Oil Painting

18 x 14 inches

Sometimes I finish a painting and wish there were more red in it, but here I felt there was just the right amount.

Oil Painting

30 x 22 inches

A street scene in France. Recently I reworked some paintings where I felt the big-shape composition was good but the light, color and some of the small shapes were not. The two images above are the before-and-after...top before and lower image after. Sometimes I only rework a certain area, such as making the sky or sunlit sides of buildings lighter...but here I reworked everything, also making some of the dark shapes darker, redefining a lot of the small shapes such as the doorways and shuttered windows, and re-positioning most of the figures. I rework probably fewer than 5% of my paintings...I like to go from start to finish in one painting session, but sometimes one has to admit that a painting could be better with a little more work. With the above painting, I spent one day painting it and another reworking it...the 2 days were roughly a year apart.

Oil Painting
30 x 40 inches
A summer scene in the midwest. I hope to get these postings going again on a more regular basis...I got out of the habit while traveling recently. I have been back for almost a month and painting a lot!

Oil Painting

11 x 14

A midwest farm scene at the height of summer. I called this one "done" at the earliest possible time.

Oil Painting
24 x 30 inches
A scene in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. This is a scene at the end of the day, with just a little sunlight coming between the peaks to the right and hitting the treetops...creating a series of similar sunlit shapes. Colors are mostly cool, emphasizing the warmth of the colors at the sunlit treetops. The study of warm/cool colors has been of particular interest to me lately.

Oil Painting
20 x 16 inches
A street in Albi, France.
I have had some computer problems...I believe they are now fixed, so I should be able to resume postings on a more regular basis.

Oil Painting
24 x 30 inches
A scene in a city park in Barcelona