Sunflowers

I have posted these sunflowers on the daily paintworks site.  They are imaginatively named Sunflower 1 and Sunflower 2. They are both 6x6 and $100.00 each- on cradled panels and ready to hang.
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Tangled Trees at Sunset

Now that we are in the between Fall/beautful color stage and the winter/beautiful snow stage, I find it hard to be inspired at the ranch.  So, I have decided to try to paint in the late afternoon and try to get the sunset colors of the landscape.  Most of the trees at the ranch are knarled and just plain messy.  This is a desert after all and they only get water when it rains,( not very often), snows or floods by the river.  In other words- they have had an extremely rough life.  I tried to get this down as quickly as I could but sunsets are just quick-- soon I was standing in the dark and everything had changed quite drastically.  It was kind of like being at a party and leaning over to tie your shoe and standing up to see that you are the only one left in the room.  I will try some more late afternoon paintings over there soon.

Hearts and Stars

As I have been in Denver for a large amount of the week and will be taking Erin back on Thursday, I haven't been plein air painting as much as I would like. I decided to try to get a small painting done for the Hearts and Stars benefit to end homelessness in Taos. The largest size of painting that they will take is an 8x10 so I painted this- it is a small copy of an 18x24 that I have hanging in my studio and I would have like to have made it a 9x12 but I still like it- now I will have to get another one finished within a week or so...