This is a recent painting I completed.  The view is from Seminole Valley park.
 I was struck by the old tree and how it was showing the wear and tear
caused by the passing of time.

I am painting by Toddville off of Standlea Road.  The scene
is of a corn field and a line of hills.  It is a beautiful scene. Everything is alive
and growing.  It is a sea of corn.  The image above is a field study I painted
on location.  It is usually a two hour session and this enables me to get a
better sense of the scene and to capture the color.  No matter how many
pictures I take, the color is never good enough to work from.

If a piece shows promise, and this one does,  I will use the field studies and the
photos taken to do a larger studio piece. 

 

This is one of the pictures I have taken of the scene.  There has been
some interest from the people that live in the area as to what I am
doing by the side of the road.   They have a lot of pride in the area.