
Due to all the graduation parties, my daughter Hannah getting married and the usual spring fix-up chores and gardening chores -- painting time each spring suffers.
By mid June things settle out and my routine news -- hopefully it will be like previous years where after a break I am refreshed and approach my subjects with a new energy.
This 24x36 inch painting --oil on canvas -- was done from a photograph in the studio. I was on Blue Herron trail in the Mississenwa State recreation area when suddenly the trail went through a stand of pines. Most of these were in perfect rows, probably some state conservation project, but now they were tall and the lower branches all dead from lack of sun. They appeared to be shaking hands with one another.
This was done with a wash of color that was then balanced with the addition of color added with brushes. Finally, texture and interest was added with multiple sized pallette knives.
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