More landscapes

I haven’t taken the time to post much. But here are a couple of paintings that I posted on Instagram. I had a hard time photographing these two, being very shaded with dark areas that have a lot of glare (note the upper right corner of Goutweed which should me much darker with purple notes.) Consequently, the photos are not super accurate, but are close enough (and as good as it gets with my current technology!)

Goutweed oil on board 11×14 My neighbour’s yard in Kingston, Ontario

A Quiet Place oil on board 11×14 Frontenac Provincial Park, Ontario

Landscapes

Here are a few paintings that I had a hard time photographing without glare. Not perfect, but an improvement on previous attempts. That shimmering quality in the photo, particularly the two top ones? That’s just the light bouncing off the paint and varnish when I photograph them. They were all started in plein air.

Spring Flowers 8×10 oil on board Kingston, Ontario

Fall Light 8×10 oil on board Along the path near the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa

Dandelions 2 8×10 oil on board Lemoine Point Conservation Area, Kingston

Recent Landscapes

Here are some of the plein-air paintings that I have completed in the past year (a few were reworked in the studio). My camera and photographing set up are primitive and I’m having difficulty capturing dark areas without glare, so I can’t post all that I’ve done. You can see this problem in the trees of Along the Deer Trail and the vines in Back Alley Walk for example. I’m working to solve the problem and hope to add a few more works in the days to come.

Along the Deer Trail 9×12 oil on board Lemoine Point Conservation Area, Kingston	Into the Woods 9×12 oil on board Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, Kingston
Back Alley Walk 9×12 oil on board Alley behind Sydenham Street United Church, Kingston	The Old Tree 8×10 oil on board Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, Kingston
Apple Blossoms 8×10 oil on board A tree in my yard	Hazy Spring Day 8×10 oil on board Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, Kingston
At the Trail Junction 6×8 oil on paper Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, Kingston	Rocky Shore 8×10 oil on board Frontenac Provincial Park, Ontario
Windy Day on the Lake 8×10 oil on board Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, Kingston

Dandelions

My backyard lawn inspired my latest painting. It began as a plein-air painting one afternoon with the intention of completing it the next day but my husband mowed the lawn in the meantime. I was forced to finish it in my studio.

[UPDATE February 9 2017: better image of painting]

Plein-Air Show

I’ll have a few paintings in this upcoming art show held by the Ontario Plein-Air Society. All the paintings in the show must be plein-air paintings, in other words, painted on location in the great outdoors.

For more info, see their press release. OPAS is a new group open to all plein-air painters, both amateur and professional.

John Painting in the Park

John is a landscape painter who occasionally goes out to paint with me. I photographed him and painted this in the studio, with the help of a colour study completed that day in the park.

Painting in the Park
Petticoat Creek Conservation Area
oil on board
11×14

Petticoat Creek Conservation Area

Spring Walk
Petticoat Creek Conservation Area
oil on board
11×14

Scottsdale Farm

I attended my first outing with the Ontario Plein Air Society on January 2nd. We went to the Scottsdale Farm on a VERY cold day. I had so many layers on, I looked like a snowman myself. I never thought anyone could paint on a day like that but surprised myself by completing this small study. I had started another larger painting, but the lighting conditions changed drastically, from bright and sunny to cloudy and I had to put it aside.

A Light Snow Cover
oil on canvas
6×8

Another painting from Martintown

This is the first sketch I had painted on my excursion to Martintown in August. I finally took the time to adjust a few things, mostly lengthening the barn. That might seem like an odd thing to adjust, but the barn had this feeling of being really short, or sunken into the ground. I originally painted it as it was but realized afterward that due to the lack of scale in my painting, the barn didn’t look right. I had to adjust its height to get the right feel for it. Does it now work? I’m not sure!

Overgrown Barn
Martintown, Ontario
oil on canvas
8×10

Painting in Martintown

Here is a small painting of an overgrown field near Martintown, Ontario.

REVISED:

I adjusted it since first uploading it here. I deepened some shadows and added a few accents. Here is the final painting.

Martintown Field
oil on canvas
6×8