Day 274 U-Pick Sunflower

 

U-Pick Sunflower

Oil on Gessobord

6 x 6

 

Note to self, visit sunflowers at u-pick farm before school starts

not after. Only a few great sunflowers were left by the time I got

there. This was one of them. 

Day 273 Glacier National Park

 

Glacier National Park

Oil on Gessobord

5 x 7

 

If you ever want to see jaw dropping, amazing mountains from the

comfort of your own car, you have to take a trip to Glacier National Park

in Montana. A dream of mine is to be an artist in residence there someday.

This is based on a trip we took there a few years ago.

Day 272 Another Mini

 

Mini Zinnia

3 x 3

Oil on Canvas Board

 

Zinnias are terrific flowers. They come in the most wonderful,

intense colors and have extremely interesting centers.

Day 271 Plein Air at the Antique Rose Farm

 

Antique Rose, Plein Air

Oil on Canvas Board

6 x 6

 

I returned to the Antique Rose Farm in Snohomish the other day to collect more

photo reference and paint in plein air. Roses are much tougher to paint in

person, I'm here to tell you. But you couldn't ask for a more pleasant environment to paint in,

surrounded by flowers and classical music. I'll be back!

Day 270 Geraniums in the Afternoon

 

Geraniums in the Afternoon

Oil on Gessobord

5 x 7

 

For several weeks I admired how the afternoon sun lit up

these geraniums on my deck. I couldn't decide whether they would

make a good painting or not. Then one day, I decided "what the heck"

and gave it a whirl.

Day to Celebrate!

 

Heirloom Silver

16 x 24?

Watercolor on Watercolor Paper

 

I worked long and hard on this painting hoping to enter

it in a show and receive an award. Getting an award for a

painting can be a tricky thing. It's based mostly on the quality of the

work but also partly on what catches the judges eye. This one finally

caught a judges eye. I won second place for Heirloom Silver in the

Arts of the Terrace, a local show. Whoopee!

Day 269 But wait there's more!

 

Another English Rose

5 x 7

Oil on Canvas

 

What can I say, there is something about all those overlapping petals

that really turns me on. :)