Golden Morning

This inspiration for this painting was a photo of foggy sunrise not sure of where but I liked the colors and idea. I added fence and changed the tree from a almost dead tree to a thriving one.

This is an acrylic on canvas 8 1/2  X  11

Morning on the farm.

Morning on the farm is 60 % real and 40% fantasy landscape. Took elements from a farm I have pictures of  . Then removed fences used existing light directions and pushed it till it was in the early morning. Did some artistic license to create a painting that is very reminiscent of an actual real place but tweaking the elements to fit a composition  that gives a romantic feeling of a sunrise on the farm.

I hope you enjoy it.

It is an acrylic  on a 14 X 18 stretched canvas.

Rise and shine again

Working on the effects some more. Changed the composition some. Every painting so far is a learning experience .  A different way ,a easier way or what dont work so well. 

 

This is acrylic on a 16 x 20 gallery wrapped canvas.

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Rise and Shine.

This sunrise was a experiment in  light and shadow .  I was trying to incorporate new ideas and styles  into my paintings sunrises or sunsets .  Trying to get an overall glow to the sunrise .   Hanging on the wall it looks good .

 This is acrylic 16x20 gallery wrapped canvas.

Brilliant Dawning of a new Day.

Brilliant Dawning of a new Day.  I painted this for my Dear Wife she needed a  better view when on the treadmill .   Some is from reference and he rest is ad lib  .   I am happy with it whats even better My better Half is happy with it. Running down the dock is better than running at an interior wall.

This is an acrylic on 16 x 20 gallery wrapped canvas .

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Last years totem pole

This is another  monumental  rock formation from Monument Valley  this formation is called  Totem Pole and Yei be Chei dancers . The height  and diameter  amaze me. If you are there at the right time of the year and be at the right place the sun will rise between the Totem Pole and the  Yei be Chei dancers beautiful  framing the sun.

 These types  of southwest formations have so many artistic  possibilities .  I have been inspired by formations like these since I was a Child.



 I painted this October  2012. Acrylic on 16 x 20 canvas.

Last year Shiprock

I did this one last year around October 2012 .  I really enjoy painting this monument. I am sure I will paint it many more times.  Working on a composition right now looking at Shiprock from the mountains in the southwest.

 

This is acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas 16 x 20.

Sun beams in the forrest

I had seen photographs with sun beams in wooded areas . I really liked them so I  painted a couple . This is my second . It is what I call is a fantasy landscape.  This place only exists in my mind I tried to make all the physics of light match the physical  objects in this imaginary sunrise in the forest.

It worked out pretty good. I learned dry brush glazing which ended up as being a cornerstone in many future works.

This is acrylic on canvas Gallery Wrapped 16x20. I finished  this late in the year November  2012.

Sanddunes by the Sea

I really enjoyed doing this . I know nothing about the location of this reference  photograph . It was a monthly  challenge  on one of the sub forums of the web site wetcanvas.com . When I see this I want to go play on the beach. It kinda reminds me of St.Padre Island in Texas. 

 

I finished this in the end of 2012 November  or December . This is 9x12 on a grey colorfix paper  . I used some nupastels , Blick soft pastels, art spectrum, Sennelier, pastel pencils ,and some Schmincke.

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Lake side Watching the sun come up.

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Lake side Watching the sun come up.

I did this a while ago. Very last of 2012 or beginning of 13. I took a reference and mimicked the colors in the reference sky to a lake view near here.

 

This is on watercolor  paper with a Pastel ground painted on it.  I used some nupastels , blick soft pastels, art spectrum, Sennelier, pastel pencils ,and some Schmincke. There are some brands out there which I want to try before I   chose the main hard medium and soft  pastels which I will invest in

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Here is one of this years paintings. I love these monumental  rock formations of the western United States . These monuments are Ideal to explore and  display lights and darks, sunlight and shadows. Early morning or late evening this mountain will cast a shadow for miles that makes a wonderful subject for a painting.

This depicts a sunrise after the desert monsoon  season when the desert grasses turn green the vegetation is usually dry and straw colored instead of green . I have painted   this monument  before this is the best so far.

Shiprock in the Morning

 Here I tried to capture  the sunrise  right as the sun rises and is bathing the the mountain and the whole plain in a warm light golden color contrasting to the darkness of early morning shadows.

This monument is a Sacred  Place to the Navajo  Indians. It is beautiful  as well as a sacred site. This mountain is in the NW part of New Mexico on the Navajo  Nation just west of a town that takes its name after this mountain.