Golden August

This is a plein air that I started in the field, decided to scrap, brought home and changed my mind about and totally overhauled it in the studio. It's another painting of that tree East of the storage units on Hwy 191 that I like so much, this one later in the fall... same month and tree as "Another August Evening", but once the leaves really turned. I like the glowing color here, and especially the simplistic suggestion of the distant mountain. This will be the first in a series of online auctions pieces... I'm sending postcards out this week to notify folks, and I'll start the auction around the 23rd and end it new years day. If you are subscribed to the blog, you'll get a notice once I've begun the auction, because I'll edit this post and include a link. Happy bidding!

Wet Hay Meadow

Wet Hay Meadow
10" x 12 oil on panel
$300.00 -sold-

This is one of my favorites - a loose, intuitive plein air made looking towards the Mesa from Hwy 191, just east of the Pole Creek bridge. I've always loved this pair of trees, but in early spring with the irrigation water reflecting that late afternoon sky, they seem almost regal. I had to paint fast, light like that never lasts, but I think the glow of that atmosphere is captured.

Lodge in the Cottonwoods

"Lodge in the Cottonwoods"
9" x 12" oil on panel
$300.00 -sold-
I snuck up to the Museum grounds and made this early morning Rendezvous plein air of Michael Terry's lodge. Just as I was finishing, that lovely paint horse of his wandered into the early light - heartstopping, but that will have to wait for another painting. I enjoy the value pattern of this piece, the distant peaks, and warm meadow grass contrasted with the cool sage. I can almost feel that July morning sun warming the east side of the lodge.

Before the Snow

"Before the Snow"
6x8 oil on panel
$250.00

The silver picked up on the lavender in this one.

Afternoon Still

"Afternoon Still"
8x10 oil on panel
$300.00 -sold-

The dark, rich frame really set this one off.

Newfork Shadows

"Newfork Shadows"
8x10 oil on panel
$300.00

I almost wiped this one down in the field. Now it's one of my favorites. I think it really captures that clear, bright, early fall light and shadow.

Thursday Drizzle

"Thursday Drizzle"
6x8 oil on panel
$250.00

I worked on this a little in the studio - added the dark door shapes and some texture on the bricks, a few other touches. I love this dark frame.

Spring Morning

"Spring Morning"
8x6 Oil on panel
NFS

I think this one won't be in the show - Megan laid claim to it when the paint was still wet. (Family members have dibs, that way.) She picked this gold frame, and I think it looks pretty good! I framed it up this morning, and it looks nice in her room.

Framing Them Up

A snowy Friday morning - perfect time to be framing up these paintings! Above is the first installment of paintings that will hang in the Mixed Media show in the Pinedale Library, begining November 2. If you can't make it to the show, and are interested in a purchase, feel free to contact me by phone or email. I'd be happy to ship any of the paintings when the show comes down at the end of November.

Thursday Drizzle

Another little 6x8 from my pickup, painted during my kids karate lesson. I love this time of year.

*note - I made some changes to this one before I framed it - check out the entry with the frame!*

Before the Snow

A Friday morning at the end of the oil on the Pole Creek Road, looking East. Heavy clouds settling over the bluff were a lavender contrast to the pale grass. 

Fall on the Paradise

A quick watercolor sketch - the bales don't stay in the field long.
-sold-

Doc Smith's Cottonwoods

They're always the first to turn.

Newfork Shadows

The begining of those colors... fall's on it's way.

Labor day

From one of my favorite vantage points, at one of my favorite camping spots. The end of summer - bittersweet.
-sold-

Another August Evening

A Saturday night painting from along Hwy 191 - this one is of a favorite tree of mine, just East of the storage units...