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Grasslands
We drove through S Dakota into Wyoming and entered an area of grasslands that glowed with the gold of fall. We pulled over for a picture.
Grasslands I’ve been pondering this as a painting. It is defined by yellow and gold tones. The features of the land are marked by grasses.
Here are my first three stages, sky, tree lines and undertones of the grassland.
Stage 3 Stay tuned for the rest.
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Celebration
The La Crosse Society of Arts has its feature wall.for members this December.
My contribution is last year’s Christmas Cactus which put on a show.
Celebration Check it out at the River City Gallery all December.
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Leading Lines
The train
The trees
The roof
The walk
Lead to a single
Point
Passengers
Forming a line
Leading to points
Unknown.
Process I tried this as a Plein Air watercolor, and was not satisfied with the result. I returned to it with gouache and a photo reference.
Plein Air -
A Lone Tree
A lone tree
By the river
Across from a sunset
In the few days
Before Winter
Lone Tree In late October I was taking pictures of Green Island, La Crosse, at sunset. I wanted to capture the late light of a Fall evening in my watercolor.
I thank the police officer who warned me about parking in the area as it was a pay only spot for boaters.
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Working Member
River City Gallery is an art market for local artist members. I’ve started as a working member, which has me at the store twice monthly. Today is my first shift. So far I’ve found the light switches and turned on the equipment. We’ll see how it goes with handling the register.
My wall space has expanded as a result. I’ve added recent works from the Between the Bluffs Plein Air event that just concluded.
My Wall As of now I’ll be here on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays each month.
Stop by, look around, have a chat and possibly buy something.
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Moving Inside
For me the Plein Air season is over. There is a list. Repaint inside at least two that were painted on site
More bridge, stiller water 
Work on correcting perspective Then capture some Fall color.
Myrick 
Hedgehog 
Leaves 
Grandad 
And finally portraits.
My easel is by the West window, ready for daily additions.
There is talk of a watercolor work group at a nearby gallery.
I’ll keep posting.
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Not so Quick Paint
Saturday we had a quick paint event as part of the Between the Bluffs Plein Air event
I chose a black locust tree, because of its bark, with a Virginia Creeper vine that was turning red.
One week earlier I was using acrylic on a wood panel. It fit into an architectural frame I’d found at the ReStore for $2.
It was fun, but the paint was slow to dry, so I stopped before the finish line.
On site Then I took it home to add finish touches, more layers on the bark and brighter colors on the vine.
Finished I call it Virginia Creeping. It will soon be at the River City Gallery in LaCrosse.
It was a fun experiment, but next time I’ll use quicker paint.
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Between the Bluffs
I’ve decided and framed these three
Black River This is from Brice Prairie, looking East up the Black River. Watercolor.
Misty Morning This is from Riverside Park La Crosse, looking West. The mist and sky color faded quickly, but I caught it. Watercolor.
Late Fruit This is a crabapple at Myrick Park near the Nature Place. Watercolor and Guache.
Come and check out the show.
Friday (6-9), Saturday(11-4) and Sunday (12-3) at Gallery 1802, La Crosse
I’ve been asked, I painted seven and chose three.
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Waiting for Amtrak
I was struck by the leading lines in this photo.
Amtrak Station So I tried it.
Set up and start I hadn’t noticed a distant bluff line. While painting a freight train kept going forward and backward.
Waiting for Amtrak I needed to add ink lines to clarify the image
Come and see if it makes the cut.
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Moon in the Morning
Tuesday morning at Waterfront Park in Lacrosse.
Look closely for the Moon The color faded quickly and the mist was thinning. Paint quick!
Come to the show next weekend.
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