Autumn Reflections

Autumn Reflections, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 10"x10", $125

This painting has had a number of tweaks to make it more pleasing to me. I thought the amount of white in the water was distracting so I toned that down. Also, the darks below the front clump of orange trees were too dark and solid. I like this painting much better now. The front trees come forward while the smaller trees recede and the reflections have about the right amount of choppiness. I like the final result.

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Note:  I am in the process of clearing out a lot of my old paintings that didn't find a home. I am putting them up for auction on Daily Paintworks, listing a few more each day through the end of the year - the bidding for most of them starts at $10. So if you need some one-of-a-kind gifts for the people on your list, please consider the gift of art and check out the wonderful options on Daily Paintworks (and on my web site.)

Gray Day Reflections

Gray Day Reflections, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 10"x10", $125

After an extended hiatus, I'm back in the studio thinking about what to do next. I thought I would start by fixing up a few of the paintings from the September Challenge. This one didn't need much - I had already messed with it once.  It's a really quiet, fairly somber piece. In this painting I wanted to capture the brilliance of autumn foliage on a gloomy, gray day. I'm always amazed by how the trees seems to glow from the inside on those dark days. Truly magical.

To purchase this painting, please click here. You will find yourself on the September 2015 30 Day Challenge Page where you can make your purchase.

Autumn Reflections

Autumn Reflections, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 10"x10", $125

I'm back in the studio after a trip to Maine. The first thing I needed to do after unpacking and doing the laundry was go back over the 30 Day Challenge paintings to see what needed to be fixed.  This one definitely needed work.  I lightened the tree on the far left (it was a really dark red-brown in the original), brightened the yellow and orange trees and chopped up the reflections a bit. I like it a whole lot better now.

The second painting to get a make-over was the one below.  It needed some touching up on the right side of the red-orange clump of trees and on the left side of the yellow tree.  I really like the reflections in this one, so I left those alone.  This painting is off to the Bryan Gallery on November 2 for the annual holiday exhibition which they call GEMS (all the paintings are smaller than 8"x10" framed.)

Autumn Foliage, Acrylic on Gessoboard, 6"x6", $125

Note: Both of these paintings are available for sale via my website - click here - until Nov. 1. After that, you will have to contact the Bryan Gallery at info@bryangallery.org to buy Autumn Foliage. Autumn Reflections will continue to be available on my web site.

Blazing Maples

Blazing Maples, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 8"x6", NFS

Day 28 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge - #24

In this painting, I decided to leave out the reflections and just concentrate on the foliage.  I like the brilliant colors but I'm not too enamored of the overall result.  I think I'm done with foliage for a while. I'll have to think of something else to do for the last two days of the challenge.

Maple Reflections

Maple Reflections, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 10"x10", $125

Day 27 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge - #23

I'm still playing with the autumn foliage/reflections thing. I tried working a bit larger in this one - it's 10"x10" in stead of the 6"x6" Gessoboards I was using. I wanted to make the foliage really pop the way it does on a crisp autumn day.  It's always a challenge to figure out how much bright to put in against the neutrals, complements and darks. This works pretty well in spite of the amount of pure or close to pure hues that I used.

Note: To purchase this painting, please click here. You will find yourself on my website where you can make your purchase or browse through the other paintings.

Autumn Reflections

Autumn Reflections, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 10"x10", NFS

Day 25 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge - #22

In this painting, I continued my exploration of trees and reflections. As I experiment with using the squeegee to create the trees and reflections, I'm trying to get a handle on what works and why. In this painting, I like the amount of looseness, but wanted a little more color in the reflections. Since the reflections are the result of picking up paint from the trees with the squeegee and blending it in the still wet gray-blue paint in the water area, it will be difficult to change later. Definitely something to pay attention to in future paintings.

Spruce Reflections

Spruce Reflections, Acrylic on Gessoboard, 6"x6", $75

Day 23 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge - #21

The other day I started a painting of an apple. It was the end of the day, after I had completed two others and the results I was getting were not pretty. So I took my squeegee and smeared the whole thing restoring some smoothness to the board and erasing the apple. Once dry, I thought it had some potential for something totally different.  I used that board for this painting. It had all the right colors and patterns to go for some spruce reflections.

While I was painting, I also fixed yesterday's foliage painting, so I am now offering it for sale as well. You can see it below.

Autumn Foliage II, Acrylic on Gessoboard, 6"x6", SOLD

Note: To purchase these paintings, please click here. You will find yourself on my website where you can make your purchase or browse through the other paintings.