Canaries

I did this one last year and had fun with the bright yellow of the birds. I suppose every artist has had "mishapes" or an "oops" moment with a wet canvas. This canvas had a few oops'. Somebody just smeared one the poor bird's head off!" I came home one day after a sweet lady had cleaned my house. I guess she grabbed the wet cnavas and did a real number on it. This painting has alot of thick textured paint.. Lots of paint. Well, needless to say, I had to fix the poor bird's head! Ahhhh... the beauty of oils. You can just wipe it off and do it again!

Matthew 6:26
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"

Contemporary Landscape

This was a fun one to do, with the bright, strong fall colors. I can just feel the cool crisp air. I did this one last year in the fall and wanted to show an exagerated purple color of the hills in the distance. I also had fun with the varied color of the tree trunks and underbrush of the trees. If you magnify the photo and look at that area, you will see I just kept on going with the color! I am also pleased with the curve of the dirt road. When I painted this, I did not know that the style was called "contemporay".  Meaning not a realistic painting and not exactly an abstract, using unusual or different colors. At least that is my understanding from my limited art education so far!

Psalm 18:32
"It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure"