Drive By Barn

This painting is called drive by barn because its sits somewhere along interstate highway 35. I take photos from a car and get pretty good photos to paint with. I read recently that its best to paint from inferior photos because it allows you to take liberties with the actual painting. The resulting photos will have the blur that an artist utilizes to simplify shapes.

I tend towards abstraction in some of my photography. I have always liked the concept and practice of multiple exposures. With today's digital camera technology we tend to take photos rather than explore and get to know an area. Multiple exposure photography forces you to slow down and contemplate the image and place.

Once again construction is booming in Austin. This construction site is the view outside my office window.

Morning Shadows

I have painted this scene in multiple mediums. The light is what I liked about the image.

Three of Them

A little landscape from the North East Texas area.

Grazing In The Grass

I love painting cows and hay bales. Its the country girl in me. This is yet another landscape from the Sulfur Springs, Texas highway. I worked on a surface coated with Golden's coarse pumice gel. The under painting was gouache.

Texas Roadside

Another blurred photo painting. I'm tempted to wet it down and retool it a bit. I will keep you posted.

Texas Roadside 2

Years ago before I knew just a little about photography, I used to shoot photos for reference from a car driving 55 miles per hour or more. I was going through some old photographs and found a few photos shot along IH35 en route to Commerce.