Oak Illinois Park Windsor Florida 7/10/2010

16 x 20  oil

Great Blue Heron

11 x 14 stretched canvas

Roses

well I decided to try to be more expressive with a rose painting. I'm working on strokes and using lots of color.

this painting is 16 x 20 on stretched canvas,

Across the Lake

I did this is a painting from a photo I took at the work shop I did a couple of weeks ago.
Still learning to be expressive,,

Yellow Roses

This is an 11 x 14 stretched  canvas.

For the Love of the sea

You know  l love the sea. I was raised  in Hawaii and  Ocean Beach, Ca.  I love the ocean and don't get to go and enjoy it as much as I would like to. Today I painted by " Memory ". No photo.  I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I did painting it.

I'm working hard on learning to be loose and making my brush strokes exciting. I hope you find some interesting work in this painting.

                                                  

Work Shop w/ Mary Jane Volkmann

This weekend I attended  a work shop given by Mary Jane Volkmann.  This is a little study I did. I set up at the end of a dock and decided to paint fast and free.  This is the results. I am also posting the photo of the bird house as I saw it.  There were blue birds going in and out of the house. It was neat!


Here is the photo

Pallet Knife only

I did this painting with a pallet knife only. This is my exercise to work with the right side of my brain and telling the left side to "take a hike" LOL

This is a learning process for me..

Mother's Day

I was thinking about Mother's day and painted these roses for my mom. She is not alive but if she was I would give them to her. Hope you enjoy this painting.

Too Hot to paint Plein Air so a floral was what I did today.

My goal is to paint expressively. I decided to do a floral. Sunflowers were my choice.  I only used one brush and a pallet knife.  I have to say it was fun not worrying about making it look detailed and perfect.