8" x 10" oil on canvas

I was able to get out for a few hours to do this plein air painting of a farm’s grain silo’s yesterday afternoon while it was so nice. I drove around a bit until this caught my eye. Finished in time to get home and get cleaned up for Friday night football. You could smell it int he air.

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11" x 14" Oil on canvas

This is a view from our backyard looking out at Ashland BalloonFest on Saturday night. I try not to go down where all the action is. I got a fair amount of this sketched in before the balloons began lifting off. This stage is exactly what I was after and I had to paint like crazy to capture all the color of the balloons while they were blowing up. I had to finish the main balloon that is in the air after it was all finished because I couldn’t keep up. But it was fun trying.

11" x 14" Oil on board

This was painted as a part of Plein Air Ashland. A small group of us have gotten together and done some painting around town. This was supposed to be Ashland University but as I was doing a quick look around for somewhere to paint I spotted the coffee shop across the street with great light hitting it and the flowers around it. I also liked the play of the two buildings side-by-side and the way the roofs became one line down toward the center of interest. So, at least I stood on the grounds of AU while I did the painting.

9" x 12" oil on canvas panel

Painted as a part of the Creative Chateau‘s paint Ashland. I wasn’t able to paint with them because I went to church and went to my son Sam’s choir concert, “May Fiesta.” However, I was able to capture an evening scene looking toward the bridge. There was some great light on the bridge that evening. I ran short on time and needed to put ont he final bling in the studio. Looking forward to the next outing. I probably should have added the ducks since this is the duck pond but they were all on shore bugging me instead of in the water.

9" x 12" oil on canvas panel, ©2010

Went out a few evenings ago and completed this painting. The trees caught my attention while driving down the road and then the little out building became the focus with its aqua colored roof. I still need work on the way I handle trees, that’s for sure. But each time out is another practice session and a chance to improve.

9" x 12" oil on panel

I was supposed to be going to Columbus for a paintout with the Ohio Plein Air Society, the group that I belong to that provides opportunities to paint with others that share my passion. Because of the big snowstorm, i didn’t try to drive down there. Instead, after digging myself out I went downtown Ashland to do a little plein air on my own. I set up to paint this scene and after I got it roughed in the wind picked up and started blowing snow off of a nearby roof, right on top of me. So, I packed up and went back on Sunday afternoon and the sun was out and it was a perfect afternoon. I feel pretty good about this one. I feel like it has good design, good lead-in, and a focal point.

The setting is on Second Street in Ashland. I was actually right behind my office where we just recently moved Red Red Design. The main building shown is what used to be a pillar of the community, Gilberts Furniture. But a few years ago, it went out of business and the building now sits empty. the building on the right was the stores warehouse and it is being used and has great potential. The overhead walkway connects the two buildings.