Plein Air– OPA Great Paintout 1

Mt. Adams from Eden Park
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
10/2013

View of Krohn
9" x 12", Oil on Canvas Panel
10/2013

I spent the first of two Saturdays at Eden Park yesterday participating in the Oil Painters of America 2013 Great Painout Cincinnati. Sponsored by the Cincinnati Art Club, there were 22 artists from Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio that particapated. Some were from as far away as Columbus and Indianapolis. Next week we will finish with a wet paint sale of the newly created canvases.

Reserves Park– Lotus 9

Reserves Park– Lotus 9
36" x 24", Oil on Canvas
10/2013

This was painted to match into the format of RP– Lotus 7 & 8, the pair I've had hanging in the Pendragon Homes Model. #7 is headed to Annapolis, MD for the Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Show, leaving an unmatched pair. This painting has taken its place.

MAPs Still Life

MAPs– Still Life 7
8" x 10", Oil on Canvas Board
10/2013

Monday at Mason Area Painters there were tables full of still life setups.

Columbia-Tusculum

519 Tusculum Avenue
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
9/2013

I painted on Tusculum Avenue in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati yeaterday morning. The rest of the SWOPA group was going to paint afternoon-evening, but I was tied up.  The other side of Tusculum is lit in the AM, so colorful homes from the west side of the street are represented.

Three Flower Studies

Reserves Park– Lotus Study 2

8" x 10", Oil o Canvas Panel

9/2013

Reserves Park– Lotus Study 3

8" x 10", Oil o Canvas Panel

9/2013

Reserves Park– Lotus Study 4

8" x 10", Oil o Canvas Panel

9/2013

Preparatory studies of lotus flowers for larger paintings in the Reserves Park Series.

Plein Air– Glendale

220 E. Sharon Road
9" x 12", Oil on Canvas Panel
9/2013

One of the many Victorian buildings that line Sharon Road as it passes through Glendale, this little gal is undergoing a interior refit. Nice colors and contrasting building shapes, with just enough foliage.

Plein Air– Anderson Ferry

Boone No. 7
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
8/2013

Boone No. 7 is the oldest ferry still working on the Ohio River. Built in 1937, this paddle-wheeler was first powered by steam and then converted to diesel. One of three ferry boats used at Anderson Ferry.

I found out she is still work (much to my chagrin), when they cast off her lines and pulled away from the bank, 1 hour into my painting. I had just sketched in her shape and I painted all around that waiting for her return to shore. I got about a total of about 45 minuets to paint her in.