The Road Not Taken

The Road not Taken
9 x 12
oil on canvas
$400

This is an unpaved service road/trail in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. I've never walked all of  it, but I like how it looks and have painted it a few times.  I just recently painted an 8 x 10 of it and decided to do a larger version of it in my newer, looser style. This one is a 9 x 12. I really am enjoying painting faster. I think I'll get a larger brush and try an even larger version in the near future.                               

Color at the End of Fall.

Warm Colors of Fall
8 x 10
oil on canvas
$300

Here is a painting that I began in early December, still fall, in the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. Then I decided to go back in and try loosening  up my brushwork. I think I like it better now. It sure has a different feel to it.
 I love the colors of fall and of course in Texas fall comes late, and sometimes hardly at all. There is something so special to me when the weather first starts to change. But tonight it is COLD and I'm sitting in front of the fire in my den with one of my dogs curled up beside me and I'm thinking I wouldn't mind some warmer weather.

Pumpkin, Pear, and Apples

Autumn Harvest
8 x 10
oil on canvas
NFS

    I love the fall. To me there is something so special about the change of the seasons. Our mornings are cooler, in the 50s, although the days still warm up to the 80s and 90s. The leaves are just starting to change color and I've heard the geese flying south a few times already. Fall is also the end of baseball season and we are very hopeful that our Texas Rangers will play in the World Series this year. It's also the start of football season for TCU and of course the Dallas Cowboys as well as my nephews games. Fall is the begining of hunting season. I didn't go out this year but I enjoy working with my  dog and hearing about my friends trips out.

pumpkins on my porch

 Fall is also when the weather becomes more bearable for painting out. I love to paint the colors of fall, the foliage  and of course the pumpkins. I 've bought several for my porch in different shapes and colors. So if I have the time I'll have to paint some of them. Of course with work, sculpture, and everything else time is something I don't have a lot of.

my front porch

Another thing I like about fall is Halloween. A number of the houses on my street put up orange lights and have pumpkins or other decorations on their lawns or porches. I enjoy the lights as our days grow shorter and shorter.