SUMMER

7"X5"

OIL ON PANEL

PRICE $100

Zinnias, a sign of summer in the midwest. They seem to thrive on our heat and humidity. I have been using up some of the black masonite panels from a workshop last year. They are great if you plan to use dark background colors but I find the black is a problem when painting the lights. I prefer painting on white, burnt sienna or yellow. But it is always fun to experiment with different grounds.

MUSTARD FIELD

5"X7"

OIL ON MASONITE PANEL

PRICE $100

This is a cornfield near our home that is now a wild mustard field. The flowers are beautiful but very invasive.
These weeds are showing up everywhere now including my flower garden. I leave them alone until the flowers are ready to go to seed then I get rid of them. Inevitably they will be back in my garden next year until I toss them out again.

JUNE LILIES

6"X6"

OIL ON PANEL

PRICE $100

Two types of daylilies from my garden. I have painted lilies so many times and I am always surprised at how hard they are to capture in paint. There are so many nuances of color that it can get confusing to the eye.

ORANGE BLOSSOMS PROGRESSION SOLD

This is the beginning of a painting of Mock Orange Blossoms from my front garden. I painted this on an ampersand panel which I covered with a coat of acrylic burnt sienna. I find that the paint flows easier on these panels if I coat them first.

Here is another shot with more of the background added.

7"X5"

OIL ON PANEL

PRICE $100

Here is the finished painting. I found these flowers a little difficult to paint because I was having trouble establishing the color of the shadow areas. White is a tricky subject.