Arboretum Afternoon

 

Arboretum Afternoon

8" x 8" Oil on Panel

Plein Air - Dallas Arboretum

Available at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas

Colors of January

 

Colors of January

8" x 8" Oil on RayMar Panel

Plein Air/White Rock Lake, Dallas

January in Dallas can be very warm or brutally cold.  Yesterday John and I went to White Rock Lake...the sun was out, but it was windy and very chilly.  The weather conditions forced me to paint fast.  I wanted to nail the colors to get a feel for the day.  The brush and scrubby trees were right in front of my set-up (see photo below).  

Thanks for looking at my art.  Please contact ME with any questions or comments.  This painting will be available for purchase once it has dried.  Kay

Strada Easel Challenge Day #18

 

Painting at White Rock Lake

Plein Air 8" x 8" Oil on Panel

Strada Easel Challenge Day #18

Thanks for looking at my blog!  KMW

Day 16 - White Rock Lake

 

8" x 16" Oil on Panel

Plein Air at White Rock Lake

Oh what a beautiful day!

I set up on the west side of the lake, with the bath house in the distance.

I will put some finishing touches on this painting in the studio.

Thanks for looking, Kay

Painting in our front yard. Day #9

 

John is the gardener...cactus, lantana and garlic chives.

I painted from the front porch.

Day #9 Strada Easel Challenge

16" x 8" Oil on RayMar Panel

Plein Air/approx. one hour.

Had a great time until the mosquitoes attacked me.

Thanks for looking at my art, Kay

Flag in Plein Air

 

Flag 

10" x 10" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Oil

Flag Day is June 14th---missed it by a day!  I painted this on a windy day in my front yard.  Contact Kay for more info.  Thanks for looking!  MW

December Sail - Sold

 

December Sail

Sold!

8" x 8" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Plein Air at White Rock Lake

Thank you, Dutch Art Gallery for displaying, framing and selling this plein air piece.  I remember setting up to do a quick painting of the lake, with the marina in the background.  There were a few sailboat out, and I captured one in my painting.  Using a palette knife I put some scruffy tall grass in the foreground.  It was a great day to paint at the lake!  Thanks for looking....KMW

Plein Air

 

Sunny, warm and no wind...got to be outside painting.  I put three sunflowers in a red sap bucket in our front yard and started painting.  I ran out of time, as the shadows were moving too fast.  I hope to get back out there tomorrow at the same time of day.  This panel is 16" x 8" and super wet.  Hope to finish tomorrow...this was day #23 of the Strada Easel Challenge 2022.  Painting from life.  Thanks for looking, KMW

Here's the final painting:

White Rock Lake/Plein Air

 

White Rock Lake/Plein Air

8" x 8" Oil on RayMar Panel

Contemporary Landscape

Day #13 Strada Easel Challenge/Painting From Life

Here's my set-up along the shore of White Rock Lake in Dallas.

Thanks for looking....Kay

White Rock Lake in November

 

White Rock Lake in November

10" x 10" Oil on RayMar Panel

Plein Air Painting

The weather in Dallas has been great--and instead of going to the studio, I set up my easel at the lake.  I picked a spot that had a winding bike path, trees and of course a view of the water.  I had to work fast because it was late afternoon with good shadows, but the light was changing.  I spent about 45 minutes on this small study.  Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay

Dallas White Rock

 

Dallas White Rock

6" x 6" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Landscape Painting/Palette Knife

Plein Air Painting/Custom Framed at Dutch Art Gallery

Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay

Dallas White Rock Lake

 

Dallas White Rock Lake

6" x 6" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Landscape Painting/Palette Knife

Plein Air Painting

This small painting is all framed up and hanging at Dutch Art Gallery.  Framed in a beautiful gold moulding with white linen makes the colors pop on this piece.  I remember painting it in early morning last summer.  Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay

Colors of January/Day 29 of 31 Day Paint Challenge

 

Colors of January - Plein Air

8" x 8" oil on Panel

Day # 29 of Strada Easel Challenge

Location was White Rock Lake, Dallas

Palette Knife Painting

I was focused on capturing the colors of the dreary, cold day.

Here's my set-up:

Thanks for looking at my blog!  Kay

Day 26: The Flag/Plein Air

Plein Air in our front yard....

10" x 10" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Plein Air

Day #26 Strada Paint Challenge

Here's my set-up, just as I got started.

 

December Sail

 

December Sail

8" x 8" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Plein Air at White Rock Lake

Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny and warm day in Dallas, so John and I went to White Rock Lake to take in the day.  🌞 I set up to do a quick painting of the lake, with the marina in the background,  There were a few sailboat out, and I captured one in my painting.  Using a palette knife I put some scruffy tall grass in the foreground.  It was a great day!  Thanks for looking at my blog.  This painting is drying in the studio.  Contact Kay for more info.  KMW

Plein Air at White Rock Lake

 

Yesterday was a perfect plein air day at White Rock Lake.  I did finish this painting, and here is a shot of my progress, as I worked quickly.  I was concentrating on the long afternoon shadows spilling over the bike path.  The weather was perfect and I had plenty of passer-byers who stopped to chat and take a peek.  This is a 10" x 10" Oil on RayMar panel.  Thanks for looking at my blog.  Kay

The Lake

 

The Lake

10" x 10" Oil on Panel

Plein Air at White Rock Lake

Thanks for looking at my blog!  Kay

White Rock Morning

White Rock Morning

8" x 16" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Plein Air Painting

Here are a few pics from our morning at the lake.  Susan and I had a great time...and my challenge was painting with only three colors.  Since I am a colorist by heart, it was a different experience to mix every color that I used from only three tubes!  This painting is drying in the studio, with bugs and a few speckles of dirt in it.    

Here are a few pics from our plein air experience.  We enjoyed it so much that we said we would make it a date....on a weekly basis.  Thanks for looking at my blog.  Kay

Windy December

Windy December

8" x 10" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

En Plein Air Palette Knife Painting

This is probably one of my favorite plein air paintings.  I have so many paintings that I started outside, but was unable to finish.  I stuck it out on this one, even though it was a very cold and windy December day at White Rock Lake.  I like the feel of the painting...kind of moody, and because I used the palette knife, there was a lot of scraping and modeling of the oils.  This painting is available, and looks great in a dark mahogany wood frame with a gold inside liner.  Contact Kay for more information.  Thanks, KMW

From The Porch

From The Porch
6" x 8" Oil on Canvas
Plein Air Painting

Here's a quick plein air study that I did last summer on the porch of the cottage Up North.  I am tired of all the rainy weather, and this painting makes me eager for summertime porch living. I will be painting in the studio today with another crummy day of social distancing.  Have an artful day...Kay