Saturday, August 14, 2010

Country colour

A plein air piece. I paint so many small dailies that sometimes I feel cramped up and then I know it's time to get outside and paint something a little bigger. My goal once autumn hits is to get some large pieces going again. Anyway, this was painted on Sydenham Road in Dundas. A warm, summer evening. The fields were just glowing!
18" x 24" / acrylic on canvas

14 comments:

Cynthia Schelzig said...

This is gorgeous...love the red and green. Wonderful slide show on the right sidebar too.
Cynthia Schelzig

Crystal Cook said...

It's so beautiful Kim. Everything you paint is :) I love that tree on the side, it's isolated but it doesn't look lonely, maybe it's all the great colors you have. The red and green looks amazing together!

I can't wait for fall to get here! Of course I'll be changing my mind once my kids start getting sick every other week. :)

Rachel said...

This is amazing! Wow. So gorgeous! I love the color and the lone tree.

Pam Holnback said...

Wow! You are so ambitious to paint such a big piece plein air! You make me want to try a large painting. Thanks for the inspiration!

Dana Cooper said...

Lovely piece Kim, I will look forward to more!

Denise SCARAMAI said...

wow! is so wonderful!
what colors! and the rhythm in waves in the soil that you gave the composition!
then the sky .... truly amazing!
a big hug, dear!
X De

Taylor said...

Absolutely gorgeous...you can almost feel the wind blowing!

I have been painting more lately but I feel as though I am stuck in a rut! I need some inspiration, haha!

Catherine Jeffrey said...

This is beautiful! And you were in my neighborhood! I wonder if you were the person my husband saw while walking the dog. I have often wanted to get up there to paint. Soon...

Gwen Bell said...

Gorgeous! Love that red/green palette and the touches of hot pink here and there. Great job on the sky too!

Jill and Haida said...

Way to go Kim:

A nice choice for a plein air work.

The palette is gorgeous!

Best,
Jill

Anonymous said...

wow!!! how wonderful! i love the colours. beautifully done. :)

Kerri Settle said...

Lovely, dreamy, full of waves of color. I can almost smell that fresh country air!

Barbara Muir said...

Fantastic. I know why you want to wait until autumn. It has been soooo hot. This is so lovely and rich.

Great painting,

Barbara

Sandra said...

I love Autumn (soon to approach us here in the UK) for that very reason - those beautiful colours! This painting is gorgeous :0)