Refer Truck Retirement

Refer Truck Retirement, 16x20, oil on aluminum, $1000, framed, transportation, Florida, Apalachicola

Actually painted this before we went out west, but forgot to post it. Done from some reference material from the Great American paint Out earlier this spring.

Towards the Light

Towards the Light, 16x20, oil on linen, palette knife, landscape, framed, $1000, road

Another scene from the ranch road as we headed north to Marfa.

Cloud Formations Over Iron Mountain

Cloud Formations over Iron Mountain, 16x20, oil on linen, plein air, palette knife,
landscape, cloudscape, $1000, framed

I am pretty sure I could paint the clouds in the West Texas Desert and never get tired of them. One of the most amazing skies I have ever seen!

Shady Grove

Shady Grove, 16x20, plein air, $1000, oil on linen, landscape

Old Homestead Window

Old Homestead Window, 16x20, oil on innerglow panel, $1000, exterior, architecture

Morning Field, Blood Creek Bottom Tennessee

Morning Field, Blood Creek Bottom Tennessee, 16x20, oil on panel, $1000, landscape, sunrise

Low Tide, Playing with the Palette Knife

Low Tide, oil on canvas, 16x20in, $1000

Been working very hard to try to marry my aggressive impasto, brushwork and knifework from the studio into the open air. I set up my Glouchester style easel and used a handheld palette and palette knife to see how quickly I could turn out a 16x20. I want to work larger outdoors but also want it to look more like what I do in the studio. I don't want to spend hours upon hours outdoors working on a large piece, I want to rock it out in a couple hours and be done with it. We will see how it works...

Stand of Pines, Winter Morn

Stand of Pines, Winter Morn, 20x24, oil on museum wrap, $1000

Spent most of last week fretting about the ArtBlink painting event. I was given 90 minutes to produce a piece... and while I was painted, people would be watching and bidding on the outcome. It started with a few small studies and then progressed into this piece. Same size as the one I did for the event, 20"x24". I decided to time myself and take notes along the way so Julie could prompt me as I went to make sure I would finish on time. I also tubed my paint. If I had mixed on site, it would have taken me an hour to mix up enough paint. I mixed a ton of it because I used a palette knife to cover canvas as quickly as I could.

I will have more on the event as I get pictures... I was too busy painting to take photos.

Super M

Super M, 20"x24", oil on museum wrap, $1000

Have plenty more FarmAll Super M references, glad to have replenished my supply for the year.