A Couple of Acrylic Paintings

A Scene from the Abiqui Campground

9" x 12"

acrylic on canvasboard

I loved how the cloud bank was riding along the ridge.

"Solomon Valley Farm Road"

6" x 6"

acrylic on wood

(noticed there is a dry split happening on the surface - but 

not to worry, it's just practice)

An Oil Painting of the Sunrise

"Sunrise 165"

oil on wrapped canvas

11" x 14"

This morning, I gessoed over about 12 used canvases. 

My intention is to have substrates to 'practice' on for portraits.  

Off to a good start!  (Wait a minute - this is a landscape...)

As I was putting away a stack of 'maybe's' - 

this one was still propped up on my easel.

I decided to dive right into it, as I had lots of landscape colors left 

on my palette from the 'wolf' painting.

This is a sunrise on my dirt farm road.  I loved the colors in the sky. 

One thing I need to say about Kansas - it has sunrises and sunsets

like no other. 

This one really caught me!

WIP - An Oil Painting of a Cottonwood

This Cottonwood tree lives up the farm road - out on the edge of a crop field. I have wanted to paint it for a long time - but was wary of it - so many branches.

Well, these past two weeks I have been tackling it.

I have a little bit more to do before I am satisfied with it.

It is 20" x 20" on my OWN stretched canvas.  I say OWN in caps, because I finally got around to it (used to do it exclusively back in 'the day') - been wanting to for a long time, much more economical and I have that control over it's quality.  Check back soon for it's final photo.