"At the Carnival"

12"x16"

OIl on Board

I did a 16x20 painting of this subject a couple of years ago and just was never quite happy with it, so decided to try it again. This time, I feel like it really works. It is a more cohesive piece than the previous one. Here's a link to it if you'd like to compare and see what you think: "Carnival Time". The scene is from our county fair and I am saving this painting for a show in August.

"At the Bend Summer Festival"

NFS

10"x20"

Oil on Board

Well, I am calling this finished! There are passages in this painting that I really like, but it still is not the painting I was hoping to do! This is one that shows me that I have much to learn! I have signed up to take a workshop in September with Kim English. Maybe I'll paint the subject again after that! I love how he works with color and value to create a cohesive composition. That is more what I was hoping for with this, but didn't quite get there. I think the subject has alot of potential, though, so will have to work with it some more. I think I get too distracted by the "bits and pieces" and lose sight of the whole. . .but, hey, I painted!! Hooray to all of us that go back to the easel time and time again!

"Just Watching"

8"X6"

Oil on Board

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I am teaching all this week and don't know if I'm going to get much painting done, so I thought I'd just post something I did awhile back--last August, I believe. It always is interesting to me to go back to something and see how I feel about it later. It passes. But it's interesting, too, for me, to see things I've become aware of since I painted this piece!

"Just Watching"

8"x6"

Oil on Board

This is not today's painting! Today's painting just was going nowhere! I will either try to resolve it or do another version, or both, but I decided to dig into my reserves for today's post. I painted this last August--I remember being so surprised when I finished it! I see some things I'd change now, but on the whole, I'm pretty happy with it. I was struck by contrast of her aloofness and his awkwardness--and glad I wasn't sitting at the same table!

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"Weekend Market" (sold)

6"x12"

Oil on Board

Besides teaching, this is what I have been spending the last two days on and didn't finish it in time to photograph it yesterday to post. So! Today will, hopefully, see two posts! This painting is another scene from the Summer Festival here in Bend last July. It was a challenge to me to find a balance in how much information to put down and where--I could have had two different focal areas. I had a difficult time at the beginning because I didn't have the drawing down correctly and didn't realize it until well into painting! Also, working from photos definitely has its own set of issues. I need more time to live with it, but at this point I feel I've brought this painting to a conclusion that I am pretty happy with.

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