Billsboro Winery Plein Air

Billsboro Lavender

6x6 inches, Oil on Board, Plein Air

This is the last painting I created for the 5th Annual Billsboro Winery Plein Air Competition. This is a lot of work for the owners of the winery and I so appreciate their dedication to the arts.

The patch of Lavender in this painting is not really in bloom yet. But I have an artist's licence and took the liberty to suggest it. I've passed this rock more than a few times, telling myself...you've GOT to paint that! So yesterday, at the last possible hour of the event, I did. I love it, but left it there for sale. $ 110.00 with frame. www.billsborowinery.com

And while I'm promoting my Plein Air paintings at Billsboro, let me show you my larger piece below:

Sanctuary View

9x12 Inches, Oil on Board, Plein Air

This painting is the result of much trouble with the police and my dead battery. I was in about 1.5 hours on a dairy scene when out of no-where the Yates County Sheriffs arrive. They tell me that the property owner called them and want me to leave. Oh gee, I thought the shoulder of roads are public domain. Well they ran my plate, my licence and then ran me off!

Shaken up, I went back to the winery to report my unfortunate experience and was referred to this wildlife sanctuary. So I set up to paint, scraped off the prior work and started on this piece. Everything was going well.

I had peace and quiet. I was safe. I basked in the sounds of cows in the distance and birds at the sanctuary and I painted for about 3 hours. Just enough for my battery to drain! Yes I left my headlights on. Thank God the owners of the winery are kind folk and one of them came to jump my car.

I've been using the creative side of my brain so much, that the left side shrunk to the size of a walnut and leaving headlights on proves it. - Brande

Comments

The Rare Snowman

The Rare Snowman, 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Panel Sold - Thank you! It's a warmer day today and the one snowman in the neighborhood is not faring well. In addition to melting he's got a problem with one of his twig arms. I take Cooper & Cookie for short walks several times a day and when I saw what was happening to this guy, I knew I had to make a painting of him. While returning home, I pondered how many snowmen are not created because of video games. I know that I don't see them much at all.

Two Snow Cones

4 x 4 inches, Oil on Gessoboard Sold - Thank you Every now and then, I get humbled at the easel. Like all artists, I have a love-hate relationship with it. This painting was inspired by a recent trip to the doctors. I've seen these shacks many times and each time I say: "I need to pull over and get a picture" followed by, "I'll do it next time." Sound familiar? Well yesterday, I pulled over and got the picture. When I got home, I was very excited to begin painting. The Easy-Peasey, this will be a piece of cake attitude was as thick as cigar smoke. I started out very worthy of my swelled head, but believe me, it went downhill. It's amazing how quickly I can turn on myself. It started by reminding myself how much housework I have, before I took my next breath, I reasoned that I could have made a nice dessert, cleaned the house, changed the oil in my ca...

Double Take

Indigo Bunting, 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board Click to Bid I'm fortunate to have a mated pair of Indigo Buntings visiting my bird feeder. I say that because I've had the bird feeder for over 10 years and my first sighting was last week. The male of this species sports stunning ocean blue feathers...some teal in there also. I paint with a very limited palette, so I was challenged to come up with the right mixtures. But it wasn't very long before I realized that mixing the right "Indigo" color wouldn't be enough. So I subdued everything else, to include his cute little beak.

Brande Arno Art

Search This Blog