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August 12th, 2016

8/12/2016

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It has been awhile since I posted a tree that really inspired me, not that I didn't see one, but maybe I wasn't holding a paint brush at the time.  This tree inspiration happened in Door County, Wisconsin.  It was huge Box Elder, that had all these growths protuding out.
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Eastern Red Cedar

3/2/2016

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It has been a while since I posted anything on my blog, so now I have decided to post only trees that inspire me.  This one in  particular really caugtht my attention because the sky was shinning thru it so beautifully.  I had never painted a cedar before.   I thought about wiping it down the next day,but recieved a lot of complements when I posted it on  facebook that I decided to keep it for awhile anyway.  A year from now it might be history.  
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Afternoon Delight

9/24/2015

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This is a painting I did in  the afternoon on a hot early September afternoon at Haue Valley Farm.  It was a benefit for the Pacific Meramec Riverwalk Trail and it sold all five hundred tickets in advance. There were also raffles, food, and bluegrass bands, which will happen again next year.    I escaped the crowd to paint this painting, but unfortuately the chiggers were escaping as well, right into all the tight areas of my clothing.  This painting is available,  
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Signs of Fall

9/10/2015

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This is a painting I did at one of my favorite places to paint and I don't have to drive very far to see such a beautiful 
place.  It is the Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit, Mo.  This is a cup plant in the prairie.  It is showing the signs of
fall with the browns, purples that show on the cup shape leaves. 
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August 10th, 2015

8/10/2015

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So this is my first blog post that I want to try to explain as to why I am attracted to certain subject matter.  Of course, as a  painter I want to be selective in my choices, but that is not always in my controll.  For instance, this little painting was done in the winter of 2014  at a convervation area in southern Mo.  I went to a native plant talk with my husband and decided to take my paints, and to my surprise they were woods, and lots of them. Not a bad thing if  you can just look in the woods 
and paint woods.  It can be challenging to capture a good composition, which I am always still trying to figure that out.
I was pleased with how it turn out.  
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Pecan Tree

8/10/2015

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This painting was done in 2015, at the First Brush of Spring, in New Harmony, Indiana.  It was a real cloudy day, with very little sunshine.  The spring leaves were poping out in light shades of green, with a  hint of rose color
from the crabapple tree in the far distance. I was attracted to this tree because it just stood tall and strong by 
itself, surrounded by a pumpkin patch.  It is a Pecan tree.  It is a 12x16.
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