was desperate today to put some paint on canvas. Wanted to do something quick as I have lots of school work, so decided to do a Plein Aire oil sketch of the view outside my study/studio window.

5Oct2005
9"x12"
Oil on Canvas Board


By the time I was done, I realized that there was no real focal point and that set up some tension for the viewer. So I decided to use up the remaining paint on my palette and try again. This one has much better balance and is "easier" to view. Just wish I'd done it a bit bigger!


5Oct2005
5"x7"
Oil on Canvas Board

25 September 2005

Cloudy Day in Alaska


24Sep2005
8x10
Oil on Canvas Board

16 September 2005

Red Pear



15Sep2005
8"x10"
Oil on Canvas Board

While the Roses are in Bloom

15Sep2005
Oil on Canvas
16"x20"

This painting is a recreation of one that I painted in the late 1980's and subsequently lost in our house fire on Dec23, 1999. I love lush gardens, rose arbors and paths. The painting had been one of my favorites and was the first painting I did on my own. It was heartbreaking to lose it. Recently, I came across a photograph which had a 1"x3/4" image of the painting in it. I digitally enlarged it and this painting is the result. Similar but different!

Here is the original version.

15 September 2005

Christmas Bluejays



2003

4"x6" Watercolor
WN Cotman 140 lb.

10 September 2005

Pumpkin




2001
4x6 Watercolor
WN Cotman 140 lb

09 September 2005

Autumn Panorama


A favorite Iowa view.

November 2004
Image 3 1/2 x 10 1/2
Watercolor
WN Artists' HP 140lb

Iowa Barns



I just loved these barns and the waving grasses around them!

August 2005
14x18 oil on canvas board

Sold at Cindy Hensley Benefit Auction

Painting Grass




Painting Grass exercise from the book, "Landscapes you can Paint" by William Palluth.

August 2005
8x10 oil on canvas board

Cherries





This is the first oil painting that I've done since the late 1980's! Pretty happy with it!

July 2005
9x12 oil on canvas board

Introduction

Welcome! I enjoy doing oil painting, photography and watercolors and look forward to sharing my work with you. Please feel free to comment!