Painting for Auction

My friend Marissa held an auction for one of her favorite charities.  She has a way of bringing people of many talents together for good causes.  I painted this fall tree, one of my favorite subjects. It sold at a nice price, I'm happy to say. 

Another item I'm working on this week is these boats in the sunset.  The joy of a dawning day--or sinking sun, I'm not sure which--blazed across the sky. 

Tree Fascination

I like trees. The ever-changing colors, the varied shapes,  the shadows cast. This painting was fun to do.  Some paintings take no time and are pure joy to put on canvas. This was one of those. 

My river paintings are a royal pain, a labor of love, an attempt to recreate favorite places.  

My people painting is worse than that. It's agony and repainting and trying to portray something other than wooden dolls or stick figures. 

Tree painting is child's play. 

Quaint Little House

At the plantations in Virginia, we viewed this charming little house.  It was one of the outbuildings, and may be more modern than the imposing brick structures.  Here is the photo:

You can see that I changed the roof angle and showed more of the house.  I need to highlight the trees and brighten the sky.  My goal of learning to paint architecture is progressing.  It's much simpler to splash on leaves for trees and flowers.