ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT

Title: Rocky Mountain Goat
Medium: Oil
Size: 7"x13"
Available at: $125.00 unframed + $5.00 s/h in U.S.
How to Purchase: Contact the artist CharArtist@msn.com

Painting this was so much fun....really enjoyed mixing all the colors in the white fir and it all just seemed to go together. I think it was so enjoyable because the white china in the last painting; the still life, was such a struggle at times. I love the way his face looks so friendly and his eyes look so sweet. I took the pictures of the Rocky Mountain Goat when we visited sort of an outdoor wildlife park in South Dakota last year. The place was called Bear Country USA, and was a great place to take pictures of animals. I'm probably going to paint this guy again, only a different pose. Thanks for looking today.

FINISHED MY STILL LIFE

Title: Still Life with Cheese Keeper

Medium: Oil on linen board
Size: 10”x13”

Finished my still life finally....learned lots from this one and it was so much fun to paint. My Mom bought this "cheese keeper" when I was a baby and we lived in Canada. I have always thought it was a really interesting piece of china. Thanks for looking today.

SPRING IN COLORADO-SOLD

Title: Spring in Colorado
Medium: Canvas Board
Size 9”12”
Available at: $125.00 unframed + $5.00 s/h in U.S.
How to Purchase: Contact the artist CharArtist@msn.com

This painting is SOLD

Spring in Colorado, I can hardly wait. The next best thing was to paint a spring time painting today. Spring in Colorado is very colorful; probably not compared to other states in the south and east, but just to see the aspens finally getting their spring green leaves and the wildflowers covering the mountain hills is quite beautiful. All I could think about while working on this today was aspens and columbines, our state flower. This is done very painterly with the purple representing the columbine flowers. Thanks for looking today.

STILL LIFE WORK IN PROGRESS

This is the beginning of my first still life. I won't say "ever" because I have painted flowers in a vase, and once I painted tomatos in a basket. But this is the first still life set-up in a shadow box ever, and also my first very realistic painting. I first painted the green apple, and then just a start on the cheese keeper (borrowed from my Mom, isn't it unusual?) I had a difficult time with the whites of the dish; you would think they would be easy, but nooooooooo, there are a million different colors of white! Anyway, I think it looks kind of antique-ish the way it is now and can't wait to paint the orange flowers.This is the drawing of the still life. At first I thought my drawing was too small; but now I think it will be ok.

This is a photo of my still life set-up. Took me forever to create and photograph this! It was fun though and quite a learning experience!!

Hope you have enjoyed the process, will post more as I get it painted. Thanks for looking.