Across the Pond

"Across the Pond"
8" x 10"
Oil on canvas panel

This is my second plein air painting from Sunday morning.  It was a larger format and a closer view of the shore across the pond.  

I'm leaving Illinois for a week to paint with more new people.  I'm driving to Iowa to attend the Andrew Orr workshop in South English, Iowa.  I hope to be able to post, but I'm not sure what my capabilities will be.  Left to my own devices, and a rickety old laptop, I may not figure it out. But when I return in July, I'll have lots of things to post and hopefully a new enthusiasm and honed skills for landscapes.

Carol

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Daniel Wright Revisited

"Daniel Wright Revisited"
6" x 8"
Oil on canvas panel

Sunday morning was sunny, warm, clear and the only day in June my friends were free to paint en plein air with me. Ed and I dropped off my dog at the groomer on the way and met Alan in the parking lot of the forest preserve. Met him — for the first time! Just as I had met Ed for the first time last month when we painted together. We three chose subject matter near one another and painted a total of five paintings in about three hours. Storms darkened the afternoon skies, but by then we were each back to the normalcy of our own lives.  

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Green

"Green"
4" x 4"
Oil on canvas panel

Springtime in Illinois, a cold and wet three months, is now behind us. Yet the vegetation in my area seems to have liked it a lot more than the humans. The trees are thriving, lawns are thick and lush and there are fifty shades of ... green everywhere I look. 

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Sunset Shed

"Sunset Shed"
6" x 8"
Oil on canvas panel 

Tucked in amongst the trees was an out building, a shed of some sort, on the edge of the property.  It wasn't a dwelling, as it had no windows. It may have been used as storage for fenceposts and wire needed at that end of the acreage. 

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Dog Walk

"Dog Walk"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas panel

I walked my dog this morning and was keenly aware of the many colors of green and red present in the trees and bushes in my neighborhood. I was taken by the careful planning someone did to insure that my community looks beautiful. 

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Little Lily

"Little Lily"
6" x 8"
Oil on canvas panel

I find comfort when I paint Little Lily Lake. She's an intimate lake that reflects mirror-like images early in the morning when I pass her once a week. I appreciate her gentle demeanor on days like today when I am thankful to have photographed her shimmering face numerous times.  

I prepare for my landscape workshop, coming up in just over a week. My excitement is building.

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Field of Dreams

"Field of Dreams"
6" x 8"
Oil on canvas panel  

There aren't many undisturbed fields near where I live, so when I see one, I photograph it. I grew up in rural southern Michigan where my parents purchased land from a dairy farmer.  They built a home for the eight of us with their own hands, while milk cows grazed. Not until the last of six parcels sold did the fences come down and the cows find new homes.  

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