A Golden Sky

This week I just decided to bring back out the watercolors. I still was thinking of doing the beach scenes from the lovely Gulf coast but as what I was working on didn't satisfy my creative thoughts, I just made up a landscape. This did make me feel more creative so I decided to share it here. Looks like there will be more to come in this series.

San Antonio Mission, oil painting

Today I delivered two paintings to the Little Green Store/Gallery where I have other paintings on exhibit and for sale. They are preparing for the citywide Gallery tour that will be in early December.

A painting to be done

"Generally the best paintings are the ones where you're driving down the road and suddenly you say, 'Oh, look at that. There it is.' " Clyde Aspevig

Here I was treading a different landscape and I felt the same as Clyde Aspevig put it. This snow we might see this winter but here it was October in the foothills some miles from Denver, Colorado. This scene might come before the beach scene that I had planned.

Pastel Landscape Reference photo Canada

So, while the oil waited for signing, I worked on this pastel. There is such beauty that can be achieved with pastel and I promise myself that I will work on it. I made a photograph in Ontario Canada about an hour above Toronto a couple of years ago. I put it in my file and thought about it often. Water scene again. There is something about water scenes that I want to capture.
Pastel on sanded paper. 11 x 14

Oil Landscape Woods and Water

I wanted you to know that my brushes haven't totally dried up. I did this oil painting that I want to show light and quietness. Standing on the bank of a shallow stream, there is just the ripple of water and the sound of birds.

Watercolor, Garden, Plein Air

The Plein Air painting group met at the home of Jean. The morning light was wonderful, so much to observe and paint. There was a fountain, statues and colorful annuals. This week I wanted to see what I could capture in watercolor. Just sit down, look at the scenery and not be overwhelmed with information. That was my goal. This is one of the watercolor paintings that I decided I would be happy signing.

I hope that you enjoy it also.

Watercolor on Fabriano Paper 9 x 12

Plein Air, Farmers Market, impressionistic oil

The Plein Air painters went to the Farmer's Market. There among the tomatoes, okra and watermelons, we set up our painting gear and painted. Painting like that in public gets people stopping to look and comment. Some saying that they "used to paint" or "would like to paint".
The Farmers there also thought it was interesting that we wanted to paint them. This farmer just might be a female as it turns out. Oil on board 8 x 10