Deep in December

This is the finished......well, almost finished piece that I posted as an underpainting a few days ago. I'll sit in on the mantlepiece in the studio for a few days until I decide if it needs changes.

It's an 8 x 10 oil on Ampersand gessobord, for a show in Colorado in June.

Why am I working so hard?

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Colorado Landscapes

My sister, Joanne, only started painting two years ago. She works in oil, doing primarily landscapes. In the past year, she has sold about 20 paintings through the two galleries she hangs in, in Colorado. (www.joannehansonart.com)

She has been invited to exhibit her work at 'Meet the Artist', an annual show in Breckenridge and
invited me to join her.

These 8 x 10 oil landscapes are for the show in Breckenridge in June.

Birds in Art 2008

I just received notification that 'In the Wind' has been accepted into Birds in Art, 2008, at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Yay!

Today's work....

I must be tired. I can't for the life of me think of a title for this 8 x 10 oil. The landscape is San Diego County....on the road to Warner Springs.

Perhaps that would be a good name? "On the Road to Warner Springs". OK - that's it!

"Homecoming"

I painted this small oil on location, 'plein air', at Ace Basin, a wildlife refuge about an hour south of Charleston, South Carolina. This morning, I added the heron.

A Lesson in Edges - for me

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to see a collection of Richard Schmid's work in a private home. I was fascinated with his edges...or lack of them. The only hard edge I can find in each piece was around the focal point.

Since seeing Schmid's work up close & personal, I have been more aware of edges. My purpose for painting this piece, "Wait & Watch", was to make a concentrated effort to keep most of my edges soft.

This is an 8 x 10 oil - unfinished.