5X7″ oil on canvas
Morning Tree
8X10″ oil on canvas
Rimrock Reserve
5X7 plein air oil on panel
I’m focusing on creating a decent composition and creating depth through color. In this one I tried to make the sage brush in the front higher in chroma than the trees behind it. And I really lightened the trees on the hill.
Harris Ranch Morning
8X10″ oil on canvas
This one makes me happy. I love stripes and mornings.
I wrote a short description of it on Instagram. And it’s for sale.😊🌞
Run
4×4″ oil on canvas
Flooded
11X14 oil on canvas
The Boise River is so high right now that it has flooded parts of the greenbelt and some areas downriver from where I live. I stood on a bridge to paint this one. I got a bunch of funny comments. Paintings don’t look like much in the beginning stages, at least mine don’t, so I prefer to keep them to myself until they look half decent.
Dry Creek Road
11X14 oil on panel
Today my daughter went to school all day so I was able to go out and paint in the morning (we homeschool half time). I went out to the farmland that is at the base of the foothills on the other side of Boise from where I live. I sat in the back of my car with the back up. I can hide a little that way. Beautiful morning.
I found this lovely big tree in the middle of a hay or alfalfa field. I’ve found that I do best when I find a big tree to make my focus, I pretend it’s a figure.
Rocky Canyon
5X7″ oil on panel
Rocky Canyon Road
5X7″ oil on panel
I did this pleinair painting today. I need to adjust some colors that are bugging me. But I like it in black and white.
Harris Ranch Big Tree
5X7″ oil on panel
I painted this plein air today. I feel like I’m starting to get a feel for plein air painting. I’m happy with how this little painting turned out.
I keep painting Harris Ranch because it’s just about the only flat open space near my house. There are a few cows left on the ranch I’d like to paint. This open space is quickly disappearing with houses being built on it all the time.
