These are all favorite local scenes. The first one is a fishing spot where we go to fish for trout. This was a beautiful sunny day, but of course they are not all like that, especially here in Juneau. We have to fish in the rain a lot!
This was an amazing spot to paint. It may look a bit awkward, but it couldn’t have been much nice. There were not even any bugs to contend with. For some reason, I just like to paint rocks. And I don’t think that I am alone in this.
It just never gets old to see a batch of these together. There is just something so cool about small things. They fascinate me!
I am back at painting a new batch of miniatures for this season at the Juneau Artists Gallery. I will probably be doing several posts with them coming up. I did not feel that I would be putting time into doing the small ones this year, but once I did one, I was very motivated to continue. I have done about 20 new ones this past couple weeks, and really enjoying them!
This piece measures 8×24 inch and sold at a recent showing at the Juneau Artists Gallery which I belong to. It is an artists co operative gallery. Sunshine Cove is one of my favorite spots here in Juneau. These little islands are just a little way from shore, but just far enough to give them a wonderful distance to be viewed. The roadside is also quite a bit above sea level, so that also lends to wonderful viewing. And the Chilkat Range of mountains on the far side are just spectacular as a backdrop.
I did this 8×6 inch oil on panel for a friend of mine. I couldn’t resist the beautiful light bouncing around on the fabric in contrast with the coarseness of the meadow. And I thought it was so cute that she was also barefoot, which you can just see the tips of her toes peaking out from under her dress. This was just a total pleasure to do! This is still one of my all time favorite little paintings.
These are two more attempts at painting the mountains in my front yard en plein air. I really like the lighting that I was able to capture in the first one. It looks really warm and filled with light bouncing off other areas. The paintings are oil on board and measure 6×6 and 6×8 which are good sizes to use when beginning to learn to paint outside.
It would be possible to paint these mountains many, many times without ever repeating the look. They look a bit different every single day. So I actually took advantage of this fact to get in some practice using my outdoor painting set up. I definitely was learning a lot.
My studio window looks out over our vegetable garden and on this particular, and rare sunny morning, I just had to capture the intense warm light shed upon it. I love the changing light on it whether it is cloudy or sunny, but this was irresistible! It is 6×6 oil on gesso board
This is from a photo I took at our place in Maine. I love all the trees in Maine! The changing light throughout the day just makes me have to keep my camera very close. I am always ready for a pic ( = I have been a bit afraid to try this scene for some time but have learned quite a bit from Phil Starke’s workshops and decided to go for it. I would like to do it again and do it looser, but was at least somewhat pleased with the outcome.
This must be one of my favorite spots because I have painted it several times now. I find the dead trees very interesting and they change so much with the different light. It is a little creek that is on the way to the Mendenhall Glacier where my husband and I walk quite often. Sometimes there are bear down in there to watch too. Pretty soon the area will be flooded with tourists going to see the glacier and hoping to catch a glimpse of a bear.
Art with my Coffee 