Walk Around the Pond

"Walk Around the Pond"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard 

The leaves are turning and tumbling in Chicago's Morton Arboretum, near where I live. They are bright in the sunlight, and washed clean from the rain we had earlier in the week. A nippy breeze made the pond sparkle as I walked around the perimeter with lots of other people. 

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Last Rose of Summer

"Last Rose of Summer"
24" x 24"
Oil on wrapped canvas

As the last of the white roses bloomed along the picket fence, I waited two days for this one to reach the perfect stage of burgeoning.  Then the sun cooperated by gracing the tips of her petals.  She's a large and lovely addition to my gallery of roses. 

I started this painting several weeks ago, but just couldn't figure out how to finish her. I forced myself to do it tonight, though. And I'm pretty happy with the results.

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Tree Line

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A slit of light shone between the leafy tips and the land out at the tree line bordering the two fields. Deer kept the trees pruned to a consistent level, so light could blast through the space between the trunks. Good tree lines make good neighbours.  Robert Frost would have agreed. 

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Beach Sky

"Beach Sky"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

The residual palette of morning's splendour was about to be washed from the yawning clouds hovering over this sandy shore. A few blinks later they were cleansed to a pristine white. 

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Still Hanging

"Still Hanging"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

The sun dangled over the farm in those final moments before day faded to night. It posed between silo and pine like a bowling ball about to roll between a bedpost split. 

I'm not a bowler, but I do like the picturesque terminology presented above.  The 7-10 split is also called a goalpost split, which may appeal to some more than others.

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Flat Bottoms

"Flat Bottoms"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

The clouds in my zip code are trying on the garments of the next season. They are darker and heavier than the billowy summer frocks of the last quarter.  Soon that dark will be too heavy to carry and it'll be tumbling toward the ground in six-pointed crystals. I can't even type the word. Not on the first of October. Nope. I can't do it. 

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Flower Fields

"Flower Fields"
12" x 16"
Acrylic on canvas panel

My heart is back at the flower fields again tonight. I didn't put away my acrylics, and I had a panel gessoed, ready to go, so here's a sunnier take on what I posted on Friday.  I think I'd like to visit a place where something other than soybeans and grain grow in the fields.  Care to join me?  Let's...  

Some friends have asked why I paint this style in acrylic. It's a knife painting, so I smear color pretty thick to begin with. Then when it's dry the next layer, usually a variation of the first layer, is applied over the texture, like buttering a toasted English muffin.  I like to paint the crusty ridges.  Oil paint takes too long to dry. I would end up blending the colors instead of applying them one on top of the other. I'm also still trying to use up my acrylic paints from when I was a mural painter. It may take a while.  A long while. I was well-stocked.  

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