Moonlit Pond

Moonlit Pond, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper, 6.5"x6.5", $75

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge - Day 7

This is a quick study of nighttime reflections on a still pond. I used two rows of spruces to create the background. I like the effect. I may try this one again with some ghostly snags standing in the water to see how that changes the perception of distance and light.

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Late Day Reflections

Late Day Reflections, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper, 6.5"x6.5", $125

Day 6 of the 30 paintings in 30 Days Challenge

I love this painting! I used the one from the other day as a starting point. And, actually, I made some changes to that one which I am showing below (it is much better now that the ambiguity in the tree trunks has been resolved.) This painting is darker but the reflections are richer and the dead trees have more pizzazz.

Here's the other painting:

Autumn Pond, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper, 6.5"x6.5", $75

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Party Line

Party Line, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 4"x6.5", NFS

Day 5 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Just a quick study today. I wanted to capture the flying party that the barn swallows engage in just before they migrate. With their young grown and gone, they have the time to catch up with what's been happening in the 'hood. They sit on the wires in small groups and chitter and preen. In another week or two, they will be gone until next year.

Autumn Pond

Autumn Pond, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper, 6.5"x6.5", $75

Day 4 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

I have always been fascinated by the reflections in beaver ponds and other partially overgrown bodies of water. I like the way shapes are broken up and the colors become deeper and richer viewed in the water. In the autumn, this effect is enhanced by the colors of the foliage and grasses. So here's a first attempt at capturing that magic. I am sure to revisit this.

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Swamp Spruce

Swamp Spruce, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper, 6.5"x6.5", NFS

Day 3 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

I am trying to push the envelope (for me) on the level of abstraction to find the point between representational and abstraction that gives enough information about the scene without totally defining it. I have been playing with this idea for a while, making progress in fits and starts.

Tomato Sauce

Tomato Sauce, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 6"x10", $125

Day 2 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

This painting is one I started quite a while ago and never figured out how to finish. This time, I looked at it and saw a possibility, so I went for it. When I began I envisioned canning jars with an assortment of fresh vegies arrayed in front of them. I think I was trying to do too many things and it didn't really work. I decided that I really just liked the jars, so I eliminated all of the extraneous stuff and just let the painting be about the jars.  The foreground and the jar lids are a bit greener than the photo shows.

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Late Summer Sunflower

Late Summer Sunflower, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper, 6.5"x6.5", $75

Day 1 - 30 paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Time for another 30 Day Challenge. I have been playing hookey for most of the summer, so this painting is a little rough around the edges. I also haven't gotten my act together on the theme question, so I am winging it until I think of something.

This painting started out as a random pattern of colors on a piece of gessoed watercolor paper. Once it was dry, I drew the sunflower using black paint. Then I painted using a palette knife and a squeegee. I basically like how it came out - it is interesting and not too stiff.

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