Lake of the Ozarks Sunrise

This is a small watercolor of the sunrise at the Lake of the Ozarks.  This is my view each morning just towards one channel.  I am fortunate as I have a million dollar view of two main channels.  There are so many views depending on the time of the year, where the sun comes up and each day a new color scheme.  This view looks toward G&G Marina.  I have painted this view so many times.  This is a 6x9 watercolor, matted out to a 9x12.  It is matted in a beige matt with a gold liner and not framed at this time.  I gave this to one of my granddaughters, Liberty Sibley

Magnolias with Purple

I did this painting several years ago and hope to get back to painting soon.  I mainly wanted to see if I still knew how to post.  This painting is about 17x21 and is watercolor.  I did it!!

This is a small watercolor that I did a lot of dry brush work on to get a textured look.  I painted it on Arches 300 lb. paper, which I just love to work on.  This lane goes to the cabin on Lake Pomme de Terre.  This is a 5x7, matted to an 8x10.  It is matted with a tan linen look matt, with a gold liner and is unframed at this time.  It was a fun one, trying to scumble dark over light and trying to leave lights for sparkle.  Love that paper!!

I just completed this painting for the NBHA Futurity winner.   The winner of this competition wins a painting of their winning dog.  This is a 16x20 oil painting and was framed in a wide oak frame with a gold liner.  This dog's name is Hog Hill Katie and is owned by Tim Cavanaugh.  I did two paintings as I thought the different photographs were interesting.  I will post the other also but this one was the first one painted and is the best.  I thought so and the man who contacted me thought so also.  So it is finished and shipped!  Just hope they all like it.

This is the second painting I did of Hog Hill Katie.  I sort of worked on them at the same time up to a point, then finishing the other one first as I liked it better.  But this one was fun also.  I hadn't painted in oils for some time so it was so fun.  I fought it for awhile, due to the slow drying, after using acrylic and watercolor when I have had time to paint.  They dry so fast and I can get something done so much quicker.  When painting time is at a premium, that is a good thing.  This is also a 16x20 oil and is unframed at this time.  When I paint almost the same painting twice, the first one is usually the best.  Guess maybe I lose the interest and excitement on a second try???

This was the first one I painted, then decided to paint another one in a little different composition.  I worked from photos I took at sunrise one morning.  I decided to add the dock at the resort and suggest some cottages at the lake edge in the other one.  Then I saw it----the "duck" cloud and started to redo it.  I put it on Facebook and friends said "leave it alone".  So I did.  Do you see the duck cloud??  This one is 8x10 and the other one I did is 8x12.  They are acrylic and painted on gessoed watercolor board.  Fun!

Lake of the Ozarks at sunrise. 

I have painted this scene so many times and the colors are so different each morning.  I look across the lake to a resort with a fishing dock.  This is an 8x12 acrylic.  It scanned in a little dark and more colorful than it really is.

This is the other painting that I did for my son and let him pick the one he liked the best.  This is also a 16x20 oil but left a little unfinished, with less detail and quite a bit of the red underpainting showing through in places.  Very little time in this one but sort of liked it and left is more unfinished.  I have such a hard time getting good photos of my oils.  This one looks so much brighter than the other painting but really isn't.  My watercolors are so much easier to photograph.  I seem to always get a glare on the oils.  I take them in the shade, and then the sun and there is so much difference.  This is also on a Fredrix linen canvas panel.  My son really liked the other one the best so that is the one he chose for his boss.  He has a wonderful boss.  But of course, my son is just pretty wonderful also so he gets to keep this one.

My son went fishing in Colorado with his boss and other friends last summer.  He took a photo of his boss and his dog and  commissioned me to paint him a picture from that photo.  This photo was very dark so had to imagine just what colors would be there at that time of the year.  This is a 16x20 oil on a Fredrix linen canvas panel, framed in a wide, oak and gold frame.  I like the linen panels as I don't worry about them getting punctured in shipping like I do a canvas.  I painted two for him to choose from, one vertical and one horizontal.  He chose this one as it is so much more detailed and that is what he likes in a painting.  It was fun and especially fun since my son really liked the finished painting.  He sent it to his boss.  I will post the other one next.

This is an 8x16 oil painted on a linen canvas board.  I painted it from a photograph that I took when we went to Maui in 2009 for my granddaughter's wedding.  We drove up the rough coastal area and it was magnificent.  I took lots of pictures.  I have painted this area twice before but in a different format.  The others were oil except about 11x14 and painted on gessoed  watercolor paper.  Just fun stuff, nothing serious.  We had such a wonderful time.  Everytime I paint it, I just sort of relive the wonderful week that we had.  My daugher, her husband, their son, husband's mother, and I went over with our granddaughter and her husband to be.  The wedding was on the sandy beach and it was just beautiful.  They decided to "be mauied" so away we all went.  What fun!!!!!

Better photo in a different light.  Oils are so difficult to photograph.  At least for me.

I just finished this painting of Legacy.  It is a 16x20 oil, painted on a linen canvas panel.  This dog won the 2013 National Bird Hunters Association Futurity.  His owner is Jim Wirths, Conifer Bluff Kennel, Boonville, Mo.  This competition was in the spring and this painting is to be given to this winner at the next competition.  This painting will be framed in a wide rustic frame.

Lennies Fireworks

This is a little watercolor that I just completed this a.m.  It is 7x10 and matted to an 11x14.  Every year our neighbor at the lake sets off a beautiful display of fireworks for us all to enjoy.  Living right next door, we didn't really have a good view because of a big tree, so we took the pontoon out in the lake and viewed them from there.  The fourth of July is my favorite time at the lake.  There are fireworks going up all around us and with the beautiful reflections in the water, it is a sight to behold.  Such fun!!  Family, friends and home made ice cream to share with all.  We also have a neighbor that makes the most delicious cinnamon rolls in the world and has a morning coffee for all the neighbors to enjoy.  What a wonderful fourth of July we all had.  My little painting is a bit gawdy and colorful, but it was just a wonderful, colorful time,
This little painting was very popular with the neighbors in the cove that I did several of them, each a little different, due to watercolor misbehaving some, and gave several away.  Not excellent painting but one that brings back lots of memories as to what fun we all had when Lennie set off his fireworks for us all to enjoy.  What memories!!!!!

Bob's Elhew Jill

This is the 2012 NBHA Champion.  Her name is Bob's Elhew Jill and her owner is Bobby Phillips.  This painting will be given to the owner at the next field trial in March.  This painting is 16x20 and painted on a linen board.  It is framed in a wide rustic frame.  I haven't painted for quite awhile so was good to get the oils out and get busy. 

Pomme de Terre River

I have finally gotten out my paints and played around today with them. I have not painted for some time due to another knee surgery. With my studio in the basement, it is not too easy to get down there to work. I did two small watercolors today in a couple of hours. One will have to be a greeting card as it isn't worth a matt and frame. I think this one turned out a bit better than the other. This is a 6x8 watercolor of the Pomme de Terre River, just below the dam near Hermitage, Mo. It is such a beautiful spot and I have photographed it so many times. And I have painted it before and put some children playing in the water under this big old tree.

Rocky Hollow Firecracker "Cracker"

I am replacing a previous posting of this dog as I took another photo with better lighting and it does show the color better. This female pointer is last year's winner in the 25th NBHA Futurity Championship and the owner of the dog will be presented with this painting in March, 2012. The owners are Brian and Georgie Casey of New Columbia, Il. The dog was handled by Brian. It is a 16x20 oil, painted on a linen canvas panel.

Rocky Hollow Firecracker

This is a painting of the Futurity Champion. I painted this to be given to the winner's owner at the annual competition in March 2012. I am blogging it in the frame as I think it adds so much to it. My frame came from laframe.com. They are always so prompt in getting frames to me. I ordered from them on a Monday and got the order in on Friday and that is with a few custom sizes. This is a 16x20 oil on a linen canvas panel.

Fall Trees on Lake Ozark Hill

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

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

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.