This is one of the lovely cows that lives to the North of Brookings. She was emerging after a bath in the river, and I really enjoyed the way her reflection mixed with grasses.
I’ve got a new page for farm paintings. If you get a chance, check it out and let me know what you think.
I started this painting of the fields and prairie of South Dakota a few weeks ago. This is a scene that you see whenever traveling around the rural parts of this area of the Midwest, and these barns are really beautiful. I just finished it up yesterday. I’m really excited about the atmospheric effect on the fields and barns in the distance. Hope you enjoy it.
There’s a lovely little river about a mile from our house that I got a bunch of source photos of on a beautiful sunny summers end day.
This is the blue water tower viewed from the road to the South by the new elementary school. We come this way home from Sioux Falls, and it’s a pretty view.
I find this tower challenging to paint because it’s so big and blue and solid – but I think all the color of the street and the grass coming through the snow and the red deciduous trees around the green pine trees, and the traffic and crazy blue sky – balance it out. What do you think?
This painting is also destined for the South Dakota Art Museum. I’ll post about it when it’s available in the gift shop there.
Detail (see the whole painting at http://jessiesfineart.com/blog):
Road to La Grandeby Jessie Rasche
36×24″, oil on canvas
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I received the 1st place award for this painting from the Brookings Arts Council. Thank you so much, Juror Mark Stemwedel and BAC! I am honored, as there were many very good paintings and sculptures in the juried art show. If you’re in the Brookings area, please visit the show at 524 – 4th Street, Brookings SD (Across from the South Dakota Children’s Museum). BAC phone number: (605) 692-4177.
Neighbor’s Trees II / approx 18×12 in / oil on wood / learn more about paintings of the Pacific Northwest here.
Snow Cows / oil on wood / approx 12 x 20 in. / available in my gallery of available paintings / inquire / Love It guarantee
This is a painting of a snowy landscape in central Washington, halfway between Seattle and Spokane off I-90. There are some cows grazing and standing close to each other. Because it was snowy and overcast, the whole scene was washed out with a beautiful warm blue-grey.
I started this painting right over the top of an old painting ‘start’ that I’d set aside, and sketched in the trees and cows right over it. I thought about using blue or grey for the sketch, since the scene is so monochromatic. But I decided I wanted there to be some excitement, so I sketched in the darker shapes with dark red. You can see evidence of that in the pinkish color around the edges of the trees. After that I focused on getting the colors and values right, and trying to get the depth and the feeling of the day. I love painting washed out snow scenes. I’d love to read your thoughts.
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In this painting I was going for a that feeling where you can almost see something but not quite… This one is a bit more abstract that the paintings I’ve been doing lately. What do you think?
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Scoters / 30×40 in / oil on canvas / available in my gallery of available paintings / inquire / Love It guarantee
Peach Tree / 6×6 in / oil on linen
This painting of a peach tree shows one of the many trees at the U-Pick farm. We went a few weeks ago, but the peaches weren’t ready yet… But my son got to ride a horse and a pony, so it was worth the drive.
I think this is one of my best paintings so far. I’m so happy with this little painting that I’m planning to do a really big one of the same subject.
