apples

mexico

caught

"MY" Tomatoes

8x10 acrylic on board

this is the first time in years that i have been able to grow tomatoes.

i have tried all sorts of things to protect them from deer and bunnies and insects in the the past. nothing would work.

this year i planted them on the southwest side of the house in the dog yard.

i got tomatoes!! yeah

apples

5x7 acrylic on stretched linen

ducky

9x12 oil on stretched canvas

Tea?

6x8 oil on board

forty's picture

5x7 oil on stretched linen

wild yard flowers

did this a couple of days ago

6x8 acrylic on board

birchey hat

kelly pointed out that i had not posted any drawings

thanks kelly, here's my sister

p.s. the previous post will be more clear with the new title of turpentine in oaxaca

turpentine

down there is where i bought my first bottle of turpentine

i got it at house painting paint store

the second bottle was purchased at the Frieda Kahlo art supply store.

the reason i had to get two different bottles is because the the first one i got acted and seemed more like rubbing alcohol.

the next bottle was venician turpentine which is actually quite thick, pure larch tree sap. i mixed the two and was able to paint.

6x8 oil on board

Oaxaca

this was done in approximately five to seven minutes

before the sunset i organized all my paints, this made me ready for the mad rush of trying to capture the colors of Oaxaca at night

6x8 oil on board

Pamela's

oaxaca is an old city in southern mexico near the guatemala border

this is the view from pamela's house in oaxaca

6x8 oil on board

christmas

9x12 oil on board

the acrylic and the watercolor have been previously posted

i enjoyed this challenge

happy at home

i havent posted for awhile

i have lots of reasons

the most interesting is that i have been out of the country again

oaxaca, mexico

my favorite part of the trip was the day we went to mt. alban

seven paintings got done but i only feel like three or four are interesting

hope to post them soon

gravity

this composition is based on Isaac Newton's formula for gravity

watercolor on 140lb. softpressed watercolor paper

workshop

i took another weekend from janis yow hindes

she has a fantastic grasp of the chemistry in colors

janis painted much of the painting, what she did is come back in and correct errors and bad habits. this was very informative, i dont see how i could have learned as well any other way.

how does this make you feel?

6x8 oil on canvas on board

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round rock

8x10 oil on board plein air

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needlepoint

the design for needlepoint came from a coaster i found a few years ago,

i keep it in my studio. seeing it during the holidays inspired me to make a small painting.

6x8 oil on board

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temperance river

a small study that i did to help me with a larger version of this painting.the large one is 30x40

in november i was in northern minnesota hiking the temperance river a few miles south of Grand Marais. the temperance emptys into lake superior just a couple hundred feet from the view above.

8x10 oil on board

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study two

i did three poinsettas over the christmas/new year holidays

the first was an oil, then this acrylic. the last was a watercolor

they were all done in the same still-life box

8x10 acrylic on gessoed board

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