This painting and the one previous were done on two consecutive days when I was limiting myself to 2-hours to complete the painting. I try to do this every so often, especially when I feel like I'm tightening up in my paintings and spending too much time on details. Working fast and loose is a good antidote!
As we are still in the grip of cold weather here in northern Illinois, I went searching among my archived photos and found this scene from beautiful summer day.
The photo reference for this painting was again supplied by my California son. I like the desolate landscape surrounding the classic old VW buses on the desert highway.
I was having some trouble with February/March weather so I dug up a photo from last summer. Looking forward to warmer weather!
This one from last January as we were visiting my son in southern California. It's currently in my show Backroads at McHenry County College thru March 28th.
I’ve been painting since high school but only a canvas or two at the most every year. Then, 12 years ago in the summer of 2013 I started painting nearly every day. I’d bumped into a plein air competition in Door County and all the talented artists there inspired me and woke me up. I’ve been keeping track ever since and this is my 500th painting.
