Waiting For Bluebirds

Last week I planned to paint with the Castle Rock Plein Air group. As simple as it looked on the map I never did find them. So I drove northeast to find someplace to paint. Jon had pointed out a few places at different times, so just before reaching Parker I headed up a gravel road onto a platte & found this view. These are the last of my 8" x 10" panels.

 

Diptych on 8" x 10" panels     Oil on canvas      $550 

Sonoma Desert

My sister & I spent a few days in Sonoma Arizona last month.  We stayed in a lovely bed & breakfast  at the entry to Saguaro National Park. The desert plants were just amazing. I expected to finish more paintings, but this is it. We wished we could have stayed longer.

 

9" x 12"       Oil Painting        $550

Cache La Poudre River

I painted with Ft Collins PAAC group last week. It is a bit of a drive from Denver, but made a perfect opportunity to visit Judson's Guerrilla art store and paint with a group. They are a friendly, welcoming group of artists. Still working on these small supports I did the diptych again. I like this challenge.

 

8" x 20" Double panel        Oil Painting         $475

Castlewood Canyon, Winter

Last  week many plein air  Colorado artists  met  at  Castlewood Canyon state park. The wind was frigid

so we could not linger. The only canvas' I have left are samller, so I put two 8" x 10" together. I wished I could have worked a little more on this to clarify some things, but, I like the looseness. 

 

8" x 20" divided panels      Oil Painting       $475

Buffalo Park

Plein Air Artists Colorado met at Buffalo Park in Evergreen, Colorado yesterday. I climbed a small hill for a see-through view of the mountains. The rocks are a lovely shade of green from the lichen. The sun seldom reaches some of those shaded areas where bits of snow linger.

 

16" x20"        Oil on canvas         SOLD

DeKoevend

Six PAAC painters met in DeKoevend Park at Centenial, Colorado, for this week's Denver "paint out".  The mountains were even more dramatic that usual, with recent snowfall. I sat on top of a picnic table to get my feet off the snow pack. I dressed warm, but the sun was so bright it felt hot as an oven. It had been my plan to paint over another painting. However, I neglected to take my palette knives, so note the brushwork!

 

9" x 12"       Oil Painting         $675

Deer Creek Canyon, South Valley

PAAC painted in Deer Creek Canyon last week. Nature's stacking & outcroppings of brilliant red rock is a wonder. I could paint here every day the rest of the year.

 

11" x 14"   Oil Painting    SOLD