No. 878 Claudia's Irises

Claudia's Irises - Plein Air

Oil on Canvas Panel

7" x 5"

In class we had a whole month of painting irises in preparation for painting in Claudia's lovely garden. We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to paint there a couple of different days. Claudia's husband, Dan, works long and hard in their garden and it shows!

Thank you, Claudia and Dan!

No 877 Coupville Wharf at Low Tide

Coupeville Wharf at Low Tide

Oil on Canvas Panel

5" x 7"

Wow! I hope you are having a great summer. We've had an excellent one. Filled with lots of new places to explore and paint, I couldn't be happier. It's that festival time of year though. So it's time to settle down and get ready for the Coupeville Arts Festival. It will be my only festival this summer unless I get a last minute call from the Fresh Paint folks.

I've been redirecting a lot of my online activity from my blog to Instagram. So if you are on Instagram please follow me at scmcmanamen or https://www.instagram.com/scmcmanamen/ 
It's much easier and less time consuming to post there so that's where you will see most of the action. :)

No. 876 Little Ones

Little Ones

Oil on Canvas

5" x 7"

Before painting this, I had no idea how difficult painting cute, fuzzy, little chicks could be. 

No. 875 San Juan Capistrano Mission - Plein Air

San Juan Capistrano Mission - Plein Air

Oil on Gessobord

5" x 7"

This is from my trip to teach in California in February. Peggy took me to the San Juan Capistrano Mission to paint. Wow! I could've painted there for days. Thank you again, Peggy! You're the best!

No. 874 Tulips in Glass Vase

Tulips in Glass Vase

Oil on Canvas Panel

7" x 5"

Tulips are not easy to paint. Flowers in general are not easy to paint. I had a tough time this year doing any still life with tulips that I was very happy about. I did end up being pretty happy with this one.

No. 873 Clouds Over Mt Vernon

 

Clouds Over Mt. Vernon

Oil on Canvas Panel

5 x 7

Sold

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

No 872 Skagit Valley Magic

Skagit Valley Magic

Oil on Canvas Panel

7" x 5"

Sold

Another take on the tulip field/cool old barn combo.