Autumn Snow

This acrylic painting is done on a textured surface, so the brushstrokes are emphasized. The background trees are a wonderful blend of warm fall tones set against the cool shadows of the snowy ground.

It measures 9"x12" 

Ellison Park Winter

This is an studio painting of Ellison Park, not too far from our daughter's house. It's a very dramatic piece in acrylic using high contrasts to exaggerate a winter's day. You can feel that COLD ! 

I applied a glazing technique with acrylic medium. So there are lots of transparent layers which show all the subtle colors at play. The focal point is the intersection where the tree meets the orange bush.

Since I love the "square" format, I painted this in that shape. This piece is large for me and it measures 24"x24". It is framed in a contemporary, crisp, black frame.
 

Peek-A-Boo

I was driving at dusk the other day, and saw these incredible colors peeking though all the woods on my street. I memorized the "essence" of the scene and today, I painted it from memory.

The colors were unreal, and made me actually say out loud...."wow". They struck me as eerie yet beautiful at the same time.

I painted this in acrylic over a textured base.