Road to the River - Work In Progress
24 x 30 oil on prepared board.
Normally I paint Alla Prima (all in one sitting), but I just didn’t have time to finish this one. I hope to get back at it this weekend and wrap it up. It feels good to do some larger paintings. I have been focusing on smaller works lately!
Father, Son’s and Guns!
These were some of the first views as I stepped out of the tent on our father, son’s and guns camp out this past fall. The beauty in Texas is incredible!
The first painting is 16 x 16 oil in prepared board. The second is 12 x 26 oil on prepared board. I tried to really loosen up on the second painting.
Morrison Farmstead Plein Air
This is a little Plein Air study that I did of the Morrison Farmstead. I really love old architecture!
9 x 10 oil on canvas taped to masonite board
Morris Farmstead
I have been working on painting more like the human eye sees. We can not focus on everything all at once! Our eye focuses just around the point we at which we are looking. Everything in our peripheral vision is out of focus, therefore I am starting to paint more that way. Actually I over emphasized it in this winter picture of the Morris Farmstead (built in 1856) in historic Montgomery Texas. It is a lot of fun to try and paint this way. It is tough to find the right level of completeness in the out of focus areas! That fine line between leaving something impressionistic or just looking unfinished.
Enjoy!
Qiang Huang Workshop
I attended a Qiang Huang (Chong Wong) workshop over the weekend and had a great time learning from this great painter! This is one of the paintings I did at the workshop. I learned a lot from him and would highly recommend his workshops. Fine out more about Qiang at his blog.
