Yupo Paper and Glass at the High School

Watercolors

Cottonwood Lake Road
- a great little side trip.
The scanner decided to crop an inch all the way around, but the road is the important thing.

Cottonwood Lake
There was a platform over the water in the '30's used for dances, and I believe a sawmill too.
I'm working at getting contrasts. This is a combination of watercolor and w.c. pencils - I feel a real need to control where the color goes. I guess it's the residual effects of years of pen and ink.

By the way - the art show in Cheyenne worked out really well.
Many pieces are now happy in new homes. The majority of the acrylic and colored pencil sold.
I am smiling even though the profits about covered matting and framing costs.
There's just something about knowing people out there will actually buy your work.
I wonder about adding a serious gallery to this blog. Hmmmmmm.

Quaken Aspens

Quaken Aspens #1
Watercolor
I always go back to my old favorites - quaken aspen trees.

Paris

Paris Park
Watercolor

Another little ditty playing with the Hot Press Paper and water color pencils. I could help the folks unbend a little - anyway, a memory along the Seine River.

Field in Winter #2

Field in Winter #2
Water color on Hot Press

A scene from central Utah.
Haven't used Hot Press paper for years until a good friend gave me a few sheets
and I have been experimenting all summer.

Plowed Fields #3

Plowed Fields #3
Acrylic

Another memory of the grain harvest with a bit more realism. Tried to simplify images again to contrast with the sweep of the straw waiting to be bailed. I swore I never wanted to leave the farm, but my father said it was just the scenery I was in love with, not the work. I believe he was right.

Plowed fields #2

Plowed Fields #2
Acrylic

A sample of what we've tried this summer. Memories of doing farm work come back vividly. The undulating lines are fun to work with and the simplified shapes let me get right into the memory without getting hung up on structure.