Delta Barn, Lincoln County

Delta Barn

8X10, Oil on Panel

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Just past where the timberlands turn into Delta, there sits a barn.  Near Star City, AR.

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Timber Island, Bradley County

Timber Island

8X10, Oil on Panel

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Driving through the timberland in Bradley County, I saw this big copse of trees out in the middle of piece of land that had been cut a few years back.  The sapling pines provided an almost sea-like surrounding and made me liken the big trees to an island.

20 Favorite Paintings #4, Insect Chorus by Charles Burchfield

 

 

 

I think I came to know about Charles Burchfield via an article in a magazine I was reading at a book store one time.  I was instantly struck by how innovative this guy was and that someone who was so innovative was so little known.  In Insect Chorus, Burchfield tries to give us his interpretation of the cacophony of insects in the summer time.  The varying linear forms are his language for different sounds.   Down in the lower left we have crickets with a sharp raucous call while in the trees, cicadas drone on with swirling forms that seem to wind around each other, starting and restarting within a larger, persistent structure.  This is genious at work.  He developed an entire logical structure of form language for this piece.  In other pieces, he did much that same but with feelings such as joy and, more commonly,  fear and foreboding.  I would really urge you to check this guy out.  He did some really special work.

Big Dam Bridge in Purple, Pulaski County

Big Dam Bridge in Purple

6X8, Oil on Panel

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The Big Dam Bridge crosses the Arkansas River between Little Rock and North Little Rock just east of I-430.  It was said at the time it was constructed to be the longest pedestrian bridge in the world.  I believe it has been surpassed now by some bridge in China but it is still very impressive for a city the size of Little Rock.  It is the lynchpin of the Arkansas River Trail which is a multiuse paved trail system 14 miles long that is very popular with runners, walkers, and cyclists.

This was a plein air nocturne from a few weeks ago that needed just a few finishing touches in the studio.



Bradley County Courthouse, Warren, Bradley County

Bradley County Courthouse

8X10, Oil on Panel

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Warren was probably my favorite town I visited during my trip.  It had lots of great buildings and a surprising rolling landscape that gave really nice views of the downtown area which is built up on a small rise.  I set up by the local historical society and painted for far too long again.

 

One interesting thing to note, while painting both in Warren and Rison, I had people stop and ask if the painting would be in the newspaper.  I thought that was kind of strange.

 

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Lion Oil, Rison, Cleveland County

Lion Oil

8X10, Oil on Panel

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This was my first painting from my plein air trip.  I spent way too much time on it there on location but that did give me a very solid start that needed little studio work.

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