Week 4 ~ 30 Paintings in 30 Days

These are the paintings I worked on the last week of the challenge.

This painting has been sitting in my unfinished stash for at least 9 months. What is it about these unfinished paintings that is so hard to complete? All month I’ve been seeing it out of the corner of my eye, occasionally picking it up and scrutinizing it… Finally I decided to finish it up and post it and I love it …

Prolific Pansies
8" x  16" oil on canvas
$225

Don't you love the view of the mountains as you are drawing close to them? To get to the mountains from where I live is a long grueling trip through the prairie. So that first glimpse is precious. This is actually on Highway 159 going north from New Mexico.

This is a work in progress,  as I still have to put more layers on the clouds…

Headed to the Mountains
12" x 12" oil on canvas
Unfinished

I’m having so much fun on Instagram. There are artists that encourage and inspire me, and so many wonderful people who share their own life experiences, plus I love to keep up with all the activities of my own children, who I don’t see all the time.

This painting was inspired by a friend I haven’t seen for a long time. Her mother was my midwife and delivered 6 of my 9 children. Because of Instagram I get to see a little of what is going on in their lives even though they live faraway.

Hayes in the Field
11" x 14" oil on linen

We have a very dear friend whose  grand-mother was a trick roper, and she passed on this legacy to her grand-children and even her great grand-children. I asked her for a photo of her grandmother so I could try and paint her.

I still need to work on her facial features in and the rope.

Texas Skip
8" x 10" oil on canvas
Unfinished

After working for two days on this painting of Nymph Lake in Colorado from a photo my son took on a climbing trip, I had to move on to the next painting. I'm hoping to get back to this one soon and complete it.

Nymph Lake
Unfinished

Always work on a little mini painting when I need to catch up... :)

Mini Autumn Rose Bouquet
4" x 4" oil on canvas
$35

And last of all, but probably my most favorite painting this time around, is one of the aspens turning their golden yellow color in the fall in Colorado.

Road to Gray's Peak
10" x 20"

Hope you enjoyed seeing the progress of these paintings over the last month. :)