Red Barn Clouds Painting Rural Landscape Contemporary

"Backdrop of Clouds"
 6"x6" oil on panel.

 I have painted this barn from so many angles and during different times of the day in different weather. With these factors the experience is never same.

Alaska Mountain Landscape Painting Oil Contemporary

"Alaskan Wilderness"

6"x6" oil on panel.  Mountain stream

Christmas Wishes Painting Boy Christmas Tree Child

"Christmas Wishes"

6"x6" oil on panel.

Merry Christmas To You and Your Family! God Bless

Barn Painting 9x12 Rural Landscape Old Truck Contemporary Impressionism

"Greener Pastures" 12"x9" oil on canvas. As you see, this is a highly textured painting. I love how it adds to the feel of this landscape with the old broken down truck. A lot of farms seem to have an old truck "put to pasture". Merry Christmas Eve.

Sunset Clouds Ocean Painting Contemporary Impressionism

"Happy Hour"
 6"x6" oil on panel.

 Drink or no drink this is a happy hour on the beach.

Hereford Cow Painting Contemporary Impressionism Cattle

"Morning Rush Hour"
 6"x6" oil on panel.

No rush here on this peaceful morning. I ran out of time before the sun went down leaving me with some poor pictures of this painting. I will post a new one soon.

Cow Painting Cattle Original Art Contemporary Landscape

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"Herd on the Horizon" 6"x6" oil on panel. I really enjoy the "alla prima" wet in wet process. It keeps the painting fresh, not bogged down. The essence of the moment captured in minimal brushstrokes.

Contemporary Winter Landscape Painting Snow Ridge Hill Twilight

"North Light"
6"x6" oil on panel.

A winter landscape inspires many artists whether they are a painter, writer, poet or musician. I had fun simplifying the details and focusing on the subtle value changes and neutral warm and cool colors of the snow in the dimming twilight.

Indiana Fields Contemporary Impressionism Landscape Painting

"Soybean Fields"
6"x6" oil on panel.

Once in a while I will have a day where I spend more time trying to figure out what I want to paint than I actually spend time painting. I think this happens if I get in a rut. This explains why somedays I will paint cow after cow and then all of a sudden I throw in a beach scene or some other subject matter. Most days I just start painting shortly after I enter the studio. Otherwise, I would have a whole lot of nothing! I have had a few people ask me how do I find time to paint everyday. I recently responded in one of my posts: "I don't know. I wish I could paint more :) but I am grateful when I do. Somedays the laundry piles up and the dust bunnies unite. I heard a saying once, "the less time you have, the more you get done" I find this very true.

Mother and Child Beach Painting Contemporary Impressionism

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"Baby's Firsts" 6"x6" oil on panel. Baby's first time at the ocean. One New Year's Resolution I am going to set for myself is to paint more children. Considering I have a house full of them I will never be short of this subject matter.