Evening Blankets the Hills

"Evening Blankets the Hills"
5" x 7"
Oil on canvas panel
I saw a painting similar to this and tried to capture the essence of it in miniature. It's a lot like my regular sky paintings with a little more detail to the ground.  I'd love to live where this view is common place.  

It's not my habit to copy art, but it is a learning experience, just like the masters used to instruct their students. Simple strokes of color defined the topography of this hilly place.

Carol

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Daylight Come

"Daylight Come"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard
Yup, Harry Belafonte's Day-O, or the Banana Boat song.  It's a work song that the dock workers would sing while working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. Daylight has come, the shift is over and they want their work to be tallied so that they can go home.  

With so many skies under my, um, belt, titling them gets tricky.  Pardon my goofiness. 

Carol





Still Hanging

"Still Hanging"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard
The sun dangled over the farm in those final moments before day faded to night. It posed between silo and pine like a bowling ball about to roll between a bedpost split. 

I'm not a bowler, but I do like the picturesque terminology presented above.  The 7-10 split is also called a goalpost split, which may appeal to some more than others.

Carol

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Sunrise Waves

"Sunrise Waves"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard
Long, tongue-like waves licked their way toward shore, some donning morning's light, others determined to drag night along as long as possible.

A sunrise is my warm up this time.  I bought more of these panels over the weekend so I can continue this little passion for a while longer. I'm figuring out how to paint that blue stuff that changes color and shape over my head.

Carol

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At Joanie's

"At Joanie's"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard
We were outside at sunset when Joan noticed the color of the treetops, that they were viridian, despite the drought.  "The sun's playing tricks," I said.  Joan was happy it wasn't the wine she had with dinner, instead.  

 Another twenty minute painting, done with Joan in my studio with me!  No wine was consumed while painting this sky... well, almost none.

Carol

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Good Morning

"Good Morning"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard
"Good morning my love, come see the sunrise. I'm glad you're waking up to watch it with me.  I wasn't going to waken you, but now that you're... honey?  My darling?  It's okay, we can watch the sunset tonight, instead." 


I enjoy making these small sky paintings.  They give me satisfaction and joy to be able to produce them from passion within.

Carol

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A New Day

"A New Day"
6" x 6" 
Oil on hardboard
It's a new day, ripe with opportunities to come to clarity and heal.  Would that it were as simple as dissipating a cloud cover to whisk away our woes.  


Sky paintings are therapeutic for me. I respond spontaneously to how the paint moves on the ground, be it canvas or board.  Small ones are often warmups for a more detailed painting.

Thank you for being here today.
Carol

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