A Riot of Color

8x10

oil on canvas panel

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Painted  partly from imagination and partly from a still life, this painting is an exercise in pushing the color and scooping up lots of paint on my brush.  

 





A Tree for Baby (not available)

 

 

8x10

 

oil on canvas panel

 

 

This painting is for a new baby in our family.  The baby's room has a tree motif begun with a stained glass window, so I continued the tree theme with my painting.  The "mommy" did not want anything cutesy or childish so this could theoretically go with him/her to the first apartment.  It will be framed in a white plein air frame.

 

 

The painting was painted en plein air at Little Sugar Creek here in Charlotte.  I pushed the colors slightly to go with the colors in the baby's room.

Red!

 

8x10

oil on canvas panel

95.00

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Although I haven't been posting regularly, I have been painting regularly.  It's just that I have such a time with this Windows 8!  It took me about an hour (again) tonight to get photos downloaded, find them (that took forever), and edit.  I wrote it all down in sequence and hope that will solve the problems.

 

 

This barn was painted from a photo I found in a stack of photos I keep around when not painting plein air.  I now belong to plein air groups, which I love.  Painting with friends is the best!



Little Sugar Creek, Charlotte, NC

 

 

8x10

oil on canvas panel

 

Today's weather was gorgeous, so two painting friends and I trekked

 down to Little Sugar Creek for some plein air painting.

Louisana Bayou

8x10

oil on canvas panel

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/connie-snipes/louisiana-bayou/173712

 

Quite a few years ago, at a small family reunion, one of our activities was taking a

swamp tour.  I'm not exactly sure where we were--my sister made the arrangements.  At that time I

was still using a camera with film.  I took a boatload of photos, but this is the only one

I can find.  I came across this one about a week ago and thought it would be

fun to paint.  You see, I had painted it once before and I wanted to see how much

my painting style had changed and I hoped, improved.

 

I have no idea where my first one is,  but I do think this one is better than the first.