"Mountain Stream"

9 x 12

oil on gessoed hardboard
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More landscape practice in preparation for some plein air painting in Colorado. Cooler weather coming soon! Painted from a photograph from a previous trip to Estes Park.

"Aspen Pathway"

9 x 12

oil on hardboard

Hoping to do a little plein air painting on an upcoming trip to Colorado and New Mexico, so am trying my hand at landscapes again for a little practice with the greens and earth colors. Am mainly sticking with a limited palette of cad yellow light, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue and white. I earlier did an extensive color chart with just these three tubes of paint and white and amazed myself with the broad range of color. Now if I can only translate them into a painting. The painting journey continues!

This was painted from a photograph taken on a hike in Estes Park a couple of years ago. 

"Hill Country Thistle"

9 x 12

oil on gessoed panel

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While visiting friends in the hill country of central Texas, I spotted this field of thistle on an early morning walk this past Spring. There is a painting around every corner in that area so I know to always have my camera with me. Painted this on a red ground in hopes of subduing so much green.

"'Holy Cow"

oil on moleskin

This is painted in Kay Wyne's moleskin book, with the theme of Holy Cow. What a wonderful collection of cows she will have at the end of this project. If you haven't checked out our Texas Moleskin Round-Up in awhile, be sure to see some of the most recent entries.

"Do Not Disturb"

16 x 20 

oil on stretched canvas

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Can you really train a dog to not get on the furniture, even when you're not looking?