"Schnebly Hill"

"Schnebly Hill"

9"x12" oil on panel


This is one of my plein air class paintings-- Sedona Red Rocks once again. I finished it up in my studio. I feel I'm getting into a color rut. My current intention in my landscape paintings is to: 1) simplify shapes;2) expand color choices and 3)intensify colors--not getting what I'm shooting for. Persistence, Persistence, Persistence.

"Chapel at Tlaquepaque"

"Chapel at Tlaquepaque"

12"x9" oil on panel

This painting was started in my plein air class when we painted at Tlaquepaque shopping area in Sedona. Since my plein air class is finished now, I am free to finish up the paintings I started outdoors in my studio. I'd like to get to the place that I could do a finished painting in one sitting, but for now it seems like I have to make my plein air paintings a two day event. The first problem is that I can't seem to work fast enough yet, to catch the light before it changes, and second it feels like I can't get a good reading on the color until I get it indoors.

"Painter at Schnebly Hill"

"Painter at Schnebly Hill"
8"x6"oil on panel
sold

This painting is kind of a compilation from a plein air study and a photo. A couple of weeks ago when the wind was so bad at our plein air class in Sedona, I used the time to get a bunch of photo references.