When I say I'm oil painting again, I mean I haven't painted with oils for about 50 years or so. Way back then I became frustrated with oil painting. I would do a painting but it would never look as good as I thought it should. The last oil painting I did was when I was about 18 years old. It was a portrait of my girl friend at the time. She married someone else. I wonder if that's why I stopped oil painting....hmmmm.
The first oil painting I did after all those years is the one you see here. My lovely daughter, Kristen, asked me to paint this picture while my wife and I were visiting her family in Washington last September. She had purchased the canvas and wanted to know what medium I wanted to paint it in. I had been thinking about getting started in oils again, so we went out a bought a small kit with a few colors and a few brushes. Three days later Kristen had a new painting for her house. She wanted to put it above the mantle you see above my head, but I think she has since put it in the master bedroom. I'll bet she needs another painting for the mantle.
Upon returning home I went to work building an easle to paint on. When the amazingly beautiful and functional easle was completed, I purchased some oil paints and brushes and started some smaller landscape paintings. This meadow is the first one I painted. It is 9"x12". I am selling it for $135.00 unframed.
I have always loved paintings and photos of old barns so I collected a bunch of reference and painted a couple of small ones. This painting is also 9:x12". I am selling it for $135.00 unframed also.
Here is another small painting of an old barn with large trees and grasses. This scene reminds me of late summer. This painting is 11"x14". I am selling it for $190.00 unframed.
