Finally, some new things

We were on vacation in mid June and getting ready to go I was not painting much and then I had a hard time getting going once we got back. One piece I am not posting yet, I am not happy with it. But here are my ones from yesterday (yes, three!).

The first if for the blog Different Strokes for Different Folks, the second my attempt at a piece for the new kitchen when it is done (I found one I LOVE online but my husband seems to think I should not spend $$$ on paintings when I paint.) The third was a variation of that theme (I call it guacamole) and was done entirely with a palette knife...interesting experience...

All three are 14 x 18 inches, oil on canvas board and available for $60 each, shipping included.

Summer Veggies

Summer Bounty
14 x 18 inches
Oil on Canvas Panel
$60, shipping included for continental US

Here is another painting done for the Different Strokes for Different Folks blog. This one I will be sending in! It was my first still life, and I enjoyed the challenge.

Heart of the USA

Heart of the USA
14 x 18 inches
Oil on Canvas Panel
$60, shipping included for continental US
the blog Different Strokes From Different Folks, where artists are encouraged to paint or draw their own interpretations, though I am doing after the deadline so it will not be on that site. It was a black and white photo, and I thought the idea was interesting to create your own color scheme. There were some very neat and well done paintings in the blog. I enjoyed seeing the various interpretations. As usual, my photography does not seem to do justice to my sky and clouds. Here is mine!

Fall Foliage, take two

Fall Foliage
14 x 18 inches
Oil on canvas panel
NOT AVAILABLE

This is another attempt at taking a picture of the fall tree. The colors are more accurate in the previous post, but the sky is better rendered in this photo.

Fall foliage

I did this yesterday and today, from a picture from a magazine again. The picture just does not do justice to the clouds. Need to work on my photography I guess!

Here's another of the apple orchard

Apple Orchard II
14 x 18 inches
Oil on canvas panel
$60, shipping included for continental US

I feel more like an impressionist with this one. Lot less definition, broader paint strokes. Definitely different from the first, but I like it...

My four-year-old's obsession with volcanoes

My son has been asking for a volcano, so that is what I am working on. I got some photos of the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica and I am loosely basing this current work on that. No lava flow, but a dynamic sunset and a bit of ash and steam coming from the top.

I am done with it now, as you can see... and while I have hated it at times I think I have come to live with it...

clouds I have been working on for some time

and do not think they are salvageable, but since there is so much paint on that canvas, thought I would post it anyway. I wanted to get the effect of the sun peeking through the clouds, but ... failed. Ah, here goes.

Sunlit Clouds
12 x 16 inches
Oil on stretched canvas
$45, shipping included in continental US

May 31st

Apple Orchard I
16 x 20 inches
Oil on stretched canvas
$90, shipping included in continental US

Here is my effort from yesterday and today. It is from a photo I ripped from a magazine of apple orchards. I am fairly pleased with it, though it could definitely be better. I might try to do it again to see how I can improve upon it.