"The Road Home"

"The Road Home"

8"x10" Pen and Ink

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A new sketch using whit ink as well on brown paper. Enjoying it :)

"A Walk"

8x10 Oil on canvas

"Down Holiday Road" Plein Air painting

Spent a couple hours Plein air painting. Thanks to my dad for leading me to this road. There are a few places I think I will come back to paint near this area. Beautiful day. :). Then was lucky enough to meet my wife and kids at the park afterwards!

"Down Holiday Road". 8" x 10". Oil

"Batcher's Path"

"Batcher's Path"

8"x10"
Oil

Zionesville Plein Air Paintout, "A Day at the Conrad"

Over the weekend I attended the Zionesville Plein Air Paintout (Zionesville, Indiana) and had a great time! I couldn't ask for better weather nor a better spot.  I choose a garden, Tom Conrad's garden...hence "A Day at the Conrad".  The light that played on the grass caught my eye. I was very happy with the finished painting and was lucky enough to get a critique from Jerry Points  (http://www.jerrypointspaintings.com/).

"A Day at the Conrad"

16" x 20"

Oil, Plein Air

"Path Through the Park"

"Path Through the Park"

Oil

9" x 12"

I will be painting in Zionesville, IN this weekend at a Plein Air Paint-out and

I wanted to do a test run tonight.  My reference was a photo I took in Memorial Park, Lebanon, IN.

I completed this in one and half hours.

"Berne Farm"

"Berne Farm"

Oil

Here is another from a photo taken in Berne, Indiana.

This was done in about 2 1/2 hours.

"Horses Grazing in Berne"

"Horses Grazing in Berne"

8" x 10"

Oil

Over the memorial day weekend I set aside a few hours to paint :)

My reference was a photo I had taken in Berne, IN with my wife a few weeks ago.

I spent 1 1/2 hours on this painting...challenging myself to use paint in a limited time with limited details.

My goal is to learn how to "leave it be".  I used a limited palette and only 2 brush sizes. 

I had a blast with it and learned much :)

"Afternoon at the Creamery"  Work in progress update.

Oil 30" x 15"

Another update....this painting has been a challenge...and I finally feel like I am heading in the right direction.

More updates to come!

first preview image from past post

"Trees Across the Field" 4" x 6"

"Trees Across the Field"

4" x 6" Oil on Board

Having a blast with mixing colors and learning more and more :)

Barn commission

"Deaton Barn"

Commissioned 8" x 10" Oil Painting

This was a 8" x 10" painting I was commissioned to do by a friend of mine. My first commissioned oil painting :)

A Day Grazing (Work in progress)

"A Day Grazing" (work in progress)

"Evening Near the Reeds"

"Evening Near the Reeds"

pen and ink

5"x 7"

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"Storm Approaching"

"Storm Approaching"

Pen and Ink

5"x7"

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My latest drawing and first in my new sketchbook. Nice to see a page done :)

Another sketch

Here is a another sketch I did for fun while working. You can tell I almost destroyed the poor paper. :)

Farm Sketch

"Farm sketch" 5" x 7"

I haven't posted artwork in a while and felt I should post this little sketch. Had some fun using a ballpoint pen little and painterly. Would like to use this approach on a fully rendered drawing. This was from my imagination, next time I will use a photo. Just having fun!

"Out to Pasture" new ink

"Out to Pasture"
Pen and Ink
5" x 7 "



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This is my latest pen and ink. Trying to create a sense of atmosphere and depth, while the eye finds the cattle grazing. I have really enjoyed drawing this piece.

"Warm Day"

Getting ready for the Zionesville Paint Out and needed a little practice on a tight deadline. Set to paint this in 2 hours but finished it in about 1 and half hours. Am pretty happy with how it came out.

"An Indiana Road" In Watercolor

"An Indiana Road"
Watercolor

I may add ink to this. I am also planning to take another stab at it.





After viewing this on my blog I decided to crop it a bit, and was amazed with how it affected the composition and overall feel of the piece.