My Place Mid day

I've been painting every day outside to improve my plein air work.  I find it exhausting and exhilarating.  When it's going good I'm exhilarated and when it's not I'm exhausted.  The sun was beating down but I had an umbrella.

Old Friends

This Tercel and Nissan Pickup are like old friends and I hate to see them go but you can only keep old rigs in the yard so long.  They were a blast to paint and challenged my drawing skills.....A tree can be fudged a little but not cars. 

Oaks at Community Park

I realized after starting with the panel vertical the characteristics of the oak are better suited for the horizontal....so I wiped it out (always hurts a little) and painted it on the horizontal.  I'm wondering if I should have included figures to show the massiveness of the trees.  Firemen were playing Frisbee in the adjacent field and there were painters under the trees but I couldn't see them clearly so I left them out.

Barn at Community Park

Painted with the group yesterday at the park.  8 x 10 oil on linen panel.

Morning Light On Roses

10 x 8 inches on 1/4 inch board with lead prime.  Painted this morning as the light filters through the white curtains in my east studio window.  Available on DailyPaintWorks here

Front Porch

6 x 8 inches on lead prime stretched canvas. Available at DPW auction...go here

Women's Federation Grove

10 x 8 inches on lead prime canvas panel.  Painted this today with a nice group of plein air painters.

It is available at auction.  DailyPaintWorks here