New Work: Edge of the Meadow, oil on canvas, 36 x 60 inches

 

Oil on canvas, 36 x 60 inches, framed.   In the studio, $7500 framed    To purchase

About this oil

I love the way meadows look, the soft flow of the grasses with their glowing colors and that was my attraction to this scene. Compositionally, this is a clean and elegant landscape made from three horizontal bands.

Now to make it interesting, to create a work of art.

There is an abundance of complexity in each band that produces a rhythm and a flow. The colors are more than they seem - numerous variations of blues and yellows invite the eye to move across the canvas and explore the nuances.

It is my challenge to find something attractive in nature and then to attempt to better it on canvas. I am not always successful, but today a good painting was finished, signed and offered to you…a fulfilling day. 

New Work: Cool Moving Up, oil on canvas, 48 x 30 inches

Exhibiting: Saks Galleries, Denver, CO

$6400 framed 

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About this oil:

The snows are just starting to appear here in Denver. They are light and about a week apart, but in the shadows the snow lasts and it gives the landscape those softly glowing blues that influenced this painting.

My urge was to create a simple stand of trees, tall and elegant, emerging out of the blue shadows and this narrow canvas exaggerated the effect.

A number of different cool colors were used in the creation of this scene and as the forest was coming off the brush, a cold stillness was coming forth. It was a great effect but going for more, I added the bit of yellow at the top. That changed everything…

The yellows brought in more light, changed the time of day and allowed a new color, the pinks at the tree tops. Veils of cool blues flow up to the sunlit tree tops and an illusion of continual motion is created because the eye has more to see and continues to scan every part.

It was a wonder to watch it come to life.