Peggy Thatch Sibley Fine Art & Daily Paintings

Fall Trees on Lake Ozark Hill

2011-11-10T17:46:00.003-06:00

If this one looks familiar, I painted this same scene in watercolor and posted it the other day. One simply can't capture the brilliance of the trees with the sun bouncing through the leaves with camera or paints. But I like to try. God sure made these Ozark hills a beautiful place to behold. This is a 6x8 Golden Open Acrylic, painted on a Pintura panel from ASW. Nice surface! And inexpensive. It really looks nice in a wide gold frame, sitting on a gold table easel. I just finished this one. It seemed to take me longer but when I go back to these acrylics, I sort of "fight" them for awhile as they dry so much slower than my regular acrylics and faster than the oils. Oh well, that is what is fun, painting a variety of subjects and in a variety of mediums.
This one really looks bright. I think maybe part of the reason is I had my panel coated with a red wash.

Red Tree

2011-11-10T17:32:00.002-06:00

I painted this tree from a photo before going to Big Cedar and I sold it there so wanted to try it again. As usual, my second try at a subject never turns out as good as the first one. It does not have the spontaniety the other one had. I hated I did not get a picture of it as I felt I got it a bit more impressionistic than I usually do. I wish I could loosen up more but it is hard for me to do. This is a 5x7 Golden Open Acrylic, painted on a Pintura panel from ASW. They are neat little panels. I had fun doing this. The trees are so beautiful right now but I guess soon I will probably be painting snow scenes. UGH!

Fall on Lake Ozark Hill

2011-11-08T14:56:00.003-06:00

Well, I am sort of into making little greeting cards again. I decided to matt this one though. It has a mate but it will be in the greeting card pile. This is the best of the two. Watercolor is especially fun for these small paintings and I really think most people like receiving an original painting as a greeting. Like I said, this is a watercolor, started with some dry brush to get texture, even using a little sponge, then washes over and into, carving out areas that just show up with the watercolor sometimes going just where it wants to go. So much fun!! This started out to be the hill to the side of my little cabin but as you can see the land got flat. Oh well, the other one still has the hill but the composition in this one is the best. This one is 5x7, on 300 lb. Arches wateracolor paper.

Autumn Colors

2011-10-29T17:57:00.002-05:00

I liked this one best when I got done and started to cut a matt for it and liked the raggedy edge, which I leave on greeting cards sometimes, so I just mounted the painting on a piece of gold matt board, then cut a matt to go around that, leaving a thin area of gold. Sort of neat, huh? This one is barely a 4x8 but I left a big matt on it so it can be cut down to whatever frame one has. Watercolor is so fun, so quick and easy. I took a lot of new fall pictures this weekend, can't wait to try some in watercolor, then get serious again with some oils or Golden Open Acrylics. I just love them! Well, I just love it all.

Road in Fall

2011-10-29T17:54:00.002-05:00

This is just a quick little watercolor. Not too fond of it but did like the autumn colors. Looks like I got a spot on the liner. It's really not there, my scanner must have had a speck from an oil that wasn't quite dry. This one is 6x8 and matted to an 8x10.

Pomme in the a.m.

2011-10-29T17:50:00.002-05:00

I have been making little watercolor greeting cards but when I get one I like better than others, I matt it, sometimes frame it. I like the morning light on this one so matted it and decided to blog it. It is just about 5x7 but matted to an 8x10. When I don't want to get out the "oil mess", I just sit and do some little wateracolors. I made about seven the other day and decided to matt three. This is the first one. Nothing serious and good, just fun.

Lunch at the Truman House, Big Cedar

2011-10-21T17:42:00.002-05:00

I did this one very fast and furiously as the light was changing so fast. I started to redo it today but thought I would just leave it and maybe use it as a study for a larger one later on. This is an 8x10 oil on Fredrix linen panel. I very seldom do anything like this and it was really fun. I took a photo of this same setting in a different light later in the day and will try something from it someday. I sat in the yard of one of the restaurants and painted this looking toward the other restaurant. People were having such a good time on such a lovely day. And so was I.

Landscape @ Big Cedar

2011-10-21T11:34:00.002-05:00

This is a 6x8 oil on a Raymar panel. I love these panels also. This is the view that was behind me, so turned around and did this one. I painted three from my spot by the car but sold one and forgot to photograph it. And of course, it was the best one. I think this one is crying for a little more help so I may add to or take away to make it stop crying. Hopefully. It seems a little "stiff" to me. But then again, I may just start with a fresh one and a photo. I sold three paintings at the show they had for us and forgot to photograph any on them. I painted about seven small paintings in our three days there, with the largest being two 8x10's. I started another 9x12 but it really needs some "brain surgery". If I succeed making it better, I will blog it later. What a wonderful experience!!

Landscape Flowers @ Big Cedar

2011-10-21T11:21:00.002-05:00

This is a 5x7 oil which I painted at Big Cedar at the paintout last week, near Branson, Mo. Since I don't walk too well, I have to park the car, set up my stuff and just paint what I can see in each direction. This was close to me so I just painted some of the flowers that were along the walk to one of the restaurants. It was quick and fun. What a wonderful 3 days of painting with over 100 artists on the grounds of Big Cedar. This is painted on a Centurion linen panel from ASW.

Autumn Road in Cedar Co.

2011-10-21T11:16:00.002-05:00

This is a small 5x7, painted with Golden Open Acrylics. It looks nice in a gold frame and sits on a gold easel. This was painted from one of many road scenes photos that I take a lot. Most of the time, there are a lot of changing and rearranging. I have a habit of doing too much "refining". The scene was not as "manicured" as I always seem to do to them. Oh well, that is just me I guess. This is on a Centurion linen panel. Just love these for the oil or acrylic.

Lane From the Cabin

2011-10-21T09:23:00.002-05:00

This is a 5x7 on a Centurion linen panel. I love the surface of these panels and they are quite inexpensive for linen. As we were leaving the cabin one day and the trees were just beginning to turn, I took this photo. It made a nice little painting and looks real nice with a wide gold frame around it, on a little gold easel. Lots of fun! I sort of feel sorry for people who don't paint. When one starts to paint, they start seeing everything in terms of a painting and colors and ideas emerge and they begin to see things so differently.

Yellow Tree

2011-10-21T09:16:00.002-05:00

This is a 6x8 oil on a panel. Again, I started out with a photo of the trees down a road and it just wasn't working so I wiped out the road, added some greens and a stream where the road started through. I had the dominant tree too close or something. It just didn't balance. So it had to have "major surgery". I think I will leave it alone now. I have tons of photos of trees along roads in the countryside that I have taken through the years. I get them out, choose one, and try to make a painting from it, sometimes doing a lot of changing and sometimes using the photo almost "as is".

Pomme de Terre River

2011-10-21T09:10:00.002-05:00

I have taken so many photos in this area through the years and this is one of my favorite. I can't seem to capture the real beauty of mother nature but I like trying. This is another 6x8 oil. I may try a larger one later. I took lots of photos to work from and did very little changing. I painted this scene in a small watercolor one time with two little girls wading in the water. There are always lots of people around this area, admiring the beauty, and doing some fishing also.

Road in Fall from the Cabin

2011-10-21T09:06:00.003-05:00

This is another little 6x8 oil (I just love this size to play around with). Again I started with photos of the trees from the cabin. It wasn't working, so I wiped most of it out, started again, changing areas, and just making up a lot of it. I think maybe it is still crying for help so I may have to work on it again. The fall colors are fun to play with, but can be difficult for me. Fun though.

Fall Trees at the Cabin

2011-10-21T08:56:00.002-05:00

This is a 6x8 oil, which has been worked, worked, and reworked. I kept playing with this thing, took it upstairs and looked at it over and over and discovered I had the composition split right down the middle with no dominant tree. So I brought the left one forward and to the right and made it the dominant one. I moved the other back, killed the intensity of it so now I have a dominant tree, and the painting is not split right down the middle. Sometimes I have to study one for awhile, then "bam" it will hit me what the problem is, so I get the paints out again and see if I can fix it. It is still rather plain but I now have broken up the area so there is a dominant player. I was working with photos of the area and let the photo "take over", instead of just "spinning off of it" to get started, which I try to do.

Turnback Creek

2011-10-21T08:47:00.002-05:00

This is painted from a smaller one that I posted earlier. I painted a 6x8 off of the photos that I took at this scene, then I painted an 11x14, sold it, so painted another and this is it. This is aother 11x14 oil. I would love to go to this spot and plein air paint the scenes around it. It is such a lovely spot. I love to paint outside but I guess I am a fair weather painter. Can't be too hot, too cold, too windy, or too many bugs. Some of my painter friends don't let these things bother them and their plein air paintings are getting better and better all the time. I find it a bit difficult. Lots of equipment to move and I have a way of getting more oil paint on me than on my canvas. This is painted on a linen canvas panel.

Cattle in the Field

2011-10-08T14:30:00.003-05:00

Well, here I am back with the little ones. I have done about 6 this week. I go through my many files of photographs and see if I can make a painting out of one. This was just a field with the autumn tree, so I rearranged the trees in the background and added the cattle. This is a 6x8 oil on a panel. One of my son's friends liked this painting so I gave it to him while at Big Cedar this past week. So the new owner is Clay Self, who is an entertainer at the resort. We really enjoyed him and his sons. He gave me one of his T-shirts, which I will enjoy wearing while reminding me of the fun time we had there.

Floatin' on the Pomme de terre River

2011-10-08T14:22:00.002-05:00

I photographed this last year. Don't you know these people were having a ball on this beautiful autumn day. This is a 16x20 Golden Open Acrylic. It looks quite bright as I photographed the painting in bright sun. I never quite know if sun or shade is the best. I think this one is painted on a Fredrix linen panel. It was fun, especially after doing so many little paintings lately. It is $450.00.

Sycamores on the Pomme de Terre River

2011-10-08T14:15:00.002-05:00

Well, I had posted this one before and didn't really like it. I went into my studio one day and it was crying for help, so I reworked it. I like it better now. I deleted the old one and am blogging this one. It is an 11x14 oil. I photographed this place last year along the river, took a drive there last week and it is getting so beautiful, I just had to try and make my painting better. Who knows, I may pick it up again if it crys at me again. I do that with a lot of my work it seems. It is $400.oo.

Little Path wc

2011-09-19T15:00:00.003-05:00

I just finished this little one. Another watercolor, that is only 6x8, matted to 8x10. I did a lot of dry brush scrubbing for a textured look starting out then washes to build up the different colors, darkening as I go. It was fun and fast. About one hour or just a little more.

Missouri Stream 5x7 wc

2011-09-19T10:54:00.003-05:00

This is my third "intended greeting card" which I decided to matt. This is just a scene we view so much in Missouri. It was a very quick little watercolor, about an hour probably. I can't seem to get interested in doing big paintings lately. Just this quick little stuff where there is not much work or thinking. Just fun stuff!! Again, this is a 5x7, matted to an 8x10.

Sunrise over Pointview wc

2011-09-19T10:46:00.004-05:00

This is another "intended greeting card" but decided to matt it. The tree tops kind of "bled" into the sky but sort of like the "happy little accidents " that one gets with watercolor sometimes. I thought the bright sun behind the treetops might be glowing with red. I paint this scene so much as it is the view from my little cabin on the lake and it changes each day. This is 5x7, matted to 8x10.

Sunrise over Little Island wc

2011-09-19T10:40:00.004-05:00

I posted one like this the other day that I did in the Golden Open Acrylics. I liked it so I tried it in watercolor. This started out being a greeting card but decided to matt it. I did about 10 little paintings intended for greeting cards, but then I matted three of them, which I usually do for the best ones. I still think I like the Open acrylic one the best. The image is just 5x7, matted to 8x10.

Wildflowers with Queen Anne's Lace

2011-09-08T15:23:00.002-05:00

This is a very small watercolor that I did some time ago. I was going through some of my boxes of matted watercolors and didn' t think I had blogged this so decided to do just that. I did it some time ago, but sort of liked the effect I got and decided to just keep it. It is probably just about 5x7.

Big Cedar Early in the A.M.

2011-09-08T15:15:00.002-05:00

I previously painted this in oil, an 8x10 but this is just another small Golden acrylic, 5x7. It was so lovely last fall as we left the little cabins and headed to where the painters were painting. I am looking forward to going again in October. I will get to see a lot of my good painter friends.

Sunrise Over Pointview #2

2011-09-08T15:12:00.002-05:00

Just another little quick 5x7 Golden Acrylic that I tried to do and get my colors softer than the last one and still get the glow in the sky. It is matted the same as the other one. I think I accomplished what I wanted to do. One of these days I will use these little studies and try to paint something sizeable. I haven't done much of that for quite awhile.

Sunrise Over Pointview #1

2011-09-08T15:09:00.002-05:00

Just another 5x7 Golden Acrylic on the watercolor paper. This one is looking the other direction from the cabin. There is a beautiful, different sky each morning to enjoy. This is also matted with an off white matt with a dark blue liner.

Sunrise Toward Little Island #2

2011-09-08T15:07:00.001-05:00

This is more of a close-up of the same scene as the last one. I also is a 5x7 and is the Golden Acrylics on the 300# watercolor paper. Again, it is matted with off white with a dark blue liner.

Sunrise Toward LIttle Island

2011-09-08T15:01:00.002-05:00

I have painted a few little Golden Acrylics on 300 lb. watercolor paper. It is a totally different texture and was so much fun. This is a 5x7 and matted with a off white matt, with a dark blue liner. The sky was so beautiful. I can't seem to go to the lake without photographing the skies each morning. Such fun!

Yellow Tree

2011-07-13T15:36:00.002-05:00

This is a quick small oil that I did, trying to save the oil on my palette before getting out the Open Acrylics to play with again. I just can't seem to scrape it all away. So I guess this is a salvage painting. It is 8x10 on a Fredrix panel. Quick and fun.

Sunset with Heron

2011-07-13T15:22:00.003-05:00

I also got this one scanned. If you look real close you can see my little heron on the bank. My husband says it looks like a turkey so just take your choice, turkey or heron. He is always telling me to put "life" into my paintings, so here it is. I like plain landscapes myself. This is also just a small 5x7 Golden Acrylic and it was so fun as I got in there and squished around with a sponge for the trees. Kinda messy, but fun.

Sunset Through Trees II

2011-07-13T15:19:00.002-05:00

Well, I remembered to scan this little one and see how bright it is. The other last two are just as colorful. This was also a fun little painting. Just a 5x7 Golden Acrylic again. It doesn't take me long to turn out one of these little things. I just have fun with them, and don't have to think too much. That is good sometimes.

Sunset Through the Trees

2011-07-13T15:14:00.002-05:00

This is my other goof-up. I really liked the way the painting came out, but had it completely framed, then thought, "I didn't get it scanned". So tried to scan through the glass so there is a glare and it is way darker than the painting. But at least this lets you know I am at least doing some little paintings. I can't seem to get stirred up to start something serious and big. Just lazy I guess. This is a 6x6 Golden Acrylic also. Sure dries slow compared to my other acrylics. Sure fun though

Early Morning toward Camdenton

2011-07-13T15:07:00.002-05:00

I was pleased with how this little painting turned out, then I did a real stupid thing, I forgot to scan it. So I tried to scan it through the glass while framed. I already had it framed, even with the paper on the back with hangers on it and everything. Well, anyway, it is a 5x7 Golden Acrylic and was lots of fun. I did two of these and goofed on both but will blog them anyway. They look so dark but are quite colorful.

Dildery Mill, Greenfield, Mo

2011-06-08T15:50:00.002-05:00

This is a small 6x8 oil that I painted from a photo taken at this beautiful spot at Turnback Creek near Greenfield, Mo. My son saw this on the way home from a ballgame so my husband and I drove there. There is the remains of the old mill just behind these trees on the right. I did this in about an hour, in preparation to do another larger one. I am finishing an 11x14 oil and will post it when it is dry, although I like the freshness of the small one better than the larger one. These small ones are so fun to paint.

Big Cedar early a.m.

2011-06-08T15:44:00.003-05:00

I painted this from a photo I took at Big Cedar in Missouri last fall. My husband and I were coming from our cabin, going to breakfast and the morning light was so beautiful. The hazy blue over the Ozark hills and the light streaming over the treetops, onto the road was breathtaking. Pictures and paintings just can't do Mother Nature justice. It was such a beautiful week to be out painting. My painter friends were painting all over the place and it was so exciting. I am looking forward to the paintout next year also. This is an 8x10 oil.

Dogwood at the Lake House

2011-04-18T17:17:00.004-05:00

This is another small painting I just finished. It is a 6x12 oil on gessoed board and the paint is still wet and thick. It was fun. This is our hill in back of our cabin at the lake. The hills were just aglow with the dogwood this past weekend. Such beauty! God did good on these here hills in the Ozarks!! Love it!

Heron at the Whistle

2011-04-17T18:04:00.002-05:00

I have photographed this area so much as it is close to where one of my painter friends live. Such a pretty area and there is usually a heron around close. I got some good photos of the heron, just rearranged the photo and trees a little to improve on the composition. This is a 6x12 oil on a canvas panel.

Evening Shadows

2011-04-13T14:07:00.002-05:00

This is a small 6x12 oil which I painted last evening. It was quick and it was fun. I have been digging through a lot of my old photographs and trying to make a painting out of sort of whatever I pick up. Challenging sometimes. I tried to leave this a little loose and not paint every leaf on the trees. Hard for me to do.

Pomme River

2011-04-13T14:04:00.003-05:00

This is a small 5x7 on a wrap around canvas and sits on a small gold easel. I painted a larger one from this same photo and have posted it earlier.
SOLD

Camden Co. Stream

2011-04-13T13:46:00.002-05:00

I painted this from a photo that I took several years ago. I was driving around the pretty spring countryside looking for the dogwood in bloom and happened to cross this little stream. No dogwood in bloom there but such a pretty spot. This is an 11x14 oil on Fredrix linen canvas panel.

Cass Tiny

2011-03-19T09:20:00.002-05:00

This is Cass Tiny. I painted this painting for the National Bird Hunter's Association Futurity winner. It will be given to the winner of last year's event. This is an 16x20 oil, painted on a Fredrix linen canvas board. I think the linen boards are much more durable than canvas when it comes to transporting around and I love painting on them. Just hope this painting pleases the owner. This photo was taken with my new phone with camera so maybe later I will take a better picture with my regular camera, although I think it did quite well. Oils are hard for me to photograph and I was real surprised that it came out this good. SOLD

Evening Run

2011-02-28T11:42:00.000-06:00

I have been trying my new Open Acrylics and this is a 9x12 on Fredrix Canvas linen panel. These are trees from my back yard and we often see deer running through the woods, so decided to try painting it. And the snow was definitely on. I photographed the scene and just added the deer. I like these Open Acrylics a lot but am ready to go back to my oils for awhile I think. We had a 22 inch snowfall so had some time to paint. Finally got it scanned to blog.

Sycamores on the Pommedeterre River

2011-01-23T14:11:00.000-06:00

This is another 5x7 study that I did yesterday afternoon after doing my 9x12, which I will photograph later. I painted this on one of the little Centurion linen canvas panels which I ordered from ASW and I love them!! They were inexpensive for linen so just ordered some small ones, now I shall order some larger ones. These acrylics are so fun! This is a scene which I photographed in the fall down along the river. Such a pretty area!

Gettin' to the Pasture

2011-01-23T14:03:00.003-06:00

This scanned a little too dark but it is only another 5x7 and I am still playing with the Golden Open acrylics and I love them for these small studies. I am going to try to move up in size and see if I still like them as much. I did a 9x12 yesterday but it is too large for the scanner so will have to photograph it before I can blog it. They dry much slower than the regular acrylics but faster than oils. If you get a magnifying glass, you can see three white face Herford cows way over there in the pasture. This is a tree shaded area where we had to go through the puddles before going over the little ridge and down a slope to the pasture.
SOLD

Bandstand in Spring #2

2011-01-21T18:40:00.003-06:00

I did this one on a Masonite board that I had coated with gesso so it had a little more texture than the Gessoboard that I bought. The paint goes on so different than on the canvas ones. I just like it all. I guess I prefer the linen panels. I used to like the stretched canvas but am always afraid I will puncture the canvas while moving them around so much. This one is an 8x10. Maybe I'm moving up. I tried several different fraes on this and I had one wide off white with gold trim and it really was what it needed. I donated this one to my bank's Open House for a drawing. It is in our local park.

Bandstand in Spring 2011

2011-01-21T18:34:00.003-06:00

I wonder sometimes if I couldn't paint these lake scenes and bandstands in my sleep as I do so many of them but there is always someone that wants a painting of the bandstand and also the little lake scenes. I love both places. I have posted so many of these that I won't tell much about it except it is in our park in the middle of town. We still have summer concerts. This is another 6x8, painted on a Pintura panel which has a canvas surface. Frames are hard to find for this size but I like to paint this size. Quick and easy. My daughter gave this one to her boss and his wife, Kevin & Brandi McCollough for Chrismas 2012.

Sunset

2011-01-21T18:31:00.003-06:00

This is one I just sort of made up. I start with photos that I take, then they evolve into something completely different. But at least, that is a starting place. I have had three different skies in this thing, finally decided to put the brushes down and leave it alone. I did not like it at all at first but when I set it in just the right frame, it comes to life. It is just 6x8, painted on a Pintura canvas panel. I must paint larger soon but these little ones are so fun and don't take much thinking, so I like. The snow is on right now so I can get more painting done.
SOLD

Sunrise at the Lake in Pinks

2011-01-21T18:26:00.000-06:00

I am having more fun this week with these little ones, getting used to working with my new Golden Open Acrylics. I am trying them on different surfaces. This is a 5x7 on Gessoboard. The surface is so smooth and I really fought getting the paint on but this is my second on and it came a lot easier. So I like!

KIrk's ducks

2011-01-20T13:21:00.000-06:00

I am re-blogging this one because the other one was crooked. I did that in photographing it. I am not the best photographer in the world, that is for sure. I matted this one in a tan matt with a dark gold liner, then a dark frame. Wow, was it pretty! He painted a little larger this time. This one is 11x15, matted to 16x20.

Fall on AA watercolor

2011-01-20T12:38:00.000-06:00

I like to redo subjects in oil and watercolor so this is the watercolor like the small oil I previously posted. It is a 6x8, matted to an 8x10. Fun!

FAll on AA

2011-01-20T09:54:00.000-06:00

This is just a small 5x7 painted from a photo I took last fall down by the lake. It is an oil and I painted it before the last one posted because I had to wait for the oil to dry before putting it on the scanner. The Golden Open acrylic dried faster. I also did a couple of little watercolors of this same subject, which I often do, for little cards and gifts. I will blog them later today or tomorrow. I also did two small Open acrylics yesterday afternoon which I will blog. They are just small, quick little paintings that I do when I don't have a big block of time, which I don't seem to be able to make much anymore. My own fault, my energy runs out. So I have worked in oil, watercolor and acrylic all iin this one week. The snow is on.

Pomme Hill 5x7 acrylic

2011-01-19T18:11:00.000-06:00

This is a small 5x7 similar to a larger one I did earlier. I got me some new Golden Open Acrylics and am trying them out on some little ones. After painting in oil for so long, I really fought this one, but it was lots of fun. I think I am really going to like them. But I like all mediums. I go from watercolor to oil to acrylic, just back and forth, and an occasional pastel. Very occasional though. They dry much slower than my usual acrylics so are very different in handling. I did another one yesterday and another small lake scene today. I will blog them tomorrow probably as I will be housebound with the snow.

Another Referee Buddy

2011-01-08T15:32:00.000-06:00

This is a characature of one of his referee buddies. I don't know if they are insulted or flattered with these quick little watercolor paintings of themselves. I think maybe Kirk should do one of himself. Wonder if he would make himself this goofy. I have blogged some of his other referee buddies before and I can't imagine guys that look this goofy taking the state awards like they did last year. They have got to have more on the ball than they look like. Agree?

Turkeys

2011-01-08T15:26:00.001-06:00

This one was a challenge to get a correct colored matt. I finally chose an Oyster White, which leaned toward a golden white, then put a dark gold liner on it, which really made the feathers glisten on the turkey, then framed it in an oak frame. It really looked sharp. This one is acrylic also. He sometimes does watercolor and I want him to try oil but that will take some stern encouragement I am afraid. He thinks that medium would be too difficult to handle. Guess a lot of it is what one gets used to, and is comfortable with.

Here Come the Canadians

2011-01-08T15:22:00.000-06:00

We see so many of these geese come into the fields around here as we live very close to a wildlife area where they plant crops for them. They frequent our pond areas and our crop areas also. They are such a beautiful graceful bird, but can be a nuisance also. Same size painting and frame. Also done in acrylic.

In for a Landing

2011-01-08T15:19:00.000-06:00

Another one same size and matted to an 11x14 frame. He loves doing these wildlife paintings. Sometimes tries other things and I am wanting him to try a plein air workshop and try painting outdoors. Since he paints in acrylics, he thinks that would be quite difficult handling those paints outdoors. I have tried it and like it, although oil maybe is easier as for the difference in drying time.

One Lone Mallard

2011-01-08T15:13:00.002-06:00

Another one in the same size and matted to an 11x14 frame. I put a walnut frame on it with a medium color matt and it made a pretty powerful painting, even if it is quite small. The left edge of the painting looks washed out but that is what my scanner does, not the painting.

A Pair

2011-01-08T15:11:00.000-06:00

This is also a 71/2x10 matted to an 11x14. He did most of these I am blogging last winter or before. He hasn't had time to start his winter painting yet but promised me he would get started this evening. We will see. He is just one busy guy. I wish he had more time for painting.

Lone Mallard

2011-01-08T15:07:00.000-06:00

I just had to share some more of my son's paintings. This one photographed a bit darker than the original. He paints quite small, usually an odd size, then I have to figure out how to frame them in standard size frames. But that is o.k., just sometimes a challenge. This is his usual, 71/2x10, matted to an 11x14. I just finished matting and framing about eight, some of which I have blogged before. It was fun, matching matts to paintings and frames.

Church Steeple #4

2011-01-04T09:09:00.001-06:00

This one isSOLD a 6x8, matted to 8x10. Just another study for the girls to pick from. SOLD

Church Steeple #3

2011-01-04T09:08:00.000-06:00

Just another steeple study. This one is 5x7, matted to an 8x10. Again, playing with skys.

Church Steeple #2

2011-01-04T09:06:00.000-06:00

I did several of these, trying to get just the right one for my doctor who is retiring. This one was not picked by the office girls, who wanted me to do this as a gift to him. It is only a 5x7 matted to an 8x10. Again, trying to get a pretty sky and the steeple that he would view from his office in the evening. I think I did four of these. Already blogged the one they picked I think.

Dillon Lake

2011-01-04T09:02:00.000-06:00

I also found this one and decided to matt it. I did this, and others, from a trip we took in 2007 to Colorado. This is Dillon Lake. It was so fun painting there with my special friends. It is a 6x8 watercolor, matted to an 8x10. Just a small study. I did two oils from this same location.

Hawaii study #1

2011-01-04T08:59:00.000-06:00

This is a small 6x8 watercolor, matted to an 8x10. I did several of these after our trip to Hawaii in May 09. I was trying to get just the right sky for the painting I did for my granddaughter (who got married there) and I think I finally got it. I posted that painting some time ago. Just came across these little studies that I did and decided to matt them. I am sure some of the others who made the trip will want these. I must have done 4 or 5 of them. Such fun!!

Mountain scene

2011-01-04T08:54:00.000-06:00

These sort of landscapes are not too familiar with me, being here in the heart of Missouri but I did this after taking a trip to Colorado or out west somewhere. It has been a few years so really don't remember just where. I have going through a lot of "stuff" in my studio and came across this so decided to scan it and save it on disk. Then decided to just blog it while I am messing around with it. It is an 8x10 oil.

Hay Bales II

2010-12-29T15:18:00.001-06:00

This is a 16x20 oil. Needs more work, someday. I need to re-photograph it also. It is $450.00

Sunset with Steeple

2010-12-27T12:35:00.000-06:00

This is just a small watercolor, 5x7, which I did for the girls in the office where my daughter works. They are giving it to a doctor who is retiring from practice. This is his view out his window at work in the evening. He will miss his view as they, and our community, will miss him so very much. I did several from which to choose, mainly trying to get a pretty sunset. The watercolor is being a little difficult for me since I have been working so much in oil. I got me some new Open Acrylics and am anxious to try them as soon as I get all the Christmas decorations put away and the house in order again.

Hay Bales I

2010-12-20T16:11:00.001-06:00

This is a 16x20 oil of the hay bales one sees so much now in the fields. It didn't photograph too well so I will try to redo the photography and replace it. It is a little more colorful more than this shows. It is $500.00.

Sycamore at Pomme

2010-12-20T16:03:00.000-06:00

This is an 11x14 oil that I did from a photo that I took while driving around this fall at the Pomme de Terre lake area. The brilliant colors of fall are so hard to capture.

Will

2010-12-20T15:44:00.001-06:00

I just finished this as a commission for Larry Burgard, who is very proud of this dog being a competition winner. It is a 16x20 oil. SOLD

Big Cedar #1

2010-11-13T17:23:00.001-06:00

I got to go to a wonderful place called Big Cedar, close to Branson, Mo., in Oct for a paintout with my painter friends and many many others. It was so wonderful. This was my first small plein air painting. I did four paintings but have already covered up two of them. It was the first time I had painted plein air for so long. It was just wonderful, being out in the beautiful landscape and such a wonderful place. Good friends, good food and good painting. That is for some. Mine just weren't "up to par" but everything else made up for it. I will soon blog my other one I tried to salvage and the two that are on top of the "flops". They have to dry more before I photograph them. This is very small, just 6x8. It is in a small gold plein air frame and is $200.00.

By the way, this scanned far darker than it really is. I will redo it when I have more time.

Lake of the Ozarks

2010-11-13T17:16:00.001-06:00

This is a small 8x10 oil of the Lake of the Ozarks. This is the scene that I see so much early in the morning when the fishermen start out to catch the big ones, at least hopefully. The colors are so vivid they really don't look real but it really is vivid sometimes. It is never the same. I have photographed it so many times and also painted it so many times, with so many different palettes. We won't be going now much because of the cold weather so the paintings will make me feel a little piece of summer is here with me. I just love this place! It is $300.00 with frame.

My scanner leaves a small light area on the left side which really isn't in the painting. Otherwise, the color came out pretty close to the real thing.

Lakescene from Dana's

2010-08-16T11:17:00.000-05:00

This is another oil on gessoed paper that I did 3 or 4 weeks ago and haven't done anything since. It is an 11x15, matted to a 16x20. It is almost too colorful but those are the beautiful colors we see when the sun rises at the lake house. I painted it from a photo because the colors change so quickly if you click the camera almost immediately, it will be different. I plan on painting another using the softer colors that immedicately followed. Some day.

Hawaii #1

2010-07-23T19:01:00.000-05:00

This is the first one I did and again, it photographed too dark. I will retake both paintings when my light is different. This also is an 11x15, matted to 17x20 and is an oil on gessoed watercolor paper.

Hawaii II

2010-07-23T18:56:00.000-05:00

I painted this from some photos from my trip to Hawaii last year for my granddaughter's wedding. It photographed a bit dark so I will redo it when I get a different light to play with. It is an oil, painted on gessoed watercolor paper. It is 11x15, matted to 17x20.

Pomme Hillside

2010-04-16T13:01:00.000-05:00

This is a 6x8 oil, painted on a Raymar panel. I love this surface to paint on. I painted this from a photo that I took at the Pomme de Terre area. The cedars are so pretty down there and a few trees were just beginning to turn in the early fall. I did this several days ago but I have to wait for these oils to dry before laying them on the scanner. This one is $150.00 unframed or $200.00 framed in a gold plein air frame.

"Taco" the Ref

2010-04-05T15:55:00.000-05:00

This is another drawing that my son, Kirk, did of another one of his referee buddies. I think he has one or two more to go. I just had to show it off.

Green Tree Study

2010-04-05T15:26:00.001-05:00

I'm still playing with those greens. As you notice, I have underpainted my boards with different reds and tried not to cover them all and hopefully letting them peak through in all areas of the painting. Fun stuff! I like this one better without the cattle. Some days I end up wiping off more than I leave on the board but these just seemed to fall together in no time. In fact, I did this one and the last fall scene one Saturday afternoon. It is painted on a Raymar panel and it is also framed in a soft gold plein air frame and is $500.00.

Cattle in Green Landscape

2010-04-05T15:22:00.002-05:00

Last week I posted a small 8x10 green landscape and my son wanted it so before he took it I was still playing around with greens and wanted to play some more. I put some little cows in it as my family always wants me to put some "life" in my paintings. I like the ones better without them. I put this one in a soft gold plein air frame and it is $450.00.

SOLD

Fall at Pomme de Terre

2010-04-05T15:18:00.002-05:00

I have finally gotten my oils dry so I can blog them. I have trouble taking photos of oils so this one didn't come out so good but here it is. It is an 11x14 oil on a Fredrix linen board. I painted this from a photo I took last fall at this beautiful lake. I have it set in a wide deep gold frame with a linen liner and it is $500.00, framed.

Resting Cows

2010-04-03T12:42:00.000-05:00

This is just a small 9x12 oil on a wrap around canvas that I put on the scanner even though it was too big so it is cropped some and it came out too dark. I will try photographing it later and maybe get a better picture of it. It is just a quick little painting, playing with greens some more. I have three more to photograph because they are too large to put on the scanner. They are 11x14 and I will do this as soon as I can get to it. Right now I have a large family Easter dinner to get ready for.

Landscape in Greens

2010-03-23T11:52:00.001-05:00

Now back to me. This is an 8x10 oil on a Fredrix linen board. I love painting on this surface. This was very quickly done as I mainly felt I was in a rut on my greens and wanted to try some new mixes. I like the glow in the sky from the mottled warm and cool colors. My son, Kirk, latched onto this one so it is not available for sale.

Kevin, the Ref

2010-03-23T11:47:00.000-05:00

This is a little cartoon painting, also done by my son, Kirk. Kirk was the 2009 Missouri State Football Referee of the year and this is Kevin, one of his crew. They have a big time. Kirk plans on doing one of these drawings for each of his crew. It is about 7x9 on watercolor paper. He works in acrylic and watercolor. I want him to try oils some day but he thinks since he is left handed, he would have his hand in the paint all the time and make a big mess.

Flooded Timber

2010-03-23T11:43:00.000-05:00

This is another acrylic, painted by my son, Kirk. I think this one is one of his best. He loves to paint wildlife and does a terrific job. This is probably 8x10 and painted on a gessoed board. I think it is fantastic, but of course, I am prejudice.

Kirk's Cowboy

2010-03-23T11:38:00.000-05:00

I am going to have to brag now just a little. The next few painting are by my son. He is not a full time artist; he is a banker and has little time to paint, but does a wonderful job. He paints in acrylics and the first time I got him to paint, many years ago, he said to me, "mom, you just created a monster". He loves it!! One begins to see the beautiful world that God has given us when one starts looking at it through a painter's eyes. This is about 8x12 on gessoed illustration board.

Bennett Stream

2010-03-21T13:38:00.002-05:00

This is an 8x10 oil, painted, and revised some, of a stream at Bennett Springs. I had a fly fisherman in the water but did not like it, so I made him quit fishing and go home. Again, it scanned darker than the original. It is painted on a stretched wrap-a-round canvas and sits on an easel. It does not have to be framed as it is painted on all edges. These small ones are fun to do and I don't have to use my brain like on big ones so I find them very relaxing. This one is $125.00.

Stream

2010-03-21T13:06:00.001-05:00

I hate to throw away paints so instead of scraping my palette and throwing the paint away, I got out my palette knife and a small 5x7 board and made this one up. It scanned a little darker than the original. This was a fun painting to do. It is on a board and I painted the edges or it could sit on an easel or since it is a standard size, it could be framed. It is $75.00 unframed.

SOLD

Snow on my Cedar Tree

2010-03-18T08:47:00.001-05:00

This is a very small 6x6 oil on a wrap-around canvas and sits on an easel. I took some photos of the snow and this tree is at the edge of our property and it sort of grows up out of the middle of the cedar tree, so if is doesn't make sense to you, hopefully this will explain it. I painted it very fast, trying to keep it looser than I normally do. It was just so fun! These little paintings are fast and fun. It is $125.00, with an easel.

Yellow Rose

2010-03-13T17:23:00.001-06:00

This is another mini that sits on an easel. It is on a wrap-a-around canvas with the edges painted so no frame is needed. It is an oil and is 6x6. It is $75.00.

SOLD

Lake of the Ozarks Hill

2010-03-13T17:21:00.000-06:00

This is another small 6x8 oil. I painted it from a photo taken in the spring at the lake. It is on a wrap-a-around canvas and sits on an easel. The edges are painted so no frame is needed. It is $125.00.

Colorado Wildflowers

2010-03-12T14:50:00.000-06:00

This is a small 8x10 painted from a photo that I took on our Colorado trip about three years ago. It is painted on a wrap-a-around canvas and looks real pretty sitting on a small ornate burnished gold easel. It was fun to do but I think I will try it again as I think I can do a little better job getting the colors better. Although usually my second attempt at painting the same subject doesn't turn out as good as the first. It is $300.00 with the easel.

Pomme Hill

2010-03-12T13:05:00.000-06:00

This is a small 6x8 oil, painted on Masonite, of the early morning sun coming up over the hill in back of the cabin. It is framed in a gold plein air frame and is $200.00. I am mainly doing small work right now, except for the bird dogs I did. They are quick and easy and if it doesn't go well, I just wipe it off and start again. That way I can work with small blocks of time.

Pomme Hillside

2010-03-01T11:54:00.000-06:00

This is what it looks like on the little gold easel.

Pomme Hillside

2010-03-01T11:50:00.001-06:00

This is another little 8x10 oil, painted on a wrap around canvas so does not need a frame. It will sit on a little gold easel. It scanned a bit darker than the original but is o.k. I will also donate it to the Fresh Gallery, Springfield, Mo., for their anniversary celebration. It was quick and fun!! SOLD

Stream

2010-03-01T11:46:00.000-06:00

This is how is looks in the gold frame.

Stream

2010-03-01T11:42:00.001-06:00

This is a little 8x10 oil on board. I framed it in gold and will donate it to the Fresh Gallery, Springfield, Mo., where I have some of my work. They are having an anniversary celebration and will have a silent auction. Small paintings are fast and fun.

SOLD

Island Grove Revenge #2

2010-02-17T11:50:00.002-06:00

This is my second painting of Island Grove Revenge. I put this one in a totally different setting. I just hope it looks like the same dog. Again, my photography is not good due to lighting so will redo this at a later date. Also, I hope the two owners don't like the same painting, then I might really be in trouble and have to redo one. I am just now trying to get back into some serious painting since my surgery over a year ago. I've done a few but not many in the past year. This was fun! I just hope I can keep the momentum going.

SOLD

Island Grove Revenge

2010-02-17T11:39:00.001-06:00

This is a painting I was commissioned to do as this dog is the 23rd NBHA Futurity Winner. His name is Island Grove Revenge. It is a 16x20 oil and I was asked to do two paintings of the dog because two people own it together. So this is the first one, then I will blog the second painting. This one is painted like the photo they provided, background and everything. My photography is not the best lighting as the weather has been so gloomy here in Missouri and I usually like to photograph outdoors. So if spring ever comes, I will rephotograph the paintings and replace these.

SOLD

Kirk's Stream

2010-01-02T15:18:00.001-06:00

This is an 11x14 oil that I just did yesterday afternoon. First time I have had my oils out for so long. I decided to play with my palette knife. Not sure about the results but it sure was fun. I photographed this stream on my son's pasture a few years ago. I decided to finally paint again in oil so I just pulled this photo out of my file randomly. Sometimes I do that to get me started. I just try to make a painting from the photo, taking artistic license and trying to improve on composition etc.

If you notice, I have left the red underpainting show through in spots all over the canvas.