Poppy

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The poppies are out. This is from my friend Doris's garden. She has a lot of  beautiful flowers, so I may be back

.9 x 2.5 Watercolor on 140 lb. paper

White Rabbits

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Just for fun. Feeling the spring weather and no rain today.

9 x 3.25

Mums in a Teacup

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The sale of this piece will go to the "The Oklahoma Tornado Fundraiser" on the Daily Paintworks site. To bid click here

Darian

This young man is grown now with children of his own. When I was asked to paint this he was grown. I had to paint this from a old photograph. This is not my preferred approach but the client was a good friend.

8 x 10 watercolor on paper

Pink Peony

The peonies are in bloom now. I have several varieties this one is a darker pink but not as many petals

8 x 10 watercolor on paper

Illustrated children's book

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I had not been posting a lot lately. I was asked to illustrate a children's book so I was daily painting. As the readers of this blog know I am not a writer and jumped at the chance to illustrate.The illustrations are watercolor sometimes Photoshopped for editing. It just went to the designer so hopefully in a month it should be available.

Watercolor on paper

North of West Point

I always keep a camera in my car just in case. The clouds were beautiful this day and I combined them with a different scene below

15 x 26 pastel

Hannah at 16

I have to confess this started out as a 7 year old and I got my proportions off. So I named at as how this little girl will look like at 16. We shall see.

6 x 6 oil on Raymar panel

Cedar Tree

Today was a short painting day as the rains came and this was finished from a photo.

6 x 11 Buy

Laughter in Costume

I went to a pioneer village looking for interesting subjects. There were many demonstrators, but this one scene appealed to me more. I started a painting of one of the demonstrators making bread and never finished it. 

8 1/2 x 13 oil on gessoed paper Buy

Popcorn night

Saturday night I decided to have popcorn which lead to this painting. I guess I view everything as a possible painting.

8 x 8 oil on Raymar panel

Spring 2013 Magnolia

This was painted from a photo. I have been busy with a commission and missed plein air painting. 

8 x 8 oil on canvas click here to buy

Clouds over Skunk River

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I have painted this in a larger format and it just doesn't work. So I went back to smaller to work things out.

6 x 8 Oil on Canvas on masonite.

Road to the Flats

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6 x 8 oil on canvas

Cattle Pasture

Yesterday was a great day for plein air painting, but I have commissions to finish. This was from a photo I took last year around this time.

6 x 8 Oil on canvas panel.

Trumpet Vine

I started this as a watercolor. I was not happy with it and making drastic changes on a transparent watercolor is beyond my capacity. I then painted 2 coats of clear gessoe over it and painted it with oil. 

8 x 8 oil over watercolor

Rodeo Park Trail in Winter

6 x 9 Oil on canvas on masonite panel.

White Rose

This was painted for a monochromatic challenge. I used what was left on my palette hoping that would be somewhat gray. 

6 x 6 oil on Raymar panel.

Wilson Lake Snow on the Evergreen

The snow is melted now and I am waiting for warm weather. 

8 x 8 oil on Raymar panel

Winter Stream

I stopped on the bridge to take the reference shoot for this painting. 

6 x 6 Oil on Raymar panel