Hydrangea 2

My second in the hydrangea series. My garden is looking a bit weary right now.......I have at least 1,000 photos to remember come January.

Hydrangea

Summer is bowing out, you can feel it in the air. My favorite hydrangea bush has been my theme for painting this past week. The first in my series is this large canvas.

Escape

Fall

Time for the DPW challenge, just a week late.

I am drawn to the sky. I love observing the changes in the colors and textures of the clouds: the blues reflecting off the sky, different shades of white, mixed with grays, and bits of lavender or hints of lemon yellow here and there. Depending on the season, there is a surprising variety. Recently, this Autumn, our clouds have been surreal. Enormous and fluffy, with expansive shapes and vibrant colors. Our sunsets here in Erie are known for their dramatic color. They're often awe-inspiring. I've lived here a long time, but I'll never take them for granted. If I painted the atomic pinks and tangerine glow as I see them, It wouldn't look realistic. It would look exaggerated and otherworldly. These past few weeks, I've had my eye on the sky, and I've focused on painting the many different types of clouds I can find in my part of the world.

Painted on a 12x12x1/2 inch gallery wrap canvas.

Isolation

Oil painting on a 6x6 inch flat canvas panel. I see the summer passing quickly, trying to capture a moment in a painting.

Balcony Challenge

This weeks challenge the Balcony Challenge. I added more flowers, and warm colors.

The real challenge, getting back into a work mode, finding creative spark, finding time to see it through. It has been an interesting summer, filled with with highlights and some very low lights.

Pinktacular

We have the most magical, colorful sunsets here on Lake Erie. The Presque Isle Peninsula is a color master in the evening. They never get old, even in the dead of winter. I once read that an artist should never paint a sunset, it's for amateurs. Not very artsy. I paint what I love.

This is aa acrylic painting on canvas paper, I put it in an 11x14 white double mat.