"Winter Aspen"

WINTER...yuck...Yes, I know so many of us are craving those wonderful summer days and the color that comes with it. As a matter of fact in my camera along with the pic of this latest CONTEST painting choice are pictures of the beautiful flowers my husband got me for Easter! So, I too feel the pull of summer, but couldn't resist doing a very high contrast piece after the softness of yesterdays contest painting..."Winter Aspen" is the 3rd contest give-away collage painting choice of the 5 that will be offered with this contest. It is also a 4x4" basswood panel that is stained on the sides and comes with it's own stained mini easel. It is, like the others a collage mixture of paper and acrylic. I see we have added two more followers, welcome to you, and now we are moving closer to the goal of 35. Happy Painting!

"In the Pines"

This is another 6x6" cradled collage piece. I am liking the 3/4" width for these pieces that I've stained, but have done a few with the deeper cradle. The challenge here was to represent the summer pines with all their greens and still show good contrast. I love working with green and there is about 5 different greens in there that were mixed (on purpose, who knows how many by association...:)) for this little summer forest scene (ooh a title for one I've been planning to do!). There are a number of handmade papers addded to this as well as a store bought one or two. Soon I am going to play with this process in a different subject matter...been thinking fruit...very exciting to think about! But for today there is another 12x6 cradled piece waiting for me. Happy Painting to you all!

This painting is available on my website.