Inspired by a September Dogwood #1
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
I was inspired by the colors in a dogwood outside my window at work. Once it started to turn red this fall, I made a mental note of the image and decided I had to try to capture that beauty.
This is the first dogwood painting and the second "carved" painting. I got the inclination to use that technique on a painting one day and really liked the results.
Inspired by a September Dogwood #2
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
I didn't quite capture the colors or the feeling of the dogwood in #1 so I gave it another go. #2 is closer, and I like the overall warm orange of the painting. I was definitely feeling the fall when I painted it. Still unsatisfied, I went for it one more time on a larger canvas. Dogwood #3 doesn't have a photo yet, but it will be up soon.
A Soft FallOil on Canvas
36" x 48"
I did not start this painting with any plan, other than doing a blended painting. My first marks were the yellow and orange linear marks you can see slightly through the top layer of paint, in the bottom middle of the painting. The progression to a softer blend was aided by my purchase of a small cuved edge pallette knife. Now I have about 5 pallette knives and use 2. Oh well.
The colors are softly browned and grayed along the edges, and the impression of the painting is calming but not boring...I hope.
Flaking
Oil on Canvas
30" x 40"
I used to do these kind of paintings that you can see underneath the flaking, and this year I started covering them partially or wholly with pallette knife marks.
Flakes are snow, Flake White is a color of oil paint. I like the name.
Oil on Canvas
30" x 40"
I used to do these kind of paintings that you can see underneath the flaking, and this year I started covering them partially or wholly with pallette knife marks.
Flakes are snow, Flake White is a color of oil paint. I like the name.
Umber Beginning
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
Both this painting and Flaking started with a dark Burnt Umber that dried more quickly than I had hoped. This style of painting is not very immediate; it usually takes me 3-4 days to make a painting, and by the time I get to the blending point, a couple of the colors have usually dried. That bothered me when I was working on Flaking, but with Umber Beginning, I started using the dried marks as a boundary or rule for the painting. The Umber and Ochre were dry, but the Cadmium and Blue were new, so they took over when the white went through them. The result is more blurry than I wish, but perhaps it will grow on me.
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
Both this painting and Flaking started with a dark Burnt Umber that dried more quickly than I had hoped. This style of painting is not very immediate; it usually takes me 3-4 days to make a painting, and by the time I get to the blending point, a couple of the colors have usually dried. That bothered me when I was working on Flaking, but with Umber Beginning, I started using the dried marks as a boundary or rule for the painting. The Umber and Ochre were dry, but the Cadmium and Blue were new, so they took over when the white went through them. The result is more blurry than I wish, but perhaps it will grow on me.
Golden Lavender
Oil on Canvas
30" x 40"
I was shopping and smelled this great lavender scent, found its source, bought it and brought it home. I used it as an excuse to paint a painting starting with a mixed lavender.
I like the painting but haven't accepted the almost straight but-not-quite lines.
Oil on Canvas
30" x 40"
I was shopping and smelled this great lavender scent, found its source, bought it and brought it home. I used it as an excuse to paint a painting starting with a mixed lavender.
I like the painting but haven't accepted the almost straight but-not-quite lines.
Indian Arch
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
A similar experiment to Lavender, I left parts of the painting with hard edges and blended together other parts. I like the Indian Red arch in the bottom half and the sparse composition. It works.
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
A similar experiment to Lavender, I left parts of the painting with hard edges and blended together other parts. I like the Indian Red arch in the bottom half and the sparse composition. It works.
