Light Through Trees

This is an 8" x 8" oil on panel, #6 in my Light Through Trees series.  Like my little bird studies, this painting is an exercise in loosening up.  This painting will be one of 30 that I'll be exhibiting at the Southeastern Wildlife Expo in Charleston, South Carolina,  February 17-19

Light Through Trees #6

Oil on panel,  8" x 8"

I added the little bits of red at the last minute but I'm not sure if I'll leave them in.  The painting had a subtlety that I liked before the red was added. 

Flying Canada Geese for Today's Oil Study

This little study looks more detailed than it is.  I painted it for the sky, which I intended to be stormy, but I guess my colors were too blue because the clouds look like nice-day kinda clouds.

I live in Northern Arizona.  I got a shock a few weeks ago when I heard the familiar honking that I hear when I'm in Maryland in November.  Suddenly a flock of about 60 Canadas came over the red rocks and up the canyon.  Quite a sight!

239 - Canada Geese in Flight

5" x 7" oil study on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.

SOLD

Color and Light, 8 & 9

When I have a little extra time at the end of the day - and some colorful paint left on my palette, I work on my little landscape series called Color & Light.  These two are the 8th and 9th of the series.
I really like #8 as it is almost an abstract design.  #9 is a little more literal.  These little paintings are done on cradledboard - which is a gessoed panel on 3/4" deep birch ply sides.  The sides are painted a predominant color from the landscape.  They do not need to be framed - but can be if you prefer. 

Color & Light Series, #8

4" x 4" oil on board,  unframed

Color & Light Series, #9

4" x 4" oil on board,  unframed

A Canada Goose for Today's Study

It's a bright, sunny day outside so I felt like painting something colorful.  Today's oil study is a 5" x 7" oil study on gessoed board.  If you would like to see the rest of my studies in my 75 for $75 project, just click on this link.  There are some unsold pieces!

The silent auction on the little rabbit, The Ears Have It, ends today at 5:00 pm mountain standard time.  The current high bid is $150.  If you'd like to see it, or bid, just scroll down to last Monday's post.

238 - Canada Goose

5" x 7" oil study on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.

SOLD

A Mourning Dove for Today's Oil Study

I spent the day working on commissions and had enough time left to do a little study.  I haven't done a dove in a long time - so today's study is a Mourning Dove.  Now I have the itch to paint an Inca Dove - maybe tomorrow, we'll see. 

237 - Mourning Dove

5" x 7" oil study on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.

SOLD

Two Commissions

I've just finished this 10" x 8" oil of a finch for a client.  It's been sitting in the studio half-finished for a month or more while I decided what it needed.   My paintings always work out better if I don't rush them.  Once the piece is about 80% finished,  I lean it against the wall in the studio for a couple of days.  Sometimes I know within a day or two what needs to be done to finish it - other times it will take a month or more as with this piece.

This second commission is a 12" x 16" of black-billed magpies, and is at the lean-it-against-the-wall stage.  When a painting is at this stage, I also photograph so it can flip it horizontally in Photoshop...the equivalent of looking at it in the mirror.  If I like the flipped or mirror image - I know it is working.

This is my third attempt at this painting.  I've discovered that magpies aren't easy birds to work into a composition because of the long tail and the dramatic black and white markings but I'm happy with this composition.   Once the brush and birds are tweaked a little, it will be finished.

I'm hoping to do a little 75 for $75 study before the end of the day.  Stay tuned!

Today's Study is a Female Wood Duck

I really like this little study.  It has a bit of detail around her face but the rest of the duck is just suggested - I way I like to paint, plus I like the right-up-the-middle composition.

236 - Female Wood Duck

7" x 5" oil study on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.

An Egret for Today

Today's 5" x 7" oil study for my 75 for $75 project is an egret.  It was inspired by the Blackwater Refuge in Cambridge, Maryland - where I saw a dozen or more egrets feeding in a small marshy area of rust colored grasses and reeds.  The image has stuck in my brain so I had to paint it.

235 - Egret

5" x 7" oil study on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.

SOLD

Today's Oil Study - A Western Bluebird

I'm trying hard to get back into the 75/75 mode but I've got an upcoming show in Charleston in a couple of weeks, so it's hard to find the time to work on my studies.

Today's little oil is a Western Bluebird.  I like the way his little feet repeat the shapes of the barbed wire.

234 - Western Bluebird

7" x 5" oil study on board, unframed

$75 plus $6 shipping within the U.S.

 

SOLD

The Ears Have It

I painted this little guy for my 75 for $75 project.  I posted it here but decided to keep it for an upcoming show in Charleston, rather than sell it for $75.  I've had so many requests to purchase it, I've decided to try something new.  I'm selling The Ears Have It on a silent auction.  Most art collectors are familiar with this type of auction but if you're not, I'll explain it.

If you would like to bid on the this little oil, then click on 'COMMENTS'  then enter your bid into the comments section.   Bids starts at $100.  If you are the only bidder, then when the silent auction ends, the bunny is yours.  If others have placed a bid, you can scroll through the comments to see the latest bid.  Please bid in $15 increments.   If you have trouble placing a bid in the comment section, email me and I'll post your bid for you.  www.AdeleEarnshaw@gmail.com  

The silent auction will end on Friday, January 27th at 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time. If you have the highest bid, the painting is yours!  I'll notify you by email - and I'll also post it here.   Good luck!  I hope this little rabbit finds a nice home.

The Ears Have It

7" x 5" oil study on board, unframed

Silent auction price plus $6 shipping

SOLD