Adventures in plein air.

Unfortunately, this painting excursion didn't pay off.  The sun came up behind the clouds.  At least the ice coffee was good.

Summer Sunset 04

Texas sunset on a Saturday night. Probably the most tonalist of all my paintings.

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South Texas Clouds

Plein air cloud study over south Texas.

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Summer Sunset 03

I really like sunsets because you can paint in full light until it gets dark.  With sunrises I'm using small LED lights attached to my easel.

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Summer Sunset 02

Starting to do more sunsets now that it's getting earlier.

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Summer Sunrise 15

Try not to over complicate things and just let the creativity flow.

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Summer Sunrise 14

Just in case you missed today's sunrise.

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Summer Sunrise 13

Painted this morning, that soft warm light giving way to the day ahead.

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Summer Sunset 01

Arrived just in time to catch a beautiful abstract sunset.  It didn't take me long to finish this because every paintstroke was inspired by the view in front of me. Pure joy in creating this.

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Sunrise Study - South Texas 3

Painted from life.  Every morning I have my plein air dog with me.  He likes to get out and sniff around.  He then gets back in the front seat and takes a nap as I paint.

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Summer Sunrise 12

Stayed at home today and painted in the front yard.  I moved out to the country so there are trees all around.

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Summer Sunrise 11

I now carry a frame with me when I paint outdoors.  It helps me decide if the painting is finished or not.  It also protects it on the way home. 

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Summer Sunrise 10

Beautiful sunrise yesterday morning.

Yellow Onions

Really tried to capture the light.  That's the goal of every painting.

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Yellow Roses Study

The pure joy of living in the moment, creating art.  Painted from life.

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Sunset Colors

 One of my favorites. I drove out to Canyon Lake, TX. It's pretty rural out there.  I've actually done a few paintings out here. This night everything clicked and I brought home this stunning sunset.

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Alizarin and Copper Study

Study of two of my favorite still life props.

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Summer Sunrise 09

This was interesting.  Before I drove out I looked at the cloud cover and the moonlight and saw it was very cloudy.  At this point I make a decision to go out or stay in.  I decided to go out knowing some form of inspiration will hit me at some point.  Well, it did and I'm so happy I decided to go out when otherwise I would have just given up.

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Summer Sunrise 08

Painted from life.  When you wake up with a purpose to get something accomplished, the world opens up to make that happen.

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Summer Sunrise 07

Painted from life.   Getting up early has it's rewards.  The challenge is getting out there.  Once I'm there, I can find something of interest.


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Summer Sunrise 06

Painted from life.  My second painting of the sunrise made me glad I stayed.

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Flowers and Pearl Onions

Seriously, I could put onions in every still life.

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Loose Copper

Very loose interpretation of copper.  Painted with feeling, knowledge, and observation.

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Summer Sunrise 05

Great sunrise this morning. I'm always happy if there are some clouds present.

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Moon Study - Morning

I almost never paint the moon but it was just sitting there, saying, "hey, why don't you paint me? I said, "OK".   South Texas around 6:45am.

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Morning Light

Morning landscape of rural South Texas.  Painted over two visits. This was right when the light started shining on the clouds.

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Summer Sunrise 04

Painted from life. South San Antonio, TX.  A beautiful moon was out when I got there.  Maybe next time I'll paint it.

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Summer Sunrise 03

Painted from life.   South Texas Clouds.

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