Comes A Time

Comes a Time
16" x 20", oil, SOLD!

Tree Landscape in Spring

Painted at the park this morning before the heat really set in. This was about 2 hours work on site.

Tree Landscape in Spring
16" x 20", oil, plein air

Runoff

What a glorious day it was today! I stood by the Blue River in downtown Breckenridge to add this to my ever growing river series. Something about standing, painting, listening to the water, that's calming to the soul.

Runoff
16" x 20", oil, plein air

3 new plein air paintings

I did these three while we were on a short vacation to the Smoky Mountains this week. The girls were swimming at a huge indoor waterpark with 1000 other kids, mostly screaming. :) So I took a few breaks and tried to paint some of the natural beauty of the area.

The top one was at the river between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. Talked to quite a few tourists that kept sneaking up behind me. This one I painted with brushes.

The middle one was next, painted with a palette knife. It was on the same river but back into Pigeon Forge next to the Old Mill.

The last one was done next to our hotel. Looking back toward town. Again with a palette knife.

These are the first plein air paintings I've tried with the knife. I liked it. Really made me simplify. Comments are always welcome.

Trees ~ NFS

Oil Pastel on paper, 5.5" x 8.5"