The Maroon Bells

"The Maroon Bells"
16" x 20"
Acrylic on stretched canvas

It was September, the aspens had changed their green coinage for gold.  The sun zapped orange at the tips of The Maroon Bells and the shadows responded appropriately in an array of violets and purple.  

This is a knife painting I cobbled from a stack of autumn photos of The Maroon Bells peaks in Colorado.  It was a larger painting than I'm used to doing with a knife, but enjoyable.

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Beck's Other Field

"Beck's Other Field"
9" x 12"
Acrylic on canvas panel

The thing I face when I paint summer in the Midwest is handling all the green and blue.  There are lots of shades and values of each in this painting, but it still reads as a green and blue painting.  

Fall is around the corner!  In fact, the large painting I'm working on today is autumn in Colorado.  I hope to finish it this afternoon so I can post it on Friday.

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Beck's Farmland

"Beck's Farmland"
8" x 8"
Acrylic on canvas panel 

I painted en plein air early this morning at Beck's farm while there was still pink on the horizon. The soybeans grew in various shades of green, depending on when they were planted, with a healthy crop of weeds separating them like fences.  

This is a palette knife piece, one of two that I painted in the presence of hummingbirds, crows and hawks.  It was an idyllic meditative day in Hebron, Illinois.

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Favorite

"Favorite"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard 

Of all the ...skyscapes... I've painted in this series, and there is a long line of them, you are my favorite. You have an astounding balance of color, a rock-solid base and a serene quality to your ethereal blues. Is it any wonder why I adore you?

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Rising On the Chanticleer Bay

"Rising On the Chanticleer Bay"
6" x6"
Oil on hardboard 

The red-orange of the rising sun took on a rooster-red glow the morning I wakened to see it for myself.  The Chanticleer Bay was named for its glorious sunrises, but they didn't bode well for the residents. Red sky come morning... take it as warning. 

Another sky while I sort out my... paints.

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Bleeding Heart

"Bleeding Heart"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

The sun rose that morning with more fanfare than the day warranted.  It bled all over the horizon, leaking onto the coastal waters and even tinting a rock or two.  Nobody even saw the orb responsible for this much drama.  

Another sky while my life gets sorted. Or is it sordid?  Either way, you get sky.  :-)  

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Rising From the Depths

"Rising From the Depths"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

Morning is so worth witnessing when there's a place to watch the sun rise from the depths of her nighttime hiding place. She brings with her such dandy colors and patterns and tosses them into the air with reckless abandon.

Sky, sky sky.  Does she know how to paint anything else?   Yes, and she's doing it behind your back.  Wait a few more days and you'll see.  Yikes, I hope so, anyway.

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