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I am just back from Phoenix, where it was incredibly HOT, and am now regrouping. I am remembering that I never showed you our ponds, only the skull we found when developing the first one. So – here is the middle pond in our west field. It is now finally turning green here (after 30″ of snow at the end of April and a little more today!)

I thought I would show you a little “start to finish”. I often like to begin with a used canvas that I have painted over. (Quite a few of them just don’t make it the first time around.) With that, you can get some interesting textures and patterns that serve as a lay in. I usually choose something that compliments the final painting tone. That seems to add a little interest for me and keeps me from getting as tight – hopefully. You can see that I changed the foreground in the final painting. The earlier direction seemed too busy. Give me some more time and I’ll change it again! This painting is 11×14.

I’ve been working on some small paintings for the upcoming Russell Museum Miniature Show and the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center Show, all of which were due today. BUT – we’ve been snowed in for the last four days (at the end of April no less!!) so the paintings won’t be delivered until next week. Anyhooo, this is a piece done from pictures I took on a paint out near Great Falls. I was attracted to the graphic design of this scene and loved the way the line of the brush moved your eye around the image. This painting is 12″ x 12″.