New small work

Here are two 8x10 oils. First is a river scene from Arizona, in Cottonwood. Other is one of the new photos from my trip to the tulip fields.

Tulip Fields continued

Another redo on a tulip painting. This one is 16x20. I'm getting there. I did three sessions going over the thinly painted first version. Might do another touch up but am pretty happy with this version. The small photos don't do justice to the texture.

Tulip Painting

This is a tulip painting I overpainted using my palette knife technique. I'm preparing for some new tulip works so reviving some old ones as practice. They were painted thinly enough and are dry enough that there should be no problem with adhesion and I like the new version much better. I'm glad I didn't destroy some of the prior work I wasn't satisfied with. You never know....

This work is 12x16 and has been hanging in my stairwell for several years now.

New Southwest painting

I am keeping up my series Southwest works before turning to my local scenes. I have taken some new photos of our Northwest tulips and will try the knife painting technique on those scenes soon. This is also an 8 x 10 in oils.

Two new landscapes

These are two recent landscapes, one of the Southwest, the other of a Western Washington scene. Both are 8x10 inches. I'm also working on a larger interior scene but can't quite get it to where I'm satisfied with it. Still working part-time at my old job so not getting as much painting in as I'd like. Also it's finally getting to be decent weather in Seattle so am working out harder at my racewalking as racing season is starting. When the choice comes down to more fitness or more painting, the fitness is still first priority for the health benefits.

Skagit Mountain View

Here is a small, 8x10, thickly painted oil of a scene I shot from my car while travelling through the Skagit Valley. Those are the Cascade mountains in the distance. I'm still developing the style I want and experimenting with the right amount of palette knife painting versus brush painting. Used both in this scene.

New canyon landscape

Ending up doing about one painting a week lately which is OK production now that I'm working part-time outside of art. Reading more art now too as my job winds down soon and I can get back to full time art by summer. My son-in-law said today it is a good time to reinvent myself which is what I'm doing through the new painting styles, including encaustic which I will go back to soon as spring brings warmer weather and I can use my ventilation system again.

This is an 8 x 10 oil from a photograph taken by my daughter who is really getting to be an excellent photographer. You can see her work on fickr.com under the name jennhx.