New painting! It explores a couple ideas that have been coalescing for me. How lovely the warm ochre grasses look poking through the snow. How much life and color are outside in the winter. How to direct the eye through a scene. Ideas you’ve seen me work through before, but I really feel like they …
Read moreBreakfast in a Spring Thaw, prairie painting with cows and geese
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 …
Read moreCow painting (SOLD). South Dakota landscape paintings.
I’ve been working on this painting for a couple weeks, and took progression photos. The block-in phase is one of my favorites, maybe because it’s full of so much possibility. I really like how this one came out. The differences at the end are subtle – the shadow colors, the grasses and edges and horse …
Read moreHorse paintings (available) Minnesota and South Dakota landscape paintings.