The Back Forty

"The Back Forty"

18X24, Oil on Panel

This one is another repaint of an older painting.  The original version of this was completed in 2009 and was shown at a gallery in North Little Rock called Ketz during it's brief life.  The original version is still in my possession and will now either be destroyed or put into deep freeze.  The image was a complete fabrication from my imagination, cobbling together a variety of motifs from the Ozark Mountains.

#8 of 50

Sublime Normality

Sublime Normality

6X8, Oil on Panel

Another started en plein air in the village of Tjaereby Denmark and finished in the studio.

#26 of 50

South Arkansas Arts Center Juried Show

I am very pleased to announce that this painting was accepted into the Juried Arts Show at the South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado.

Breaking Through

Breaking Through

6X8, Oil on Panel

Available

Texas Plein Air from New Years Eve complete with central Texas dirt!

#5 of 50

A Split Second of Divinity

A Split Second of Divinity

6X8, Oil on Panel

SOLD

This a plein air from near Waco, Texas done just before the end of 2016.  If you've ever tried to do a sunrise or sunset in plein air, you know how hard they are, how quickly the sky changes it's character and intensity.  The entire palette can shift on you in a minute or so, going from vibrant yellows to reds and pinks.  So it is a tall order to think that I might have finished this one as is on-site.  It had some pretty extensive studio work done and is therefore my first completed piece in 2017!

1/50

Gold on New Home Road

Gold on New Home Road

6X8, Oil on Panel

SOLD

A little plein air from November in Faulkner County.  I took a new bunch of paintings up to Ellen Hobgood Gallery in Heber Springs that day and got in a little painting along the way.

Completed in 2016 so this also does not count towards the 50 in 2017.

Gilded Fields

Gilded Fields

8X10, Oil on Panel

Available

More studio finished plein air work from Camp Robinson WMA in Faulkner County Arkansas.  I'm really getting a lot of mileage there.  This one was cut short by rain but the foundation was solid.