Quick Azaleas

In this one I tried to keep my brush moving very quickly without slowing down for details. I even had my "dessert" first, meaning that I painted the red azalea color as the first big brush stroke on the white paper.​

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Afternoon Azaleas

The afternoon sun creates dramatic contrasts of values and really sets those deep red springtime azaleas​ on fire.

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Serene Spring Suburb Study

I love making up tongue twisters so here is an easy one in the title to this painting. Springtime foliage is at its zenith here in west Tennessee. I am amazed at the intensity of the red color in the azaleas and the stark contrasts in these colors against their green backgrounds.​

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Grain Processing

This is a typical sight along Tennessee backroads. My visual interest here was the vertical thrust of the tanks, the rusty textures and the intricate threading of the support struts.​

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The Blue Tree

I used a quick impressionistic approach here to capture the rough hewn feeling I got from this scene. The color of the bark is surprisingly bluish due to the lichen.​

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Rainy Day

This was painted while looking out of the window of a cabin in northwest Tennessee. It rained all day, so I took advantage of the time and tried to capture part of the essence of the gray wetness on this Maple tree.​

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Old Maple Study

I painted this plein air while looking up through the branches of this old Maple tree. I am visually drawn to the overlapping shapes, textures and colors.​

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