Barn

11x14

oil on canvas

I loved how the sun was exploding off of this barn along with the shadows from the trees surrounding it.  

Village

9x12

Oil on canvas

I've always wanted to try a painting using blocks of color.  This was an interesting study.  Not so sure how well I pulled it off, but I enjoyed using the brighter colors and working on a more pared down composition.  

Moonlit Garden

 8x10

Oil on canvas board

Sometimes when I finish working on a painting for the day I will have some extra paint.  If there is enough left I will freeze it for use later, but if not, I just scrape it onto a canvas.  After layers and layers of leftovers this painting developed!  

High Meadow

High Meadow

11x14

oil on canvas

I have always loved this meadow in Yellowstone National Park.  It seems so peaceful and quiet (and wet!).  I enjoyed working on that aspect as well as continuing to develop my skills in painting distance.  

Montana landscape

9x12

oil on canvas

Another scene from beautiful Montana in the fall.  Nature has so much character!

Continuing to play with distance and looser strokes and bigger brushes.  

Montana Stand

Montana Stand

11x14

oil on canvas

Having fun working on some landscapes from places I have visited and have happy memories with friends.  This one was on a fishing/hunting trip in Montana.  While others were shooting pheasant, I was shooting this!  Been playing with distances, the last one I painted was far distance and this one sits in front of hills of trees.  Fun with values.

Teton Marsh

Teton Marsh

6x12

oil on canvas

I had this small and different canvas that I wanted to try out with a landscape with lots of depth.  Took this shot during a visit to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming.  Lots of marsh looking toward Lake Jackson and the mountain range on a typically grayish day.  

Lost Maple

Lost Maple

oil on canvas

9x12

Fall color from the beautiful Lost Maples State Park in Texas.  Sometimes I like to loosen up by just using a palate knife with lots of colors.  

Dotty!

Dotty!

oil on canvas

9x12

My brother (Scooter Smith, the artist) gave me some new paints for Christmas.  So, of course, I had to paint something with them.  Dotty is their sweet dog who enjoys pleasing the crowd in the neighborhood 4th of July parades.  

Offering

Offering

Oil on canvas

16x20

A portrait of humble prayer - this woman at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem buries her face in her prayer book as she rocks and prays.