Creek View

"Creek View"
5" x 7"
Oil on hardboard
The sun had snuggled behind the pines for the night. She left a nightlight on the creek for the last few stragglers to find their way to shelter.

It has snowed again in my zip code, but it was fast and furious and melted before noon, the way it should be in a State that is not dependent on the white stuff for its economy… like Colorado.

Carol

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Snake River

"Snake River"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard
The Snake River is the western border of Idaho at the Oregon border. I suspect this is the Oregon side, if memory serves.  I liked it here because of the colors. The sky and the weeds were opposites on the color wheel and appealed to me. 

 I have a unique way of getting these images, but that's another story. I like that there was no snow in the photo or in the painting. It's spring and I need to begin painting like it!

Carol

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Creek Bed

"Creek Bed"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard
As I typed "creek bed," I thought "creaky bed" and that, of course led to all kinds of other visuals —the kind I don't very often paint. But wouldn't it be fun to see what would come of a challenge to paint either of the two?  I may suggest it to Carol Marine for her DPW Challenge… and be booted right off her delightful website! 

Your naughty artist,
Carol

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Harvest Moon

"Harvest Moon"
5" x 5"
Oil on hardboard
She had spun her way across the night sky and was wending her way toward the voluminous bosom of the west when I broke into song. 

 "Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say.
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away.

But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light.
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again.
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

When we were strangers
I watched you from afar.
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart.

But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high.
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again.
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon."
--Neil Young

Carol

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Passion Overhead

"Passion Overhead"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard
There are times when I'm able to conjure up a painting that represents the passion I actually feel. A passion that my camera can't portray accurately. Yet my paint and brush, in this particular piece, have placed the beauty of these colors exactly where I wanted them.  Let's go to this place.

The upper layer of yellow is more orange than it appears here. Just perfect with the purples.  And the blue is not quite as intense.

 Carol

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A Select Assortment

"A Select Assortment"
12" x 16"
Pastel on canvas panel 
There was no occasion to put them out, but I did it anyway; a dozen or so select pieces of chocolate placed randomly on a plate. 

I'm learning to paint with my little chunks of pastel with gloves on. I plan to use up at least one box of a hundred blue gloves before I decide if it's for me or not. 

Carol

Chocolate Covered Cherries

"Chocolate Covered Cherries"
5" x 5"
Pastel on hardboard
A friend send a photo of chocolate covered cherries in a heart-shaped silver bowl.  My son sent three cases of Nitrile gloves to me so I can continue to paint with pastels without my skin cracking and absorbing the toxins in the pigments. I feel loved at a time when I'm more than a little insecure. 

Carol

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Another Snowy Day

"Another Snowy Day"
4" x 4"
Oil on hardboard 
The mountains of snow nearly dwindled by half after two days above freezing. But the forecast is dismal for tonight and tomorrow. It'll round out the jagged edges and whiten the mounds for a few days.

I ordered and received 72 new gessoed hardboard panels that were on sale with free shipping over the weekend. I'm tickled to have miniature grounds to support my daily habit.

Carol

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Something For Everyone

Something For Everyone
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas 
I've been doing everything but painting for more than a week.

I have a guest artist residing with me for ten days.

I've made a new website. Carolkeene.com

I've revamped my blog.

And I've placed an ad on page 94 of the April issue of Southwest Art Magazine.

I'm being creative and artsy, just not in my customary way.

Please forgive me for not posting.

Carol

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Aqueous Synapses

Aqueous Synapses
16" x 20"
Oil on wrapped canvas 
The blues vary in this piece from Prussian to cobalt to ultramarine and then violets and purples galore. They are not reproducing accurately in the photo, as it's more limited than the eye in categorizing colors. 

I have a few more canvases to cover in this subject matter, but it will be a few days before I can get to them.  I'm building a new website currently, too. I'll announce when it's ready to be unveiled. Nothing new has been added to it for almost two years. Then I'll freshen my blog, too.

Carol

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Aqua-linear Synapses

"Aqua-linear Synapses"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas 
Words are not flowing as fluidly as my brush did as I sit here tonight to write about this image. I enjoyed where my brain directed my hand and let it create the sense of aqueous space that you see, but I can't describe it. I plan to make another tomorrow, and we'll see if I can find words any easier than tonight. 

Carol

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