152 Farm Pond with Cedars 2

Part 2 of the previous post. Why a diptych (two separate paintings meant to show as one)? I was anxious to start a painting of the farm. I was deeply involved in finishing commissioned painting, so I decided to do a more intimate size painting, but the proportions of the canvas just wouldn't work. I happened to have two canvases on the easel at the time, so, "Why not a diptych?" The two paintings as shown together below.

Farm Pond Cedars II
4 x 6 Oil on Canvas
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This painting can be matched with the next painting in the project, Farm Pond Cedars II to form a diptych. Here's a preview with tomorrow's paintings

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151 Farm Pond and Cedars I

A farm near Oxford. Rows of cedars along the fence line. Rolling hills. I have driven past this farm for nearly twenty years. The small conical cedars growing along the fence have become large trees. A couple of houses have been added but it remains a gem in the landscape of North Carolina.

Farm Pond Cedars I
4 x 6 Oil on Canvas
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This painting can be matched with the next painting in the project, Farm Pond Cedars II to form a diptych. Here's a preview with tomorrow's paintings

Each painting is an original, one of a kind. Once it's sold, it is gone. Click on the button above to pay with paypal or credit card.
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Continue on this journey with me and see what's in store for tomorrow.

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148 Pasture at Dawn

This painting is the second of the "memory" paintings. I am trying to capture the colors and clouds in the morning light. The cloud shapes are constantly changing. It's worse than a seascape, as waves have a regularity to them. Though constantly moving, the waves basic shape stays the same. As the sun rises and sets, the morning and evening light changes color and intensity by the minute. The closer to the horizon, the quicker the change.

The painting was done from some notes and scribbled lines I jotted down as the sun rose. It wasn't until a few days later that I actually painted it. Have you ever found notes that you wrote to yourself, and wondered what in the heck you were trying to say? Well, after a lapse of a couple of days, those color notes and squiggly lines didn't convey all the information that they did when I wrote them.

But it is still early in this project. I will try make up some abbreviations for colors and values, and standardize the lines. One type for hard edges, another for soft edges. And a few other shorthand notes.

Here is the sketch and notes for this painting

Pasture at Dawn
4 x 6 Oil on Canvas
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146 Summer Road

A dirt road through the fields, soybeans I think, old oak tree and a log tobacco barn in the afternoon summer sun. My antidote to cold grey winter days.

Summer Road
4 x 6 Oil on Canvas
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144 Dawn

This painting began as an exercise. Since all painting is from memory, you are either looking at the canvas or what you are painting. You can get an overall view if you step back a ways and look at the canvas in the landscape, but when it comes to looking at a specific shape or form you can only concentrate on one at a time. I was sitting in the studio yesterday morning as the sun rose. I did a rough sketch and made some color notes, such as "light blue fading to dull orange", while atrying to remember the scene. I painted it this evening, and am happy with it.

Dawn
4 x 6 Oil on Canvas
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131 Sycamore by Paddock at Keeneland

As you might have noticed my paintings are not always about the obvious subject. At the horse shows, I don't paint a beautiful going over a jump, but the view over an old fence to the barns behind the ring.

My trip to Keeneland in Lexington, KY was not during the seasons, but between. There were still horses around, but the atmosphere was quiet. Here is a painting of the old sycamore tree at the paddock in the morning light. In the background are statues of jockeys painted in the colors of the race winners.

Sycamore at Keeneland

4 x 6 Oil Painting

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129 Blowing Rock View down from the Wall

This second painting from my latest trip to Blowing Rock zooms in a bit more on the trees on the ridges of the mountains. The sunlight coming over the mountain catches on spots of gold and orange trees.

I tried taking photos from the car while driving down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Since I was unable to stop at the most interesting spots, I resorted to just pointing the camera in the general direction and pressing the shutter button. I was pleasantly suprised at the results. I was even able to catch a couple of cows in some shots.

View down from "The Wall"

4 x 6 Oil on canvas

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126 Blowing Rock View from Wall

I was back in Blowing Rock in the NC mountains this past week. The leaves had turned color, some were gone and the mountains were blue and grey with spots of orange, gold, red and of course, green pines and hemlocks. I set up the easel down the road from the horse show grounds at "The Wall" a popular spot for drinking wine in the summer.

The two paintings I did became almost abstract as focused on painting just a small part of the hillsides.

View from Wall

4 x 6 Oil on canvas

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