More falls trees in downtown Eugene

These were painted almost two weeks ago. Just now getting to where I can post them. Joined Brooks who already had a painting down before I arrived. What a glorious day. I love painting quickly like this....just playing with color and not worrying about how anything turns out. Hope you enjoy.

Grove of trees

Posting this a little out of order as I've got a couple of earlier ones to post from downtown Eugene as well but I can't get to them right now. This was painted from the porch of the place I've been house sitting and working at for the last week. It was a beautiful place to paint but there wasn't much time or energy left over for doing so once I finished working, so this is all there is to report for the week.

Should mention too that my camera isn't doing a great job of capturing the actual colors of the paintings. They are slightly more vibrant in reality than they all show on this blog. But they are pretty close.

The weather has been soooo beautiful. I'm headed to McMinnville for a three-day painting workshop with Dee Boyles (my old friend/teacher from Alaska who moved with his wife Laura to McMinnville a year or so ago) this coming weekend. I'll be learning, hopefully, how to paint in oils on location.

Iris

This was originally painted earlier this summer but I just got around to reworking it to where I kind of like it so I'm posting it now. Painted it on an outing with the plein air group, just outside Salem.

Quick studies downtown this afternoon

These are both pretty small. It was an exquisite day today and I just had to get outside and paint something although I didn't have much time. The first is of trees in the square where Saturday Market is held and the second is of Ken Kesey statue downtown on Willamette Street.