Trees

Trees

I enjoy trees especially ones without foliage. The trunk and branches and the shadow structure are so fascinating.

So much variety

To keep them interesting they must have variety: spacing, color, shadow, negative space, bark

Working in layers helps

Painted in Sao Paulo

Oil on Textured Paper

12" x 16"

A fair amount of glare from the varnish on this one

As you can see, I like trees with character and water together

Many of my paintings have a dead or winter tree in the scene

Southern California effect.

The actual painting has more saturation in the colors than this

Stillness at the Riverside

12" x 16"

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The paintings above are from Brazil; the two below were painted at home in California

Wasatch Fields

18" x 24"

Oil on hardwood panel

A painting inspired by John Pototschnik

It was painted in my usual fashion from the distance to the front.  It was difficult to avoid overstating the shadows and darks in the background to save them for the focus and front

If you look closely you can see some of the fence wire

I think that this scene could be from Wasatch County

Sweet Waters

30" x 24"

Oil on HDF Panel

This is a much larger painting than the others.

Last Autumn Leaves

16" x 20"

Oil on Masonite

Simple peaceful autumn scene

Water is flowing but calm,  gentle clouds, restful

I like the trees on the right