'Little Lezzeno'

There is this sweetest of villages on Lake Como.  This is another of my 6 x 6 studies completed after we returned home which was scraped away.  The burning of the memory is enduring.

'Stuck on Rozzo'

Guess you might think I am stuck on this subject matter.  In a sense, it is so true.  My time spent in this beautiful little alleyway made quite an impression.  What I find interesting is that there is enough significance for this neighborhood of maybe 14 homes to have its own sign from the highway.  I'm not certain of the special designation but it clearly is special.

I gave myself a limited amount of time to paint this 6 x 6 then forced myself to scrape the entire thing off the canvas.  What do you think of that?  Gone.  But not forgotten.

Repose

Repose has a dreamlike quality often felt when a young mother finally has a chance to put up her feet, which was the case here.  Lovely Heather...

The Rose

This is from Day 3: the rose.  In Carol's class, she says the third day is the hardest for everyone.  I believe it has to do with the close values and hues.  Sally in our class whined and gnashed her teeth but completed a very nice rose.  Another Carol painted a rose which looked just like the teacher's.  She said she just followed instructions!

Jr. Cowpoke

These are the cowboy boots my little cowboys each wore when he was about 2 years old.  All three are now completely grown and fathers of little cowpokes.  I painted with the excellent Carol Marine this past week.  This was painted on Day 1: shoes.  What a great teacher and fabulous workshop.

This painting "Jr. Cowpoke" is available for purchase in DailyPaintWorks Gallery.

SouthWesterly

This sweet barn in Hays County has seen quite a bit of wind lately.  No rain!

White on White

This little 6 x 6 is a very quick exercise.  I'm working on a few of these to see how my three primaries work: yellow ochre, alizarin crimson, French ultramarine blue.