Warm Greetings

Warm Greetings
Oil 30" x 36"

This painting was done 99% with palette knife

Fall Grove

Fall Grove
Oil 22" x 28"

This painting is done almost entirely with palette knife. The only thing that isn't is the first layer of washes.

Aspens Plein Air

Aspens Oil 18" x 24" Oil Plein Air - Alla Prima

Summer Aspen

Summer Aspen
Oil / Canvas
40" x 30"

A recent painting of an aspen tree I've always liked. My goal for this was to have thin paint in the background and really thick and dense impasto paint on the tree and foreground in order to create depth.

Detail pics below to see paint thickness and texture:

It's fun to find little abstract designs when you take detail pics.

Here's a side view to see the paint dimension

Autumn Aspen Grove

Autumn Aspen Grove
Oil / Canvas
24 x 20

Wildflowers

Wildflowers
12" x 20"
Oil

Took an impressionistic approach on this one. Played with thick paint - building thick paint on top of thick paint in order to make a more tactile look and get more variety in color. Detail picks are below:

Out of Shadow

Out of Shadow
oil / canvas
10" x 14"


This painting was done with about 99% palette knife. I wanted to play with the palette knife and experiment with color in this piece.

Melting Ice

Melting Ice
Oil / Canvas
12" x 12"

Snowy Creek Plein Air

Snowy Creek
9" x 12"
Oil / Canvas


This is one from yesterday, done on location. I walked out to the spot, got set up, and found out that I had forgotten my brushes! However, I had my trusty palette knife. So I decided to paint it all with a palette knife.

Green Pear, Lemon Yellow

Green Pear, Lemon Yellow
Oil / Canvas
10" x 10"

Jack Painting Demo

To start, I made a rough drawing. Making dry brushed marks that are not fully committed to the location of shapes and edges. You can "sneak up" on more accurate marks later this way.

Blocking in the shadow shapes here. This is where the more committed drawing takes place. It's thin so there's still room for adjustments. Observing how the shadows are connected here.

Blocking in the background. The background is real simple, so why not get it all in first.

The full block in. Getting in all the basic planes.

From here you can move in for the placement of the features. Things still aren't fully committed yet to their location and size relationships. That's the great thing about oils, you can take a brush and move it around on the surface until it's in the right spot.

I haven't placed in my darkest darks or dark accents in the face yet or even my brightest brights in it either. I wanted the in between values placed first and then carve out the high and low values.

Jack
Oil / Canvas
9"x12"

The final painting. From the block in to the final you can see what was adjusted how the darks and lights were added to define the form more.

I used the palette knife to sharpen some edges. Generally, I'll work from thin to thick in paint and soft to crisp in edges. Although, it doesn't matter how you start your edges, you could start with all sharp and then soften them in the end.

Plein Air Paintings

Below are a couple Plein Air Paintings I did Yesterday. I did a total of four. These are two of the four.


To Mountain Heights
Oil / Canvas 14" x 14"




Cottonwood Pass
Oil / Canvas
8" x 12"

Some New Plein AIr Paintings

Cascade
Oil 6" x 12"




Rugged Land
Oil 8" x 10"




Rocky Cascade
Oil 16" x 12"





River Blues
Oil 16" x 12"





Green Pasture
Oil 6" x 8"



Gentle Flow
Oil 8" x 10"





From the Earth
Oil 16" x 12"



Fields of Gold
Oil 14" x 18"

Colorado Plein Air Paintings

Edge of Shadow 8x10 oil



Summer Solstice 8x10 oil



Reaching 8x10 oil



Mountain Country 8x10 oil



Canyon Shapes 8x 10 oil



Above Green Fields 8x10 oil

Last Light

Last Light - Oil - 25" x 32"

Under the Trees

Under The Trees
Oil - 9 by 12"

Up the Hill

Up the Hill
Oil 9 by 12"

Hills and Snow

Hills and Snow
Oil on Panel
8" by 17"

Couple Plein Air Sketches from today

The first one 7" by 12"

The second quick 6" by 8"

New Book Available

I'm happy to announce my new book of my artwork. It contains 34 full page images of my original paintings.


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