Less Flowers, More Landscapes?

After the show at 7th Street it was brought up to me that there were only 3 landscapes out of 20 paintings and that perhaps "less flowers, more landscapes should be painted..."  So, in that spirit here are two landscapes I have just finished in oil.    The Greenway Reflections painting will be in the Island Art Association Nouveau Show  opening during the Artrageous Artwalk this Saturday.  Hope to see you there.

Greenway Reflections

16 x 20 Oil on Canvas

2013

 

 

The Blowhole

at Sibleys Cove

16 x 12 Oil on Canvas

2013

 

Oil Painting, again

I have been working on some oil paintings lately, trying to get back the feel for that particular medium.  So far each has been entirely different than the next, but I am just stubborn enough to keep at it.   I was asked to join a group of painters who are trying to promote working in oils here on the island.  We meet once a week to paint together so it has kind of forced me to work in oil as well as in a group setting.  The feedback is great as I have struggled to adapt to the limitations as well as the opportunities that oils bring into play. 

Now if I could just remember how long this paint stays wet I wouldn't be smearing paint all over myself and my studio moving them around.

Near Jemez

16 x 20 Oil on Canvas

August on the Greenway

18 x 24 Oil on Canvas

Storm Over the Jetty

16 x 20 oil on canvas

The requisite marsh painting....

Summer Storm Over Egan's Creek
18" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas

Egan's creek is part of a natural greenway that runs for miles down the center of the island from north to south.  There is a large marsh with many water channels in the northern area of the greenway near the state park, Fort Clinch.   I seem to take a lot of photos of this part of the greenway in all kinds of weather conditions.  

Sometimes it feels like all the painters on this island are required to produce at least one marsh painting each year.  For some, all they paint is the marsh, in different weather, at different times of day, with or without birds etc...

I did this painting quickly, trying to keep from getting lost in the detail but staying loose enough to capture the feel of that afternoon storm.