Water Woman

Today I took a welcome break from still lifes and painted out at a park. I got to meet up with the gals I spent last summer painting with and it was just great. The weather was pleasant and I was in good company.  And I knocked out a painting in a timely manner. 

Little Tree

I'm at it again. It's hard to commit to painting every day for 30 days and, historically, I haven't done well in September. (Can't believe it's September!) But, I will end up painting more than I would otherwise and that means I might figure some things out and get better.  I'm having a struggle with myself at the moment, so we'll see which side wins. This is a little tree across the street from where I live. I've always had empathy for it.  When it was a baby, I saw a little girl try to break it. That is why it's slanted to this day.  Trees are like people in so many ways.

Cold Catalpa

The sun is shinning! I decided to take a break from still lifes and look out the window. Catalpa trees look downright tropical when they are blooming and have dangling seedpods. It's hard to believe such a tree could grow here, or would want to. The sun is making everything sparkle, but is is still only 16 degrees.

Key Largo Sunset

I'm not one to paint a sunset. Such a cliche, you know. But someone on FB gave me  the idea of using the Daily Paintworks challenges as ideas for paintings and I kind of like that.  And it's good to paint the things you avoid. This is inspired from a photo taken last summer.

Winter Light

This was inspired by a photo that Julie Aune posted a while ago.  In light of all the snow the east coast has gotten, it seemed appropriate.  I loved Julie's photo because I could just imagine her looking out at this scene somewhere in St. Peter. 

Not to always be making excuses for not painting, but yesterday, right when I was about to set up, I got an automated phone call from fraud prevention that let me know my credit card had been hacked. It's great that the fraud prevention works, but it messed up my schedule a little bit. I've recovered, every thing's fine and now - get to the paint!

Solitary Season

A landscape inspired from a photo and from the weather channel.  "Feels like -27!" Good practice painting with limited values.