Bandstand in Spring 2011

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

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.
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Sunrise at the Lake in Pinks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Church Steeple #3

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

Church Steeple #2

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

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

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

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

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

Sunset with Steeple

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

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

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

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