"Sun Spot" - Challenge 13

Sun Spot     8" x 10" acrylic

There are web sites out there that offer challenges which I do occasionally.  This one was of a small grove of aspens.  Since I have never seen aspens in person, I chose to make my trees a generic variety and concentrate my attention on the bright spot of sunshine filtering into the autumn grasses underneath.  After finishing this exercise in "realist abstraction",  I had the feeling that my best result was about 3/4's of the way into this painting.  In other words, I kept going when I should have stopped.  That is what these lessons to self are all about... learning.

Cathedral Grove II

"Cathedral Grove II"

24" x 48" acrylic on gessoed masonite

I painted this scene in 1997 based on a black and white photo of my uncle's pecan grove. I had positive feedback on it at two shows but could not sell it because my son claimed it.  So here it is again, or at least a very similar one, hence the "II" in the title.  This one will be for sale at my solo show in April.... unless someone is interested before then.  If that is the case, just drop me an email.