Abstracted Landscape Study 9.28.2022

 

oil on panel, 6" x 6"

Just a quick little palette knife study of a cloud system over a flat landscape.  I like the role the gray plays in this one.

Oasis

oil on panel, 6" x 6"

Here's a little ditty of an abstracted landscape, which perhaps speaks to my state of mind currently . . .

Desert Flowers

 

oil on panel, 10" x 10"

This is a quick warmup painting for returning to oils after a long stretch of painting almost exclusively in acrylics.  Also a warmup for returning to landscapes, which I prefer to do in oil.

Chamisa

acrylic on canvas paper, 9" x 12

An aerial view of chamisa, a beautiful, fragrant shrub and a common sight in New Mexico.  It makes for a fun color study.

Anza Borrego in Spring

oil on canvas, 10" x 10"

Anza Borrego is a stretch of desert in Southern California that has a profusion of colorful wildflowers in the spring, and this year, with all the rain it got, is slated to be a superbloom year.  I wish I could go there and paint my immediate response to it all, but alas, I cannot get away.  So, I comforted myself by painting it from a photo I found online.  Not the same as being there, but still fun to do and another useful learning experience.

Harrie in the Desert

acrylic on canvas, 30" x 20"

This one's for Roy, or maybe from him.  I had to do it.

Desert Dawn

iPad painting, 14" x 10"