It’s October in Arizona and the Mexican Bird of Paradise is in one of its full blooms. The shrub flowers several time during a single year and is always showy and dramatic with its red/orange blossoms and its complimentary blue/turquoise foliage. The frilly detail of this plant is captivating to the eye. it’s always visually in motion,Continue reading “Caesalpinia pulcherrima – Mexican Bird of Paradise”
Category Archives: Landscape
Aspens Alvarado
Late in the day, western light, the leaves will plummet to earth in 48 hous. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1003376
Brush Creek Fence
Looking north in the late afternoon sun the fence posts march into the autumn pasture bleached by summer sun now departed. This is painted using three colors, alizarin crimson , yellow ochre and ultramarine. These pigments are then mixed to create the other colors of the painting. John Singer Sargent, American painter, used this colorContinue reading “Brush Creek Fence”
Forest Mid-Morning
This little sketch is painted while looking west from our front porch. The spruce trees and low junipers are backlit by filtered sun through tall ponderosa pines. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1002293
Backyard Looking West
Our cabin is backstopped by the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range. I have to look up at a really steep angle to see the sky. When I look straight out from the front porch all I see in ascending earth covered with trees and brush….pretty nice. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1001961
Greenleaf Ranch
Looking south, the broadside of barns, bright sun flushes the knolls and ruts, the Sunday afternoon slips by. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1001938
Brush Creek – Greenleaf Ranch
Looking southeast, the barns, the fences, the hills and mountains beyond glow in the mid morning sun. The horses are out to pasture. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1001942
Brush Creek Fence
Looking north in the late afternoon sun the fence posts march into the autumn pasture bleached by summer sun now departed. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1001944
Hillside
This is the view out our western window…sorta. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1000674
Three Trees
Just three trees in the late afternoon sun, washed and warmed by the horizontal light. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/999551
