Farm to Market 3

This painting is next in the series, with a different limited color palette. The only problem is that I don't remember what colors I had out that day, except that the pinks and purples were made with quinacridone magenta and ultramarine blue. 

Farm to Market 2

This painting is part of a series. The original was painted several years ago and was larger. This series will be 16 x 20 and have a limited color palette. This one used ultramarine blue, cadmium red light, and cadmium yellow, with accents of cobalt teal. 

Summer

The color palette in this painting reminds me of summer. The simplified shapes reflect an easy going, relaxing, time of year.

Harvest

I have found myself painting more and more barns. I love how their shape breaks up the landscape. A barn can be any color and that only adds more interest.

Ranch Road

During springtime in Texas, you never know when a patch of bluebonnets will be spotted along a rural road. The limited palette of greens and blues is one of my favorites to paint.

Reduction

Reduction is my attempt to reduce the landscape to its most essential forms while using color and shape to add interest. This is a theme that I have come back to again and again.

Translation

Sometimes you have to mix it up. Here is an abstracted landscape. My trademark colors are used with suggested shapes. It was an enjoyable exercise and says what I wanted to say.

Trio Trio

Another scene from the old Texas ranch - the chicken coop, the dairy barn, and the ranch hand's home. The center building was originally a train depot that was moved and repurposed.

The Red Door

This building is part of a ranch in Texas where I got some old barn wood to make a table for my studio. It was a beautiful place and I will be reminded of it every time I see my table.

Sometimes you can't leave well enough alone. I messed with this painting and here is the revision.

I like this better, and it won an award in a show, so at least one other person also likes it.

Change In The Air

A front came in from the north and made a beautiful mark on the sky.

Recollection

A better name might be Reflection, but this painting is more of an idea of a place. I have simplified the surroundings and let the color be intuitive.

Verde Vista

My largest work so far, measuring 60" wide x 40" tall, is painted on a textured hardboard. This painting isn't all about greens, but how they relate to each other. They took me on quite a journey.

Hay There

Here is a pair of barns, setting in a field of blowing grains. I don't remember where the picture was taken, but I'd like to paint it again. The painting wasn't about the likeness to the landscape, but about the variations of color and shape. 

Field with Greens

This painting was from a drive in Will County, Illinois. There are so many interesting barns and the farm fields go on forever. The colors weren't as vivid as they are painted, but I love to push the color green. It is always mixed from an assortment of blues and yellows, often with a touch of red or orange.

Farm to Market

The title of this painting, Farm to Market, is taken from the name of small highways in Texas. This road passes quickly through a small town in Hood County.

The Road Goes on Forever

During road trips I started taking photos of landscapes from the car. Split second views of whatever caught my eye. Back in my studio, when I painted the scenes, the road became as important to the story as the landscape. Soon I became known for my road paintings. This is where I will start my blog.