Junk Yard Shoes

"Junk Yard Shoes"

12x16 framed

I painted this at our Ceta Canyon art retreat.  It was taken from a photo of a junk pile in Cloudcroft, NM with other stuff around, and the were weeds grown up. After critiques from the group, I did away with some of the other junk in the photo,(that I had painted in) and focused on the two pair of shoes.The pieces of wood in the back probably should have been left out too. I had fun painting the shoes anyway!

Chef Blarney

 Chef Blarney

  6x9

This was taken from a photo that I took in Philadelphia. 

He was statue holding a menu, and a sign at a restaurant.  I had already painted the paper with an under painting, so I put him on top of it.This was also done at the art retreat in Ceta Canyon.  

Little Herd

"Little Herd"

was painted at Ceta Canyon where West Texas Watercolor Society had our annual art retreat. What fun we had!! We painted all day and into the night. No worry about cooking or cleaning.  The phones didn't work so there was not any ringing, etc. I loved it! While there we all do our own thing, but we try sometime to get outside 'our box' and do something different. so this is mine! A good friend, Nancy from Colorado paints everything all colorful, so I thought I just had to try it, and I didn't have a clue what I was doing but was such fun!  I was sorry she had already left, because i needed help!  The whole time I was painting it, I was laughing, thinking, I can't believe I am doing this! and WHAT color to use next!  I recommend this to everybody, just to see if you like it.
  I know I want to do some more.

Snack Time

I painted 'Snack Time' today on a 6x9 paper that I had done an under painting, after taking a workshop in Cloudcroft, NM  with Judi Betts.  These under paintings can become addictive! They are fun to do, and seems to give the painting a little structure or 'something.'  Not sure exactly what, but i like it.

Temporary Home

I can't believe it has been so long since the last painting was posted!  This is from a photo I took
on the side of the road on a trip to somewhere! I think it might have been a crows nest.

I love bird nests and finally drew this in my sketch book.  This is just a simple pencil drawing.
I painted it and used gouache for the sky. I still like the drawing best!
I felt like the name "Temporary Home" was the best name for it.

Autumn

I guess you just can't quit painting things you love! And I do love old vehicles!

I just read an article today by a well known artist that said always paint what you love, even if it isn't popular.

  This old truck "Autumn" was at Ceta Canyon, close to Canyon,TX  where we go for an art retreat.

I took 'several' pictures of course!  

Wild Flowers

This painting "Wild Flowers" is just 9"x12" unframed.

Several years ago I took a photo of these little yellow wild flowers, in a pasture across the road from a friends house.  They were solid along the fence line, and so happy and cheerful looking. The flowers are pretty small, and grow in big clumps. I painted it with transparent watercolors, and was not happy with it.  The back ground was a real deep blue, and dark green, so I dug out the cobalt blue watercolor and mixed some white M.Graham gouache with it, and painted all the blue in leaving some of the dark showing around the edges.