High Country

High Country
Painting No. A-1-12
Forestdale Divide, Alpine County, Ca
8"x 10", oil on linen panel
January 27, 2012

This is a small studio painting based on plein air paintings of this area.

Pushing North

Painting No. 157
Pushing North
18"x 36" oil on canvas
January 10, 2012

Studio painting based on several smaller works.

New Year's Eve 2011

Painting No.156
New Year's Eve 2011
Bently Ranch
Minden, Nevada
8"x 8", oil on linen
December 31, 2011

Strong beautiful color on these warm winter afternoons. I passed this site several times over a week before finally stopping.
Here's to a solid year of great paintings!

Sunday Afternoon

Painting No. 155
Sunday Afternoon
9" x 12", oil on linen panel
Dec. 30, 2011

This is a horse and rider study for a larger painting that includes some of the same elements.
I like to workout the shadow/light and color contrast aspects in smaller works before launching into something 3x this size.