Plein Air Delta Ohio

I painted this view of Fulton Union Christian Church from my friend Sue's yard. Her little pit bulldog Zeeva kept me company the entire time. A beautiful late summer evening!

9" x 12" oil on canvas

Fishing Boats

I used a long horizontal format for this painting because I wanted to keep the focus on the boats. The original photo (by Margaret Wiles--and used with permission- THANK YOU MARGARET!!), was a 4" x 3" proportion. I cropped the top and the water in front and tried to give a different viewpoint. Perhaps one we would see if we were sitting on a boat in this harbor.

Fishing Boats

10" x 20"

Peaches

I set these wonderful peaches up slightly off center. I struggled a bit because I didn't have any cadmium orange and the cadmium red I was using seemed weaker than normal. It was Charvin and I might have purchased the student grade by accident. I'm not too familiar with that paint but I did get a really good buy on it from Jerry's Artarama.

A Revision

11" x 14" oil on canvas

Summer Days

8" x 10"

Summer Days

Another summer bites the dust. We have had a wonderful summer, weather-wise and in every other way. A new daughter-in-law, a new puppy and a new boss for me at my day job. What? You thought I painted all day? No- just after I get home from work, and fix dinner. Then there are weekends of course.

This is a small painting done in a very impressionistic way.