Josefina

Finished this one. Not great but I need to give her a copy.

Planting flowers

I have finished this one in time to give a copy to the women in the picture. They are cutting flowers this Saturday.

Flowers for Day of the Dead

Here is the reworked painting...Done?

Flowers for Day of the Dead

This is the second plein day on this one and I realized that the composition leads your eye off the right side of the painting...what can I do to lead you back in?

Fedor Zakharov

This is a small portion and close up of a painting by Fedor Zakharov, a Russian Impressionist, with work at the Beaver Creek Fine Arts Gallery. I just loved his work and I want to paint like that!!! What do you think?

I just gave this 24X20 painting to Ray's mom for her 90th birthday present. I really pushed the thick paint and singular brush strokes on this one. I'm now hoping to start learning and practicing a more "alla prima" approach to painting such as the Russian Impressionists Sergei Bongart and Nicolai Fechin, and contemporaries Richard Schmidt, Steve Allrich, etc. I just love the loose thick paint...the one brushstroke, one sitting approach. I don't have any scheduled shows or birthdays or deadlines approaching, so no excuses.

Flowers in San Antonio

Judith and I went in search of the flowers for Day of the Dead. It led us to a town known for their flowers about an hour drive from Oaxaca. They will begin harvesting the flowers on the 26th of this month.

Josefina again

I am experimenting with this portrait.

Tree revisited

Went out to the fields again and tried to finish this one.

Planting with dog

This is a sketch of a painting that I would like to do on a big canvas.