Rest of the Fickle Windmill

"Fickle Windmill" 8 x 6 Study for T&D______$100

I posted part of this the other day, and when looking through the files just now, I couldn't find the WHOLE painting, because as a thumbnail it looked like a photo! When I painted this I hated it, because the greens were too...GREEN! But letting a few days go by, and seeing how accurate the colors are compared to the real photos, I change my mind a little bit!

It reminded me of a painting I did at the farm about a year ago. I ended up calling it "Green That Hurts", because the greens this time of year are so electric, that it hurts to look at them!..

Sunday begins my "One Last Day on the Farm"...I will be camped out there with my friends L and T to keep me awake, and a few reporter-types coming to see how I can do 24 paintings in 24 hours!...BUT!...between now and then, I have three ballgames to cheer at!...PLEASE WATCH for the 24 in 24, and if you are in the Austin area, watch News 8 on Sunday! ;)

Fickle Windmill

"Fickle Windmill" .............a study for Tom and Debbie's painting

I spent the morning at Debbie and Tom's Ranch, photographing and sketching. Before I finished this sketch, the wind changed direction and the blades spun into a BLUR....so this one is mighty rough...then the afternoon and evening were filled with baseball games where it was SENIOR DAY for the Univerisity of Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders. Our team just couldn't get it going today and we lost a couple of high scoring ball games....

This time next week, I will paint ONE LAST DAY ON THE FARM. So, for the next week, I will be painting from photos of the farm, getting my eye ready to paint 24 in 24 hours...hope you will stay tuned!

Distant Gathering

"Distant Gathering"___6x8___not available YET

I made good time on the way home from NE! I slept late (well, 7 am is late for me) and got all the way to Belton by lunch time, so took my son to lunch. Only an hour from home I decided to stop by Debbie and Tom's ranch to look around for ideas for a painting they want me to do! Gee, I had my paints all loaded on the pallette, since I just painted on the Platte river 2 days ago, so I did this little study of distant clouds and cows gathering!

Tomorrow, I will be sketching at THE FARM! A film crew is coming to look it over with me and make plans for the next installation of 24 in 24. Since my usual view went up in flames last week, I will be looking at the farm from a different angle this time...how symbolic!