Worked a little out Friday ...

It looked like this when I began today.

It looked like this when I ended for the day.

Close up.

The Fruit goes on ...

Okay... so I really started a vine and put in some leafy stuff last night, but here is what I completed Tuesday night at HOP, during some awesome sets.


It's a continual "work in progress", since I have been painting on this on and off for some time. It is nice to actually be able to lay in some new things right now.

Update to GHOP Babies room ...

My palette today. Bright & Pretty.

The color I laid in. Absolutely gorgeous.
I added some branchwork on the right (winter) as well.

It's a work in progress.

New GHOP work in progress

Began 10-27-2009

Update to Children's wall ...

Spring and Summer have sprung!

:)

Mural at GHOP

Working on a mural
in the babies room
at GHOP

I think it is coming along nicely.

Award Winning!

Spring Phlox
Acrylic on 9 x 12 Canvas Board
SOLD

Shiny Green Ribbon:

7th Annual
Plein Air
Art Event
~
2009
HONORABLE
MENTION

ACRYLIC




Paige Clausen
~Plein Air Artist~

~Receiving her first art award!
also... the painting SOLD at auction!

~ FABULOUS ~

This is a big recognition: There were over 100 artists from Missouri, the United States and Canada registed and submitting art for this 10 day event. All submitted pieces had to be painted "in plein air" during this event.

"Spring Phlox" was awarded honorable mention. Official judges were from 2 different galleries, a representative from Kodner Galleries in Saint Louis and a representative from Rice Gallery in Kansas City.

There were First, Second, and Third Place and Honorable Mention in 5 categories : Oil, Acrylics, Watercolor, Pastel, and Mixed Media. A few artists won ribbons in multiple categories or more than one place in a category.

I am completely honored and humbled. It is very stinkin' cool!

A few entries down is a clear unframed picture of this painting.
:)
:)

Spring Iris

"Spring Iris"
en plein air
Acrylic on Canvas
8 x 10

Held in Private Collection

Day 8 Balducci Vineyards "Paint the Sunset"

Balducci Sunset over the Vineyards
8 x 10
Acrylic on Canvas

SOLD

Augusta Plein Air ... Day 4 ... Chandler Hill Winery

Chandler Hill
~ The Grey House
9 x 12
Acrylic on Canvas Board
~
SOLD
~

This turned out to be a very "folk art" piece!
What we learn about changing light during every single plein air opportunity is priceless...
I learned that I need more time than this particular paint out afforded,
I need to remember my daughter's ipod so I can worship while I paint :)
and
I learned that I need to work less detailed, more flowing.

I did learn the colors to nail the road...
many thanks to my hillside painting buddy
Dawn Wagner for the color tips!

Augusta Plein Air ...Day 3... Mount Pleasant Paint out

"Vineyard Awning"

Study of
Grapevine growing
across an awning



Mount Pleasant Winery, Augusta, MO

Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10

For Sale

$75
Framed
No glass

:)

August Plein Air ... Day 2... Sugar Creek paint out

Standing In-between
Acrylic on Canvas Board
11 x 14



Painted at the Sugar Creek Winery paint out

Augusta Plein Air ...Day 1

Spring Phlox
Acrylic on Canvas Board
9 x 12
SOLD

Indigo Evening

Indigo Evening
Acrylic on Canvas
April 2009

painted by request
Held by Private Collection

Orange Sunset ~ Complete

Acrylic on Canvas
Orange Sunset
April 2009

Held in Private Collection

As you can see, I fine tuned the water reflection a bit.
there is a small amount of white reflecting from the flash that is not actually on the canvas.

The latest GHOP paintings

Moon ~ Pink Sunset
January 2009
Acrylic on canvas
11 x 14

Held by Private Collection

Eye in the Sky
December 2008

Acrylic on canvas board
9 x 12

For Sale
$75

Paint your county parks 2006

This took several days at Hideaway Harbor, Portage des Sioux.

The couple came one day and sat on the bench before they went to pick pecans!

This is out at Klondike Park in Augusta.

It was a quarry at one time, now it is just beautiful.

Orbs

Prophetic painting of orbs.

Augusta Plein Air 2008

Flowering Plum

16" x 20" Acrylic on canvas

Sold

Paper White

24" x 36" Acrylic on canvas

White butterfy

Grapes on Glass

Stained Glass Paint ~ My front door

Stained Glass Window

Stained glass paint