Think You Have Problems?

Oil     Size 11 X 14

This painting started out as a self portrait and ended up providing great entertainment - the photo was not a good choice so after several attempts to make it work I just started  having fun with it. Since I did not have a plan I had no idea what would be next.  It just kept going and going.  For some reason every addition caused laughs and a story evolved as each addition was made. 
Here's the story:
Seems this old lady was very poor.  She was sitting on her screened-in porch which was slowly rotting away. (let's name her Hilda) Hilda was swinging and smoking her corn cob pipe. Suddenly a hand came reaching down from the attic. Hilda  was so frightened that she bit the fingers so hard that they started bleeding.
It's up to you to finish the rest of the story!

Park - Hot Springs, AK

Another palette knife painting
of a scene in a park on a hill
at the edge of  the town of
Hot Springs, AK 
The scenery there was beautiful
I love the tall trees
The parks there are quite beautiful
They stir a wonderful feeling inside!

Alive in the Shadows

Here is another palette knife in oil

I like the bright background
and the lone tree in front
This painting is from two
photos and additions from
my mind. The bright back-
ground is painted with a
brush and the middle and
foreground are painted with
a palette knife

Winter's Icy Cover

Another palette knife painting-
We were on a bus trip to
Kentucky to the Quilt Museum
An ice storm engulfed
the landscape in a
shimmering veil.
The photo was taken
thru the bus window
therefore the colors
are not natural.
It worked -
I like the soft colors.

Ste Genevieve - Looking From Fort kaskaskia

This is a plein air painting
completed in the early fall
looking to Missouri from
Fort Kaskaskia in Illinois 
Ste Genevieve Art Guild
made the trip to
'Paint the Sunset'
we were all too eager
to catch the
'golden hour' and consequently rushed way too fast to capture the most beautiful sunset ever - Even the moon was dancing in the beautiful glow of the rose streaked sky!
SOLD

On Industrial Road

Another Palette Knife painting
A local view at the corner of a
rural road
Beautiful views of Ste Genevieve Area

Barn Off Hwy 55 - Schaefer's

Palette Knife Oil Painting

This scene is one of the most eyecatching
along the highway going north from
Ste Genevieve, MO
 Every season it displays a peaceful scene
 of peace and  beauty.
Every year the buildings become a little more weathered 
This adds to the area's beauty

After A Rain

A Palette Knife Painting in Oil

I like the mood of this scene
It Looks like a steamy summer day