New Mexico Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks 

8x6 inches oil on canvas panel $140. SOLD

Artist Note.

This is adapted from a

Lets Paint New Mexico

Challenge.

I say "adapt" because I had to 

change some areas to fit my 

6x8in format.

It certainly was a challenge 

but that is why I enjoy

doing something 

which makes me 

struggle more than if I had 

picked the content myself.

Lots of very good artists 

participate and it is 

such a pleasure to see the 

different interpretations 

and techniques.

I hope you go on the site

below

Lets Paint New Mexico

and scroll down to see it all.

Maybe you would 

enjoy participating yourself.

Snow & Aspens

Snow & Aspens

8x6in oil on canvas panel $140. SOLD

Artist Note

The above is a mixture 

of memory and photo source.

After painting the previous

snowy scene I was taken by 

an image a fellow blogger

posted. Click to see. 

Carol Blackburn

I asked her for permission 

to paint it and she 

gave me the thumbs up!

I live in the land of 

crisp, dry air so 

although my earlier memories 

are of misty scenes 

I found it difficult to capture 

the subtle value changes

 with my paint 

due to 

not painting from life.

And that is why, try as I might,

I couldn't capture the 

misty effect!

So... the birches are now aspens.

I did a wee bit of 

"artist landscaping"

moving things around 

to fit my rectangle format,

and then reverted 

to what I knew well.

 I have painted 

aspens many times 

on location

in both NM and Colorado

so this was a treat.

Thank you,

Carol, for the inspiration.

I enjoyed painting it.

New Mexico Snow

 New Mexico Snow

6x8in oil on canvas panel SOLD

Artist Note. 

Taking a trip to the snowy areas

of New Mexico

is always delightful. 

Although the colors are not those

of my typical bright palette,

I do find I respond with 

pleasure to the 

muted earth tones 

against the bright white of the snow.

Sunflowers and Blue Bowl

 Sunflowers And Blue Bowl

8"x6" oil on canvas panel $140 SOLD

Artist Note

The sunflowers are still around. 

Cheerful spot of color

during these winter days.

Red Hearts and Sunflowers

Hearts and Sunflowers

8"x 6" oil on canvas panel $140.SOLD

Artist Note

Thinking ahead to Valentines Day.

I have had this terrific vase 

for many years 

and it is sturdy enough 

to hold large Sunflowers. 

Something bright for 

cold days.

World Bank

Re-do

Farmers Market#15

9x8"

Artist Note.

I was honored by the World Bank Group

to be asked for another one of my 

Farmers Market series

to be used on the cover or their

Global Agriculture brochure.

BUT...

I had not taken a high enough 

resolution image.. RATS!

What a lesson...and a reminder

to ALWAYS take a 

proper image with my trusty Nikon

and not 

just the iphone one.

 I really wanted 

them to be able to use it so I 

painted it all over again. 

I found it is impossible 

to get exactly the 

same with the 

fracturing technique but similar 

colors and placements

turned out a decent copy.

Fortunately they liked it and 

I will have the pleasure of knowing 

my painting will grace the cover 

again in 2017

If you would like to see the first one

CLICK HERE

Golden Light

Golden Light
14x11in  oil on canvas SOLD

Artist Note.
This was a demo I did last month.
I started with a charcoal drawing
and scrubbed a coat of
Indian Yellow (transparent)
to cover the canvas. Adding
a little Alizarin and
Transparent Brown Oxide
as I worked out from the light
Keeping the paint transparent
as long as possible was my goal.
I mixed Ultramarine Blue
with the yellow to make
a transparent green
and Alizarin, Ultramarine
and Transparent Brown Oxide
to make
the dark of the Ravens.
I fractured everything with
the tool and
went back in and reinstated
and started with using
some opaques by adding
Naples Yellow to
Indian Yellow and greens.

Following the principle
of warm light/cool shadows
I introduced the cooler
blue/greens at the end.
They look more blue on the
screen than they
actually are.