Week 2 ~ 30 Paintings in 30 Days

9/16/2016

I can tell you that this is truly a challenge, and I found myself getting very tired and stressed this week, but from past experience I know that if I press through there will be some great rewards. One of the paintings I have been working on every day along with the daily paintings is a commissioned piece of the countryside in Haiti...

12" x 16" oil on gallery wrapped canvas
SOLD

1804 Coffee out of Tulsa, Oklahoma commissioned this painting of the coffee fields that they are developing to encourage the Haitian farmers and get them back on their feet. I think it's wonderful what they are doing to help Haiti. You can support these farmer's by purchasing their fresh roasted organic coffee beans... 1804 Coffee

I always love painting from a photo that my daughters bring back from their travels. This one was from their 2 week back-packing trip to Europe. A quiet resting place along the Cinque de Terre...

Watching the Boats at Manarola
8" x 10" oil on canvas
Private Collection

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Two paintings were from my sunrise walks by Guthrie Lake. There is an old broken down pier that is still standing in the lake, and I hope they leave it standing, because I see such beauty in it. There is an old heron who is sitting there waiting for the sun to rise every morning...

Next I tried out a new for me technique with the color wheel on a bouquet of flowers and ended up not being happy with it so , I scraped it and repainted it with a sunflower and zinnia bouquet.

This is the " before" that I wasn't happy with, and this is the "after" that I like better, but I think I need to add a little more red to the sunflower... So the painting on the left is no more, and the painting on the right that replaced it is Finicky Flowers 5" x 5" oil on raised panel.

The next painting was inspired by a vase full of dried eucalyptus that my daughter has over at her house...