Red House on Second

 I'm so happy the rain let up just long enough to get a couple of paintings in!  Rocheport is so charming! This is only my second time here, and my first to paint the area in plein air.  This small town of 200 has many historic homes and a few wonderful shops that I HAD to check out before my first brushstroke.  With matcha late in hand, I started painting this in oils, filling in the areas quickly.  I work fast when rain is in the air, and I hung my new bug scarf from my easel to ward off any unwanted visitors. It was fun to visit with the locals as they walked by, and I look forward to painting this town tomorrow and Saturday, too. This painting is now showing at Art Off the Trail Gallery in Rocheport, Missouri.  I'm so happy this gallery is now showing my work, too!  Painting number 5001 in 5001 days. 

Road to Catala

 

I just realized that I did not post this painting before delivering it!  So happy that I did get a photo, though!  Many is the time I have sold a painting off my easel without a photo to record it.  In fact, I just did that Saturday when in a hurry to wrap up and get to my third event of the day.  This composition pulled me in with the dramatic turn of the road leading to this historic house, with the charming town of New Melle beyond it.  I love painting these places that dot the map! There are so many paintings out there, just waiting to be discovered!  Painting number 3116 in 3116 days.