Winter Sunrise 11

 

 

 

Studio interpretation of a sunrise. Winter Sunrise 11 6"x6", oil on linen 

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Summer Sunset 02

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

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West Texas Sunset 5

Figs Still Life

Still life study with a concentration on warm green light and cool purple shadows.

Last Light

We had a great sunset here in San Antonio.  Luckily I was out there to catch it. I think about all the sunset opportunities I've missed.  Mostly it's a distance thing.  I don't want to drive 20 miles out of town to paint a sunset and risk not finding a place.  As pretty as San Antonio is, I think the Hill Country is a lot prettier with mountains off in the distance.  The Hill Country is closer to Austin.  I just need to find more places close to home.  This painting was done almost a block away from where I live.
I used a different linen than I normally use.  That's why it probably looks different than my other work.

Evening in San Antonio

This was a 30 minute sunset study at Mission San Juan in San Antonio.  I was trying to paint the Mission when I decided to stop and paint this tree instead for half an hour.

Here's my set up at the Mission.  I was still an hour away from sunset so I walked 10 feet to my left and saw a great subject ready to be painted.

Evening Rain

This was long before the San Antonio hail storm that happened at 10:00pm.  I was out painting around 5:30pm and got back home at 7:00pm.  I was originally going to wait for sunset but I figured the storm clouds would cover it up. We had a windshield break on our car and some damage to the car exterior, but luckily that was the worst of it.
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Sunflower in Warm Light

This was painted with a direct warm light on the sunflower.  I really wanted to focus on the light and how beautiful this sunflower was.

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Roses and Gold

I like to play around with different lighting. This was a warm yellow/green light. I turned down the intensity because I wanted a more harmonious color scheme. These roses are probably the same ones from the last painting.  I bought four roses on Tuesday and I've used them for two small paintings.
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Lighted Tea Cup

As I scrutinized this tea cup before I started, I asked myself "what is it about this tea cup I want my viewer to see?" The challenge is to find beauty in a subject and transfer that to your canvas. I thought some more and played with different lighting. This time I chose a soft green light.
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Cincinnati Radishes

 

If I'm going to paint vegetables or fruit (rarely together), I'll probably visit Central Market in Alamo Heights.  They keep their produce in a more fresh from the farm state.  As I walked around, a purple colored bunch of radishes caught my eye.  I said to myself "that might make a great addition to a still life".  Hours later, in my studio, I placed them next to the copper bowl and it looked a bit contrived.  Instead, I picked them up and let them fall naturally.  Then I placed the bowl where I wanted it.  

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This was taken as I was blocking in the darks and drawing out the composition.

  

 

Now I've got everything blocked in.  I did my first hard edge on the bottom of the lower middle raddish. 

I took this picture so I'd remember the exact name of the vegetable I bought.

Garlic, Onion, and Tomato Studies

This is some of my older work. I really liked these when I did them.  Now my style has changed a bit but I enjoy seeing them.