
New Orleans cat. Meow.

New Orleans cat. Meow.

Eastern light, early morning in the garden.

Auntie’s pup.
https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/jean-krueger/lucy/766853

Meow.

Cat in a perch, master of all he surveys.

I just got this new set of gouche tubes, such a difference from watercolor, different application techniques different look, real exciting to use. Using real not gouache, not the acrylic/gouache (I don’t like these-can’t re-work).

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, compositionally dynamic… just another reason to love the American southwest.

Cool in the grass, so what if the plant gets destroyed. Meow.

Lap cat. Meow.

There’s a stairway at the cabin. The cat goes rippin’ up three steps, springs to the bannister, zooms up to the top rail and glares. No one knows why.

Late in the day, western light, the leaves will plummet to earth in 48 hous.

Stretch feels soooo good. Meow.

Unspoiled by fame. Meow. Looks a lot like Daily Cat 37.

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.

Cats must be tidy. Lick. Meow.

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.

Plein Aire quick draw, one hour sketch.
https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/jean-krueger/plein-aire-zac/763810

Looking south, the broadside of barns, bright sun flushes the knolls and ruts, the Sunday afternoon slips by.

Looking southeast, the barns, the fences, the hills and mountains beyond glow in the mid morning sun. The horses are out to pasture.

The oaks are starting to change colors here in the Colorado montane. The colors will be in the yellow/brown range this year due to the conditions that prevailed around here last summer. The leaves will fall by November and re-emerge next May, one of life’s comforting certainties.