Mountain Reflections

Mountain Reflections
8 x 10 inches
oil on canvas panel
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I enjoyed the brightness of the colors in this piece, and the reflection was a good challenge.

Another lonely hay bale...

Another lonely hay bale...
8 x 10 inches
Oil on canvas panel
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This was a second version of the hay bale painting. I like the background more on this one, the foreground more on the first.

Hm, now I know why Monet painted so many hay stacks!

A Lonely Hay Bale

A Lonely Hay Bale
8 x 10 inches
oil on canvas panel
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I say it is lonely because as I was working on this I checked out an art blog I frequent (cannot even remember which one) and someone had a painted several hay bales, making my solo one look lonely. But it looks happy nevertheless surrounded by the bright grass of summer, and with some cool shade behind him. The inspiration for this one was a photo my husband's cousin Jimmy Boylston took and had on his site. He had some great photos and I thought I would try my hand with a hay bale. I am pleased with this one.

Another Lonely Tree

Another Lonely Tree
8 x 10 inches
Oil on canvas panel
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I wanted to do a tree with a palette knife. Most of this was done with a knife, except some of the clouds and sky. I like the clouds in this one.

Wooded Fountain

Wooded Fountain
16 x 20 inches
Oil on stretched canvas
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I did this in 2006. I like the brightness of the fountain and surrounding foliage, surrounded by the dark foliage of the woods. It almost feels like a hidden and secret spot in the woods.

Japanese Maple

Japanese Maple
12 x 24 inches
Oil on stretched Canvas
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I actually did this painting in college (16 years ago) and it was my first painting that I felt was good enough to hang up, and it has been up in my homes since then. I think it is time to find it a new home.

Foggy Valley

Foggy Valley
14 x 18 inches
Oil on canvas panel
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This was another one that I did much of it with a palette knife. Some blending and aspects of the sky were done with a brush, but mostly with knife.

Avocado

Avocado
8 x 10 inch
Oil on Canvas Panel
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This is a piece similar to one I did a few weeks back. It was really a way to use up some of the paint on my palette, and practice, because eventually I plan on doing this on a 6x6 canvas, along with other veggies, for my new kitchen.

Clouds above the Blue Ridge

Clouds above the Blue Ridge SOLD
8 x 10 inches
Oil on canvas panel
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Here is another of the Blue Ridge (as imagined in my head...since actually getting out and doing some plein air is not going to happen with the munchkins...) I did mostly with a palette knife. The sky and darker parts of the clouds were with a brush, the rest with a knife.