Lavender Fields

Lavender Fields

Oil on canvas

The lavender fields of Ojai California seemed like a good subject for this time of year.   

Walking among the flowers calming fragrance you can almost imagine yourself in the fields of Provence France.

Far Vista

Far Vista

My painting "Far Vista" is an impression of what I saw on a recent hike.     

The painting was done entirely with palette knives on a toned canvas.   

I made a short video showing "How I start my palette knife paintings"
and hope to have it up on Instagram  Far Vista once it is finished!     

Wish me Luck!

Almost There

I painted this Palette knife painting while looking at another painting I have done.  

They were the same subject,  the big difference was the format.  

The first painting was a 6x12 inches, and this canvas is 8X8 inches. 

 This is the first time I have tried to do something like this, painting using one of my own paintings for a subject. 

 I found out the same subject, done in a different format needs some changes for the overall design to work!  

So it didn't turn out to be a copy after all, but an happy original!

 8x8    Oil on Canvas   $75.00   

Thunder Bird

Ok, why the title?  When I took the photo and turned it to black-and-white, a Thunderbird appeared in the sky!  What could I do?  I had to give this Spirit credit.

What did I learn today?  This is the second painting for this panel!  I have had trouble in the past, seeing that I needed to scrape a painting.   Instead of being afraid to scrape and begin again, doing it was freeing!  Not everything will work and not every painting is a keeper.

           8x8  Oil on Panel     "Thunder Bird"    $75.00