Artists on Rails

Morning Plums
5 x 7
Oil on Canvas
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Morning Pear
5 x 7
Oil on Canvas
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The dog days of summer are here and a somnolence has set in making me feel like lazing in the hammock on the shady porch doing nothing but read and listen to the bees buzz and bump around in the flowers, however, I have weeds to battle, paintings to paint and fun projects to do.

Three days were spent as a visiting artist on the Artists on Rails tour going to Jasper, Alberta in the Canadian Rockies. I was invited to participate in this project which is to provide tourists with some of the culture of Alberta as they travel through the province. Painting and visiting with the guests on the train as we travelled to Jasper on Via Rail was a fabulous experience.

Above are two of the paintings from the Early Morning series which were part of my display on the train.

Early Morning Paintings

Pucker Up
5 x 7
Oil on Canvas
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Morning Tomatoes
5 x 7
Oil on Canvas

These two little paintings are part of my Early Morning series that I started this April. I began a series of small paintings with natural morning light and artificial light. I prefer the natural light but it doesn't always cooperate. For one thing the sun only peeks through that window for an hour at the most. To make things really interesting the shifting morning clouds makes the light vary dramatically moment to moment with sunlight one minute and cloud the next. After some frustrating days with inconsistent light I started to experiment with artificial light and I'm not quite sure if I like it. At least it stays still.