Burlington Members Show

Last Friday night was the opening for the Members Show 

at the Art Center in Burlington, Iowa.

Tis’ the Season for Member shows.

Over the next week I’ll post the 

paintings that I have entered in the various shows.

"Yokum’s Field "

Oil on panel $150

If you are in the area you shoud stop in 

and see all of the talent on display at these shows.

And maybe buy a painting for a loved one?

or for yourself?

"Hideaway"
Oil on panel  $125

I hope your Thanksgiving plans are coming together for you.

Watercolor Lessons

My fellow artist 

Carlene Dingman Atwater

provided my watercolor instructor

John Preston

with the reference photo for the first of these paintings.

Carlene asked how it turned out so I decided to post it.

Although I don't always post my paintings from class, or rather,

paintings done under supervision.

This is the best way for me to paint in watercolor.

Here are some of the more successful ones.

John provides the reference photos and 

does a demonstration of how he would paint it.

 Then his victims, er...students, paint it themselves.

 It is a great class and because he is such a patient teacher

all of his students learn something new about painting 

and themselves

in every class.

I will not be posting the clouds from our last class...

I completely crashed and burned!!!

Along the River

I just dropped this painting off at the Fairfield Art Association Member Show in Fairfield, Iowa.

In October Carlene Dingman Atwater and I went out to paint for a few hours along the Des Moines River in Farmington, Iowa.  

We set up undercover at the picnic shelter "just in case".  

The sun came out from beneath the clouds for a moment before the storm hit.

Lightening, thunder and wind challenged us but we persevered.  

And then I went back to the studio and "fixed" my painting.

                                  "Autumn Finale".  12" x 12". Oil on Canvas

Quiet Corner

The little pond in the corner of the 

Bentonsport Rose Garden

is quite charming and is

a lovely place for an artist to paint.

"Quiet Corner"

9" x 12"  oil on panel

$150

The Rose Garden is planted and maintained by

local volunteers.  

They do a great job in a challenging location.

The Rose Garden is planted within the stone walls 

of a historic mill pond that is

 subject to periodic flooding from the Des Moines River.

Soft Song of the River

Here is another painting from this summer.

I am still working on catching up with my blog posts....

"Soft Song of the River"

9 x 12 - Oil on panel

Gin Lammert and I went to the Bentonsport Rose Garden
on a gentle June morning to paint for a couple of hours.

The sky was overcast and
we had just missed a little early morning river fog (darn it).
The sun never did break through to give us a little contrast.

Every time I look at this little painting I have the urge to go back
and paint in some stronger highlights and darks.
What do others do when all the values are in the middle of the scale?

Sometimes "improvements" are not for the best.....