Autumn Lineup

 Autumn Lineup  11x14 original oil painting  $224.50 

I usually spend the late fall looking for the last spots of color that are left in a now drab landscape. Its like a treasure hunt, each day that passes gets harder and harder to find some brillant color. And when you finally do it like finding a treasure.

 I found this set of trees at sunrise on Nov 20th  and painted this 5x7 study on location. The sun moves so quickly at this time of morning so  I hurried to catch the shaft of light that lit up the trees.

This is the photo reference I took sitting in my truck BEFORE I started painting.
Sometimes I forget to do this step when I'm in a rush to catch the light.
You can see I edited out some things, the bare tree in the foreground and the blacktop.
I only included the things that re-enforced my initial feelings about the scene, the reason it made me stop.
Everything else is unimportant.

It was a great morning treasure hunting.

Thanks for looking,
Pat

Autumn Morning 8x10 acrylic

Autumn Morning 8x10 acrylic

Fall is right around the corner so I thought I would start with an image I've been wanting to paint for a while. I took the reference pictures for this two years ago,and have thought about this scene off and on every few months. I noticed that happens with some paintings, I have to think about them for a while and then one day something clicks and says you're ready and it flows off the brush.
I'm hoping we have a colorful autumn, so I'll have somrthing to paint in two years!
Enjoy.