Grizzly and Salmon

Grizzly and Salmon 6"x6" oil painting.

I had watched a documentary recently on the life cycle of the salmon but was always amazed at the dexterity the bears have at skinning and eating certain parts of the salmon.
 This bear shows his catch off just like a fisherman does.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker 10x8 oil on canvas

One of the benefits of having bird feeders in your yard is its allows you to get close up views of birds you normally wouldn't be able to get that close too in nature. Over time you learn behavior traits identification markings and its fun watching their antics as they jostle for food.

Autumn Landscape Core Creek Park 12x16 acrylic

I finished this painting this weekend that was sitting around for about a year unfinished.
As you can see in the entry in my sketch book I stopped off at the park after work in November 2010.
The light was just right but all I had was my sketch book because I had not planned on going to the park. On afternoons when the light is right sometimes I'll make a small detour to the park to look around.
I'm getting better at attending to unfinished paintings. The painting from the last post was one too.

Almost Gone

With the higher tempertures we are enjoying the snow is just about gone revealing the dormant winter grass. Alot of people don't care for the snow, in the beginning when its new its ok but after a while they tire of it.

Artists look at it differently, snow provides us with new seasonal painting material. After painting the greens of summer and the colors of fall, snow presents us with another challenge, to capture the moods of winter.

Here are my attempts to capture those moods of winter over the years.

Hope you enjoyed these scenes, thanks for looking.

Pat

Coneflowers

Coneflowers 8x10 oil on RayMar canvas panel $118.50 http://patspaintings.etsy.com/

I spotted these flowers while we were working our way around the lake fishing. I liked the way they stood out among the other grasses and flowers there.
Even though we were there to fish my eyes are always looking for little gifts of nature.