Lebanon, Illinois

Get Out, Paint Out

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Fallow Field 8x10 oil

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Barns 5x7 oil

McKendree University Gallery of Art in Lebanon, Illinois will have a show from the plein air event last weekend.  The show will run from August 15 to Sept. 26.  These are my two entries.  I love the farms around the town.



Queen Ann's Lace

Wildflowers Everywhere

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The weather has been perfect for flowers almost everywhere in Door Co.  Every roadside and shore line has flowers blooming.  This patch of Queen Ann's Lace was growing behind a building next to the parking lot.  Sun was lighting them like a stage set.

Camping in Door Co.

  Potowatomie State Park

Campsite morning

A glimpse of the bay through the trees.

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More from Door

 

 

Bailey's Harbor

 

 

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A nice beach area on the Lake Michigan side of the Peninsula.

Door County, Wi.

 

 

Sturgeon Bay

 

 

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Spent a wonderful week camping at Potowatomie State Park.  First painting was just a short walk from the campsite of Sturgeon Bay.  Cool breeze and plenty of sunshine.

One More from Steelville

 

 

 

June in Crawford County

 

 

8x10 oil

 

 

The wildflowers are blooming everywhere and this little spot was across from our campground so I had time for one more painting before coming home.

 

 



Cook Station

 

 Cook Station Hay Bales

 

 

 

8x10 oil

 

Honorable Mention

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Honored once again with an award at the Steelville Plein Air Event.  A hot humid sunny day was in store for us and I was in the full sun to paint these bales.  I couldn't pass them up though so I toughed it out.  I had company for most of the time with a friendly stray dog that came by.  She mostly laid down next to my easel and just kept watch.   A nice time for both of us.



Steelville Plein Air Event

 

 

 

Ononadaga Cave State Park

 

 

 

 

Shallow Waters

8x10 oil

 

3rd Place Award

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I was honored to receive 3rd place for my painting.  It was a challenge to find a subject that spoke to me on this morning of the event.  It was misty and rainy so I chose to paint from the park shelter.  The rain was off and on and the light was soft.  When I saw this area at the edge of the lake I liked the pattern it made and the soft greens.

June 6th

 

 

 

Shady Path

 

 

 

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Faust Park Path

8x10 oil

 

Hot and humid in the sun but nice with a soft breeze along this shady path. 



May 30th

 

A Rainy Saturday

 

 

 

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8x10 oil

Faust Park

 

A steady drizzle kept me under shelter.  Luckily I had this lovely bush as a subject.  It was so quiet and peaceful that I had a young doe stop and watch me intently for awhile.  If I'd known she would stop that long I would have tried to put her in the picture.  These are the special moments when painting plein air.