Cloud Kisses

"Cloud Kisses"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas panel

A bank of puffy clouds kissed the springtime sky like the soft, sweet lips of lovers.  Gentle breezes blew them across the hills and valleys of the countryside, tickling their way from one end of the county to the other.

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Morning Dew

"Morning Dew"

Verdant fields, glazed with dew-covered Queen Anne's Lace, emitted a pungent fragrance of carrots as the morning sun rolled across the hills.  

I'm wrapping up a string of house portraits from a flurry of sales during the spring market. While I paint commission pieces I'll offer another sky painting for your viewing pleasure. 

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Daniel Wright Pond

"Daniel Wright Pond"
10" x 10"
Oil on hardboard

I painted today in the Daniel Wright Woods with friends. The week had been cold and grey, but this morning for our first excursion into painting en plein air, the universe saw fit to grant us a day worthy of our efforts.  Sun shone on the trees, the algae rimming the pond and our skin when we got to take off our jackets.

I hadn't painted outdoors in a year and a half. I felt clumsy and untrained. What was I thinking?  But that's the point. I need to get comfortable painting outdoors for the workshops I'll be taking in Iowa and Indiana this season.  I'll find my way back to my roots... painting the many shades of green indicative of summer in Illinois.

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Walleye Heaven

"Walleye Heaven"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard 

When my friend saw this painting, he exclaimed, "Walleye Heaven."  A fisherman, for certain, that man! 

This sky painting doesn't fit the criteria for my panel of them that I'll be assembling for my show in July.  The horizon is to high, but Ken liked it, it must be just right.

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Raspberry Pansy

"Raspberry Pansy"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas

Pansies are thriving in the coolness of our spring in Illinois this year. I've seen and photographed many new specimens for my painting pleasure, including this raspberry colored one, that looked good enough to ... eat. 

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Crescent Rollers II

"Crescent Rollers II"
6" x 30"
Watercolor on paper 

Here is another painting of mine that I found at a collector's home a couple of weeks ago.  I remember painting it on a long scrap of Arches watercolor paper.  

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Orchid Sisters

"Orchid Sisters"
22" x 30"
Watercolor on paper

The orchid sisters struck their pose in front of a tangle of stripes, never thinking for a moment that she'd snap their photo. 

Here's one of my vintage watercolors for your enjoyment while I continue to paint commission house portraits.

Carol

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