Well, we painted this pond yesterday afternoon (see that day) and we were back again this morning. The weather forecast predicted afternoon thunderstorms but we thought we would take a chance and paint in the morning. We only felt a few drops and they weren’t til the end of our painting session. It was exciting […]
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Okay, we named this pond ourselves. Myrrh and I were on a very bumpy backroad in Texas, more like a gravel road only it was more like rocks, and the road went right by a beautiful pond. It was getting late in the afternoon and we were both tired since it was our second day
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This was such a beautiful place when Myrrh and I painted it the first time that we returned the next morning to paint it again. This time there was no fog but we started with a slightly overcast morning. Then things started to change! A while later the sky was bright blue, the water was
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Just outside of Bellville, Texas the landscape starts to turn to rolling hills as you go farther west towards the Texas Hill Country. My friend Myrrh and I found this beautiful spot to paint just at the beginning of wildflower season. As always we drive down a Highway looking for “promising” farm roads to
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This is a beautiful sunlit barn outside of Bellville, Texas. My friend Myrrh and I were driving around looking for our next scene to paint when we came across this delightful red barn with an orange tractor. I love the shape of the barn, Fisher Price has nothing on this barn! Click the image below
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I went out and painted two full days this past week with my friend Myrrh. It is spring in Texas and the landscape is beautiful. The wildflowers are starting to bloom and if you look carefully, among the bluebonnets, Indian paintbrushes, yellow daisy-like flowers, violet flowers, and white flowers, you will see even the long
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It’s mid March and here in Texas the weather has started to warm up. Time to get outside and paint! My friend Myrrh Haslam and I went out for the day, we met at 8:00 a.m. and drove northwest towards the little town of Chappell Hill. With daylight savings time we still had the beautiful
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Recently I used a small plein air study to create a larger studio work. I pulled out a little plein air study from one of my painting adventures with Myrrh. I decided to paint a larger version and what I’ll show you is a 15″x30″ oil on canvas that I painted in my studio from
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