More paintings of my month on the road.
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| Beach Walk at Torrey Pines 8x10 oil |
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| Torrey Pines State Park 8x10 oil |
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| Beach Day on Coronado Island 8x10 oil |
Every place was picturesque, sometimes I was able to paint on site but I took many photos as we visited the wonders of Southern California in the San Diego area.
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| Mission Beach 8x10 oil unframed $75 |
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| Kendall Frost Marsh Preserve 8x10 oil SOLD |
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| Mission Bay Harbor 8x10 oil unframed $75 |
I just returned to my studio after a month of taking in the sights around San Diego, Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon. Lots to be inspired to paint.
Happy to be home.Can't believe the nice weather already. I guess spring is just around the corner.
I did take my pochade box with and had a chance to paint onsite at a few places.
Here's some of the places I captured in San Diego.
Balboa Park, a wonderful venue of buildings and gardens.
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| Spanish Village-Balboa Park 8x10 oil |
Mission Bay, where we stayed at an RV park.
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| Mission Bay Morning 8x10 oil |
Riding bicycles to Pacific Beach
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| Pacific Beach Pier 8x10 oil |
So many more places that I just didn't have time to paint. San Diego Safari Zoo, La Jolla Cove, Torrey Pines, Sunset Cliffs just to name a few more.
Lots of paintings coming in the future.
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| Frozen Bottoms 11x14 oil |
This painting is a result of a special invite to paint a view of the Black River Bottoms in Trempealeau for a little winter plein air. Thanks again Ellen for having me.
The sun was out but winter still had it's way with the wind whipping across the lowlands. I had just enough time to get my impression of the frozen waters and barren trees. A little time in the studio afterwards and I finished the painting.
This was my third attempt to paint plein air in the winter. Pretty proud of myself to still have all my fingers and toes.
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| Ice Formations 8x10 oil |
A winters walk along the black river lead me to paint this scene in my studio. At the edge of the river I found these abstract shapes with my cameras zoom. The ice forms interesting shapes from the melting snow, reminding me of the ice caves they talk about in the Apostle Islands. Let your imagination take you there.
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Enough about winter and ice, I don't know about you but I'm ready for spring.
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| Derby Day 8x10 oil |
It was fun taking the time to get out and plein air paint during the 65th Annual Brice Prairie Fishing Derby. I found a spot at Mosey landing, a place that blocked the wind and gave me a view across the ice. I watched eager families come and go. Some even stopped by to see what I was doing and had nice things to say.
Got a lot of photos too of all the interesting methods of traveling on the ice and activities at the warming tent.
After getting the color notes and basic composition for my painting I continued to do some further adjustments when my hands warmed up the next day in my studio.
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| In progress plein air before my hands gave out. |
Some of my paintings inspired by the area around Brice Prairie. Now available at Red Pines Cafe.
Next to Red Pines Bar and Grill W7301 County Rd Z, Onalaska on Brice Prairie.
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| Never Too Cold 8x10 |
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| Golden Evening at Red Pines 8x10 |
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| Blue River 8x10 sold |
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| Deck Sunset at Red Pines 8x10 sold |
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| Another Day on the Lake 8x10 |
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| December Nibbles 8x10 |
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| Yellow Lake Sunset 8x10 |
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| Red Pines Cafe 8x10 |
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| Warm Blankets 8x10 |
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| Back in the Day 8x10 |
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| Dare Devils 8x10 |
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| Across the Pines 8x10 sold |
"Brice Prairie Moments" Book-$50
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| Spring Unfurls 8x10 oil framed |
Here's the framed painting I donated to the Trempealeau Library fundraiser-Into the Woods-A Taste of Trempealeau coming up Sunday February 23 from 4-6:30
I love the spring ephemeral flowers I find in the the woods at Perrot State Park. Depicted are the blood root flowers that unfurl in early spring, one among many blooms to not miss.
Thanks to Peg for her support of my art in the past She has been a great supporter of my art. Happy to continue to support the Shirley M. Wright Memorial Library and the efforts of librarians to keep the information flowing.
More details on the event at https://swmlibrary.org>events
Another month and another full moon. Last night I tried to get the full moon rising. The cloudy sky hid my objective, fortunately the eveni...
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