Cows Grazing in the House!

Finished this painting the other day. The light on the house looks better from a distance, and seems to glow. The house is simple with just a few cows in the area. It was an empty house in Plain City. I might glaze over it one more time with yellow, to warm it up a bit. It's an 8x10 on panel.

Under Painting of the Lovely Mikell

Worked on this late Saturday night. It's an under painting of my co-worker, Mikell. She was nice enough to let me take her picture. I don't usually paint people, but I was drawn to her bright, beautiful purple scarf. I think I painted a good resemblance of her. Her nose it a tad bit too long at the bottom. I will shave a little off before I put the color on. I'm looking forward to putting the color on. I'll wait for it to dry, refinish the nose, and then add the color.

Springville or Not?

Wow! I have been working on this painting for awhile and I am almost done. Just a few finishing touches here and there. The tough decision is whether I should enter this in the Springville Museum's Spring Salon? My inner critic is giving me a hard time. Will people laugh at it? Is my perspective off? Is it good enough? I've put this funny pressure on myself, when I should be enjoying trying something new. Painting people is very new to me. I think I will finish it the next day or two and do a final glaze and then round up some money to frame it and send it on it's way to Springville......wish me luck!

Painting in Progress

Started this painting while I was in Saint George enjoying the warm weather. I decided to paint in the backyard, because I was feeling like I didn't want to be bothered. So I painted from a photograph outside...does that still count as Plein Air? As I was halfway through, people kept coming into the neighbors backyard and staring at me. I couldn't figure out what was going on, and I was frustrated because I didn't want to be bothered. I had to laugh when I found out they were having an open house! This painting is really wet, alla prima, if I spelled that right. I will go back into it when it dries and soften some edges and define the trees and mountains more. This is my usual favorite, an 8x10 on panel.