First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR for 2015!

The above is an oil painting, 18x14 inches.  A bronco-riding cowboy at a rodeo in Colorado.

After living here for many years I finally got to the rodeo circuit this summer, and was very impressed with the skill and courage of the participants.  It also provided a great many painting ideas, as there are many dramatic moments in the course of an afternoon at the rodeo.  Most of the bronco-riders and bull-riders end up in a position like this rider (who after a direct trip to the ground immediately got up, brushed himself off and walked off the field unharmed)

I call the painting "Game Over".

Oil Painting, 18 x 14 inches

A scene in downtown Chicago, just east of "the Loop".  The view is to the west and the overpass in the middle distance is the train track for the loop trains.

A couple of posts ago I showed a painting I had made from the complementary colors red and green...this painting is the same idea, but the complementary colors are yellow and violet.