No. 873 Clouds Over Mt Vernon

 

Clouds Over Mt. Vernon

Oil on Canvas Panel

5 x 7

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The only thing prettier than the tulip fields are the clouds above them. 

No. 762 Cloud Study

Cloud Study

9" x 12"

Oil on Canvas

Whoa! It's been a mighty long time since my last post. We had a wonderful time with lots of family over the holidays. January was filled with home remodeling. I've always been one to spend extra money on travel but we finally decided something had to be done about the 30 year old flooring in our home. Somehow that led to a massive decluttering event and the decision to paint most of the walls. When you give a mouse a cookie right? The house isn't completely put back together yet but we are getting close.

Today's painting is from my class cloud demo. We are studying clouds for the entire month. I had fun painting this four times while demonstrating atmospheric perspective. Kind of a meditative process, painting clouds.

Day 328 Jerry and Vicki's Place

Jerry and Vicki's Place

Oil on Canvas Board

6 x 6

A favorite place to visit when we are in Wyoming. We were there for a McManamen family reunion his summer. You could not meet nicer people than Jerry and Vicki McManamen. I'm very, very sorry to say that Jerry passed away later that summer. Such a dear, sweet man, he is missed tremendously.

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Day 317 Sunset Over the Islands

Sunset Over the Islands

Oil on Canvas Board

5 x 7

A glorious sunset during a summer camping trip near La Conner.

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Day 291 Painting Near Winthrop

 

Painting Near Winthrop

5 x 7

Oil on Canvas Board

This is based on a photo taken on a PAWA plein air trip in Winthrop

about a year and a half ago. Those beautiful clouds turned into a whopper

of a thunderstorm. When all the fishermen started pulling their boats out of the water, we should've known something was up.

 

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Day 264 Thunderheads over Wyoming

Thunderheads over Wyoming

Oil on Canvas Board

4 x 4

 

Here is another Wyoming mini painting. In the wide open

spaces of Wyoming, clouds become the star of the show, especially

thunderheads. We had a terrific thunderstorm here yesterday, not

nearly as common an occurrence as it is in Wyoming which, when

we were there, seemed to be a daily happening. 

Day 248

 

Clouds Over Skagit Bay

Oil on Canvas Board

5 x 7

Another view of that great campground.

 

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Day 227 Little cloud study

 

Cloud Study

5 x 7

Oil on Gessobord

Practicing clouds again.....

 

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Day 201 Cloud Study

 

Cloud Study

Oil on Gessobord

5 x 7

 

Looking forward to painting lots of clouds this summer. They

are a great compositional device, or so Ned tells me. If I can

get a good grip on them, they would be a great asset to my plein air work.