Finally, a blog

I must be the world's worst a keeping my blog page current.  I start painting, and paint before I type, but I decided that I must try harder to keep in touch.

Last summer I took a wonderful plein air landscape class, with Roger Dale Brown.  It was such fun and I learned a lot about planning and executing a landscape.  I would definitely take another class with Roger.  I usually try and incorporate wildlife, or livestock into my landscapes, I feel since taking the class that these paintings have also improved.

I have been honored this year, people have been willing to part with their hard earned money and buy my paintings.  I sold landscapes and paintings of horses.  I am finally painting once more after family needs, travel and holidays and it feels good.  I have my most recent almost finished and have several more that I am anxious to try.  You will see new additions on the website soon.  So I am off to paint, happy art everyone. 

 

Sold a Painting/Posted a Painting

"Waiting for Spring" is a painting that I had mostly finished, but I left it setting for a while and spent time studying it.  I added some finishing touches and after the painting was photographed have posted it.  You can see it at rosspeakcreations.com/waiting-for-spring.

This particular painting was based on a drive my husband and I took in Yellowstone Park on a gray dreary day in April.  In lower altitudes the ground was bare with a hint of green, but where these bison were the country was still gripped by winter.  The snow was icy and granular, and had started to withdraw only around the sage, and rocks.  The bison were consumed with browsing, but would morosely pause and consider the available feed.  It had approximately the nutritional value of cardboard.  I felt for them, they were thin, some would die before the grass came.  The cows were carrying the next generation, they robbed their bodies to provide for their babies.  This particular cow was thin, but still strong, and her baby was born strong.

I was drawn to the color that was predominate on that dreary day.  When the wind ruffled the dark coats of the bison they became a pallet of color, reflecting maroon and lavenders, blues and rusts.  I hope you enjoy it.  Thanks for looking...

Inspiring Winter Weather

Our winter here in the Gallatin Valley has been extraordinarily beautiful.  We were lucky enough to experience a full moon after a nice snow fall combined with temperatures that hovered below Zero F.  The result was achingly lovely, diamond like sparkle in the snow, crystal silver and hues of blue and lavender in areas of sun and shade.

I have completed three miniature paintings that will soon be on my website, and now am starting on a winter landscape inspired by our recent weather.  Wish me luck, it is going to be a learning experience, but lots of fun too.