Falls At Yellowstone

Falls At Yellowstone

8x6in oil on canvas panel $135. SOLD

Continuing the water series.

This one is a more intimate

view of a shorter set of

falls.  

I went less abstract in this one 

because I painted it from 

memory and 

I remembered 

every beautiful area..

Artist Note.

I was asked how 

I can paint from memory.

Here goes.

Before I start to paint from

memory

I sit quietly and recall

a place until I see it clearly

in my mind. 

I NOTICE THE 

QUALITY OF LIGHT FIRST 

and jot it down.

Next I try to pull up the 

sounds - hear the rushing water, 

birds singing, if there was a breeze etc.

This gets me totally in the mood.

When I feel I am "back in time"  

I pick

up my knife and mix

the basic colors first.

I establish the harmony on the 

palette, placing the spots of color

next to each other...

and if it jives with my inner vision...

then off I go!

(Hope this helped Mr. Franklin)

Again, all done with the palette knife

Fall at Ghost Ranch, NM

Fall at Ghost Ranch

10x12"

Oil on crappy paper

NFS

The cottonwood trees turn a brilliant gold 

in the fall and when the sun illuminates 

them they look like 

they are alight with flames. 

Artist Note.

This was a demo of painting trees with

a palette knife.

Underneath was first done with transparent washes 

applied with a fan brush using the 

chisel motion shown in my utube short tutorial

 - link below.

fan brush technique

Starting this way gave the edges of the 

trees a more natural shape by blending

effortlessly into the other colors/values 

around them.

Avian Architecture - watercolor

Nest

6x8in  watercolor on moleskin book paper SOLD

Whenever I do a series I venture into various media to explore
different effects.  Here are a few of the watercolors I did.

Artist Note


The one above was the first of the watercolor sketches I did of the nests

I was experimenting with the fracturing technique using

the basic warm and cool colors. Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna.
Next came the one below - this time with less blue.
I dry brushed the really dark areas.

Nest in Tree  7 x 9   moleskin book paper  SOLD

The one below is a watercolor of a cactus wren's nest
on YES multi media canvas. I added some ochre and pale yellow
 to the palette and was careful not to use a staining color.
I found it easier to fracture in watercolor on the canvas than the paper.
I painted a dark shape for the nest and lifted out the shapes for
light nest material. I actually placed the wren in this one.
 My computer is acting weird and I keep
trying to download some of the others, but it is not working
going to have to let this be the last one.
Tomorrow I will show some of the others from the show.

Cactus Wren Nest   8x8  Yes canvas SOLD                                                                                                          

On the Edge

On the Edge

6x8in  oil on canvas

We have all seen this...a thriving tree right on the edge of a cliff
growing out of what appears to be solid rock.
I can plant seeds with tender care into perfect soil...
only to see some survive better than others... and weeds leap out
of places where there has been no water.
Mother Nature continues to astound.

If this appears familiar - good eye and good for you!
It is a repeat of a painting I did back in April but I went back to
where it was and made some changes to fit how it looks now..