Thaw

"Thaw"
!2" x 12"
Pastel on canvas panel

Remnants of earth poked through the moth-eaten blanket of snow when the temperature lolled above freezing for two consecutive days. 

This scene from near where I live was painted on a black canvas through which the weave and some of the black shone through. I actually forgot to apply clear gesso to the canvas, but I didn't notice any adverse differences until I realized the brush next to the gesso bottle was still pristine. Oops.  My experimentation continues.

Carol

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Glazed

"Glazed"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas 

There are nearly a dozen solo silos whose barns are long-since gone on my way to my critique class.. The ice-glazed snow this past week made some of them ... strikingly lovely.  

Snow and ice almost always dictate a high key painting—light in value.  

Carol

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Algid and Aloft

"Algid and Aloft"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

I think this is how it would look from the cockpit of a Cessna 172 around 5:13 in the morning as I approach my favorite airport in Colorado. It's a dream, of course, I would never fly a Cessna — at that time of day!  

I found a little number 2 shader brush in my stash of about 600 brushes that just loves to paint mountains. You may see more of them underneath my skies in the future.

Carol

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Sentinel

"Sentinel"
10" x 10"
Oil on hardboard

The house was gone, a small barn stood next to the helmeted-sentinel that guarded the edge of the property.  It was cold, too cold to paint on site, so I photographed the shivering duo, and wandered back to the comfort of my warm vehicle.  

December is here. I'm bracing for a long winter.

Carol

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