"Fair and Balanced"

"Fair and Balanced" oil on gessobord, 6x6"

#stradaeasel, day 27

I expanded on yesterday's carrots with the rest of the root vegetables. I like to call them soup vegetables! They are even more fun to paint then fruit.

A Little VItamin A

"A little vitamin A"

oil on gessobord, 6x6"

Day 26 of the strada easel, paint from life, 31 day challenge.  Whew. This challenge has been very... challenging!!  I have reverted to still life for most of the challenge which in the past caused me to break out in metaphorical hives.   I am finally getting more comfortable after spending more then half the challenge in the world of fruit and vegetables.  All my paintings from this challenge have been posted to my FB studio page.

Crooked Smile

With the inauguration still hanging in the air and all the immediate pen swipes taking place - including the National Endowment for the Arts, I really wanted to call this painting..."There was a crooked man and he had a crooked smile"  I want to feel like the country is moving forward but it is hard when a single human is standing in the way.

Stacked

"Stacked" oil on gessobord, 6x6"

Nine more paintings to do for this "paint from life challenge" for strada easel. It has been difficult in many ways, but I have been working with the difficulty and working through it. Today's painting was almost swiped many times, and it took me longer to do it than originally intended. I stuck with it...as a challenge to myself. It's not the best but, again, it was by far the hardest.

"Top Heavy"

"Top Heavy", oil on gessobord, 6x6"

It's all apples and oranges to me. Or so it seems.

Turkey Run Meadow

Turkey Run Meadow, oil on gessobord, 6x6"

#stradaeasel, day 16

Yay! I finally got outside - no rain until this evening, so I took advantage of it. After my dog and I took a 3 mile walk at a local park, I sat in my car and painted. I think I was smilng the whole time 

Opposites Attract

Opposites Attract, oil on gessobord, 6x6"

A second still life for day 11, with different apples. Yesterday's apples were consumed immediately after posting, with wine and cheese. It was a great dinner 

Three's a Crowd

"Three's a crowd",oil on gessobord, 6x6"

I'm one third of the way through the painting challenge, and unfortunately I am running out of gas. The weather doesn't allow me to go outside to paint. I am getting off work so late there is no daylight left, therefore, I am tired and lacking the ability to concentrate very long. Here is a still life, fresh off the easel. Now its time for a glass of wine.

Limes on Stripes

"Limes on Stripes", oil on arches paper, 6x8"

Day 5, #stadaeasel,
It's snowing outside today, so that means a snow day in Louisville. Not sure if I'm going to venture out in the snow just yet so I painted a quick still life. I haven't done one in a long time, so it was fun!

Cypress

Cypress, oil on arches paper, 8x6"

A sunny day at last to go do a quick( it's coollddd) painting of the plethora of cypress to choose from.

#stradaeasel, day 4

Colors Revealed

"Colors Revealed", oil on gessobord, 7x5"

Another day of painting in the fog (and drizzle).  Everything was so monochromatic except for a few patches of green and red.

"The Introvert"

"The Introvert, oil on gessobord, 6x6"

Day 2, Stada easel 31/31 challenge

We have had fog in the morning (and into afternoons) in the Ohio valley for several days now. It makes for interesting subject matter, and the colors are still. This painting has more color in it then just black and white if you look hard enough you will find blue, pink and orange.

Bald Cypress

Bald Cypress, oil on gessobord, 8x6"

Day 1
January 2017
31 day challenge

Happy New Year!

Painting in the fog this morning, and with a subject matter that is the first thing I look at each morning from my deck...two 30" Bald Cypress Trees.