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plein air oil  8" x 10"
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I have a few more sunflower paintings to show, but you'll have to wait a bit.  I've got several older paintings that I haven't yet posted.

I love old trucks.  I think that a lot of us are charmed by them, whether they're old and rusty from sitting who knows where, or they've been fixed up and restored.  It seems that old trucks remind us of a simpler time, or maybe remind us of our grand parents.  No matter, I find myself painting and photoing them.  This one (I knew what it was when I painted it) lives somewhere near Florence, CO.

Anyone know what it is?

Small & Wild

Small &Wild

plein air oil  8" x 10"

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The next few paintings in the sunflower series are also done in Bear Creek Park, but in a field across the street and a bit south from the last two.  I found it very challenging to photograph the painting in the exact yellow.  Anyone else have trouble photoing yellow?  If so, what do you do about it?

The fields of yellow seem to go on and on!  These aren't the large, big-faced sun flowers that one thinks of as sunflowers.  But they're small and grow wild.  They evoke happiness!

Dip In The Meadow

Dip In The Meadow

plein air oil  8" x 10"

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This is the 2nd of 5 sunflower paintings that I've done in the last week.  I guess that I'm channeling Van Gogh's sun flowers and Monet's series.  This meadow is along a path that I walk on regularly in near by Bear Creek Park.  I love the way the dip causes movement in the grasses, bushes, and colors. 

The photo below shows my set-up.  This was about the only patch of shade that day.  I focused in on just the dip area and not the whole hill side.  The challenge with this piece was the abundance of color.  Yes, there were lots of sunflowers but also lots of sage, different colored grasses, a variety of bushes, etc.  If I were to go back and paint this again I might try another approach...ie:  simplify all of the grasses and focus on the sunflowers.  What do you think? 

Meadow Of Gold

Meadow Of Gold

plein air oil  8" x 10"

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We have been having monsoon rains here in Colorado for much of the last 5 weeks.  Our meadows are greener than ever and filled with wild flowers, especially these little sun flowers.

I live near Bear Creek Park, an almost 700 acre county park, which is filled with these flowers right now.  Whole hillsides look yellow from a distance.  It is so beautiful!