Barn #25

Barn #25, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 10"x10", $100

Day 30 of the 30 Day Challenge. I made it.  Yesterday my brain totally quit - one day before the end.  I worked and messed and messed and worked but came up with nothing.  So my month-end total is 25 paintings.  I'm declaring victory.

I'll be taking a few days off from painting barns. But then I plan to use some of my challenge paintings as inspiration for larger works in the coming months. Who knows where my experiments will take me.

To purchase this painting, please click here. You will be transported to the 30 Day Challenge page of my web site.

Barn #24

Barn #24, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 15"x15", $500

Day 28 of the 30 Day Challenge. In this painting I am continuing with my experiments in rendering the landscape using abstraction.  My efforts this month have really made a difference in how I tackle trees and grasses, wildflowers, and skies. I feel like I have gotten a little more confident about leaving paint alone once it is on the board, allowing for serendipity to play its part.

To purchase this painting, please click here. You will find yourself on my website on the 30 Day Challenge page.

Barn #23

Barn #23, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 15"x15", $500

Day 27 of the 30 Day Challenge. I decided to go for another large painting.  I like the space for making interesting marks.  I wanted to give the sense of wildness in this field around an old unused barn.  I think the texture does that without the need for lots of individual grasses and stuff.  I like the abstract feel I'm getting with the rough brush strokes - it loosens up what would otherwise be a rather stiff composition.

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Barn #22

Barn #22, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 15"x15", NFS

Day 26 of the 30 Day Challenge. I went for it today. I was feeling really inspired yesterday, so after finishing the 10"x10" I posted yesterday, I started this painting, which at 15"x15", is the largest painting I have attempted this month.  I am really getting into the broken paint and the wonderful effects I am getting. There is energy, variety, texture, and mood.

This barn sits in Grand Isle, VT along one of the main roads.  I changed time of day and the season to fit my vision.

To purchase this painting, please click here. You will be transported to the 30 Day Challenge page on my web site where you can find this barn as well as the others I have painted this month.

Update (2/16/15):  This painting is no longer for sale in this form.  It has been updated and is available on my website (Barn #26).

Barn #21

Barn #21, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 10"x10", $150

Day 25 of the 30 Day Challenge.I really loved the moonlight effect I got yesterday so I decided to do some more with it.  In this painting I added some trees and lowered the barn to the bottom of the painting. It is amazing how the position of an object can change the whole feel of a painting.  When the barn was higher in the square space, it almost loomed in the moonlight. In this painting the building kind of hunkers down instead. 

To purchase this painting, please click here. You will find yourself among the barns on the 30 Day Challenge page on my web site.

Barn #20

Barn #20, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 10"x10", $250

Day 24 of the 30 Day Challenge. I have always been fascinated with the way moonlight illuminates and alters the features of the landscape.  In this painting I wanted to capture that wonderfully mysterious silvery appearance that buildings (and other things) take on in the half light of the moon.

To purchase this painting, please click here. You will find yourself among the barns on the 30 Day Challenge page of my web site.

Barn Window - Barn #19

Barn Window, Acrylic on Crescent Board, 10"x10", $100

Day 22 of the 30 Day Challenge.  Today I set out to paint an old busted up barn window with wildflowers bobbing in front of the gaping holes where there was once glass, but I got to this point and felt I had to stop. It was telling me it was done; I can do my original idea on another painting. Does that ever happen to you?

To purchase this painting, please click here.  You will find yourself on my web site amidst the many barns in this challenge.