“Twilight”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
I started this painting just before the sun went down and I continued until it was too dark to tell what colors I was mixing…

I work en plein air, out in the countryside.
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“Sun Strokes”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
This field patiently waits for the cattle to be put to pasture to be complete. As it is mostly a hay field, the cattle only appear after the hay, and then just a week or so to visit. Completion is short, but oh so sweet…
“Creek Sunset”,, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
Just as yesterday’s painting was an opportunity to capture a fleeting moment, so was today’s. I came upon both scenes right as the sun set, grabbed my tools and painted into the darkness, trying to catch both the sky’s afterglow and the accompanying reflections on the surface of the water…
“After Hours”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
This is a location I have visited over and over in the day time trying to pull a painting out of. Really, all it took was to arrive at mosquito feeding time to see the mantle of the evening’s light clothe the seascape in queenly splendor…