Trip to Ohio

i was on the road to Ohio last weekend, so I didn't get a chance to post to my blog. While in Ohio I was able to get some good painting done. This first one is of my friends Chris and Dawn's house in Hocking hills.

 Conkle's Hollow

 Goodale Park in Columbus

 Hoover Dam, Westerville

 Also Hoover Dam

 First Sunlight in Kansas, on my way out.

 Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills

 Westerville, Ohio

 Wesley Glenn, were my father lives.

 Wetstone park, Columbus

Could summer be winding down already?!

I'm sorry about the glare on these photos. I could not get a glare free picture this afternoon to save my life!

 Thur. night it snowed. Friday was cloudy and cold. I stopped at NCAR after work and painted this scene with the clouds low.

Saturday after a bike ride, I went back to the same spot. The light seemed very cool and very different than the day before.

I'm hoping I don't have to tell you this is rushing water.

Painted in Boulder canyon around a very popular climbing spot.

This afternoon I painted up the hill beside the house. the light seemed very interesting.

First thing this morning I attempted this quick paintings of some overhanging rocks.

A bunch of climbers were hanging around. A quick gesture I wiped out after taking this photo.

Good Figure

I put another three hours into this on Weds. I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

I had Weds afternoon off, so before figure I painted this view from Sawhill Ponds.

Today Sharon and I went up Jones Pass again. This was my best of the day.

On our way home we stopped in Clear creek for another quick one.

Friday was the Art Walk in Louisville. After hanging my new batch of paintings, I went outside and attempted to paint "Nina's flowers and gifts" Store front.

 This was the first painting of the day this morning. I put it last because I am not sure if I like it or not. There was a lot of pretty colors.

Today Sharon and I went up Jones pass. It started raining almost right away. I set up my canopy and we went for it anyway. In this painting I am attempting to show a little bit of sunshine showing through the rain.

 Yesterday morning I went out at dawn and whipped out this 8x10 in about 10min.

 This is from Weds night. The model is coming back this Weds and I will be working on this for another 3 hours. Hopefully it gets better and not worse.

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Boulder Creek

 Backyard flowers

 Pine Colorado. I didn't get to finish this one.

 Buffalo Creek Colorado

 From a photo I took up near Devil's Thumb Pass

 Boulder Creek

Quite a few this week

This one is from last Sunday morning and is about a 20 min painting.

 Cloud study.

 These next 2 are of the same spot. The first was a sunny afternoon and the light moved very fast. I was pretty much painting from memory for most of the session.

This second one was done on a cloudy after noon. these conditions were a little more managable.

 Monday after noon, I huddled down in some bushes where I thought I was safe from getting beaned by a disc and painted this at the local disc golf coarse.

 then I cruised over to the studio where my friend Ian was posing again for a portrait.

 Today, Debbie road up mt. Evans while I painted. This was done by the summit lake.

 And this one I painted jut below the summit at 14000 ft. the mountain in the back is Pikes Peak.

Here is a reminder of the opening tonight. Below see some of my paintings from the last two weeks.

 

Today I painted from the driveway. If this looks familier, it's because I have painted this view numerous times.

 This is from earlier this week. it is a very quick study from the top of my hill as the sun was going behind the mountain.

 This house is one I remodeled years ago. the clients are some of my favorites. It took 2, 2 hour sessions to paint and is on a 16x20 panel.

 My friend Ian posed for us 2 Wednsdays ago.

 Here we have a still life start. I may or may not paint on it more. I love being outside too much.