Carrie Griesemer: May 2015

Friday, May 29, 2015

Bright Day Barn

8″ x 10″, oil

Barns like this are so fun to paint–Red Barn, Green Grass, Blue Sky. RGB pretty much covers the gamut.

Every once in awhile I force myself to paint some flowers. I always find it daunting when faced with a subject that is already inherently beautiful–I mean, what can I really add? Give me some old dead weeds near a mucky corn field any day!

Barn View

9″ x 12″, oil

This is from a photo taken near Rodger’s pond. There seems to be a painting everywhere you turn on his property.

Wade House Team

12″ x 16′, oil

Every spring I seem to get a bad case of horse fever. Since I lack any riding opportunities, I had to medicate myself by painting these two carriage horses from the Wade House Historic Site.

Winterscape

20″ x 10″, oil

This is one of the fishing ponds in Cambridge–great place to walk the dogs.

Winter Channel

8″ x 10″, oil

Another older photo, just love those blue and gold colors.

Field Thaw

9″ x 12″, oil

This is one that I’ve been thinking of doing for probably about 3 years. Just one of those photos I kept passing over. I remember the colors were amazing that day–the sky reflecting in a pool of melted snow, the golds and browns of the dry wheat field. Just lovely.

Egret Up

8″ x 10″, oil

I caught a photo of this guy while out canoeing. I need to get more egret photos, so I can do a series–this was a fun one.