09/10/11

This was a landscape that I enjoyed painting of the Florence countryside. It was one of the first paintings that I ever used a palette knife on. I really enjoyed it and have since then painted many others this way.

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05/03/11 The winding road

Finished my small palette knife painting yesterday and now it has to dry for a while. It is very wet with thick layers of paint. I like the way the road leads your eye into the painting and the fence-line follows the road.

This image was taken in Warrenton, Texas at the edge of "Mark's Field," as we call it. I go to southern Texas twice a year for an antique festival and always manage to grab my camera to find a variety of photos each year. This image was taken in October of this year.

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04/27/11 On the easel

Just started this painting today. It is LOADED with thick paint. It is good that I won't be able to work on it until Saturday because it is so wet. This is a wooden fence-line on a south Texas Highway. The fence is one of those old fashioned ones that is stacked wooden pieces and it twists and turns just the way the road does. I like the way the road leads your eye into the picture (even at this early stage).

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03/20/11 Ala Prima!! Keaton Hale

This little cutie is Keaton Hale. I have painted her before - sometimes with success and other times it was a dismal failure! During this Spring Break, Keaton, her mommy, Kelli, and daddy, Nathan, went to Cabo! So this painting is titled "Cabo Cutie," because she is my littlest muse!

I have only been able to do a painting all in one session (ala prima) with my niece and nephew that I know VERY well. To top it all off - this was mostly done with a palette knife! She just fell in place. Of course there is so much paint on this picture that she will be 10 years old before it dries!!! I need to tweek her left arm because it doesn't show up but other than that, as Charlie Sheen says,"Winning!"

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