I love the windmills around South Dakota and Minnesota. There’s an area on the Western edge of Minnesota that I drive through on my way to my mom’s house that is pretty glorious. The windmills look like giant flowers all spread around.
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.
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A few added yellow and orange pallet knife marks in the grass, so that the angular pallet knife marks in the wild trees in the background are echoed in the foreground, and this painting is complete.
I was overwhelmed by the response to this painting, with over 200 likes between the couple posts I put out about it, and some emailed comments too. Thank you so much!
As you may have noticed, growing the number of collectors and potential collectors on my newsletter list is my top business priority this year. If you have any suggestions about how to do that, please let me know!
The winner of the drawing last week hasn’t contacted me, so this week I’m giving away two prints! The winner can choose a print of either My Wild Heart or Girl Next Door, winner’s choice! I hope that shows my appreciation?
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I’ve been trying to capture the amazing sky colors of South Dakota ever since we moved here, but have wiped most of my efforts. This painting was started about a month ago, and then yesterday I realized that I wanted my sky to be darker and more dramatic, and now I really like it. Hope you do too!
Pink Love / ~10×8 in / oil on canvas /
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Update: Thanks to a great repeat collector, I’m booked up for the last commission before Christmas.
There are still a number of paintings available in my Art Gallery, including the paintings shown in this post, and I will have time for more commissions after the holidays. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.
Thank you again!
Orcas / ~ 12×18 in / oil on wood
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Satsuma and Stripes / 5×5 in / oil on panel
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Big Ship / 12×12 in / oil on stretched canvas / painted edges; ready to hang /
This is a scene as seen from a ferry out of Seattle.
Yellow Light / 6×6 in / oil on linen / See Available Landscape Paintings
I really liked the late afternoon yellow glow on this town. This scene reminded me of tuscan hillside paintings with all the roof tops, but with middle-American houses.
Tree on the Edge / 6×6 / oil on linen / SOLD
We go by this house and tree when we drive the back way home. I thought the red tree with the faint treed mountain in the background was beautiful.
I got a couple great frames recently and am having fun with them. Here’s what it would look like framed.
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.
Hunkered Down / 30×40 in / oil painting on canvas
Three gulls hunkering down to stay warm. I’ve had this picture in my head for a long time, and it was time to bring it out!
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