Rooster and Girl on a Country Walk

A New Pet

Well as you can guess, this painting is definitely from my imagination! I had this idea in my head for a few weeks, before I finally sat down to put it on canvas.  I decided on a rooster in this rural scene to go along with the girl who has appeared in some of my past paintings.   They are headed towards a small shed that came from my memories of an old well pump house, that was on the old farmstead that we rented years ago.  The rooster was one of a line of bantam mix chickens that we have had over the years.  He had beautiful colors in his feathers that glistened in the sun.This is another of my paintings that is headed to 'The Peaceable Kingdom: Animals, Real and Imagined' art show, at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, CA.

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Old Farmhouse Original Farm Landscape Painting

Farmstead in the Mist

I really like trying to capture the feeling of atmosphere in my paintings. The feel of a misty morning or evening, a bright, sunny day, or the heavy feeling in the air before a storm. I have always been intrigued by old, farm houses and painted this one with simple, gothic style to it. I hope that you will enjoy viewing my original quite, country landscape paintings.

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Queen Anne's Lace on the Farm

This is a photo taken on our old farmstead, in the summer when the Queen Anne's lace ( Wild Carrot ) comes into full bloom. This was taken on a misty morning, just the kind of day that I like to paint. Queen Anne's Lace is not native to the United States, but was brought from Europe and has naturalized over our country. I am missing warm weather right now, in the midst of winter, but it gives me more time to paint!

I am working on several paintings right now. I normally rotate between several paintings at a time so that while one is drying between layers, I can switch over to another piece. I often need time to stop and think about what I want to do next on a painting also, and that gives me more time for that too.

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