View from Windmist III

Not the best quality image... oh well...

Finished this one at the end of May. I've painted a few landscapes (even sold a couple) depicting the pasture behind the family beach house. This was the biggest landscape I've painted to date (40" x 30"). 

I love cloudscapes. They easily set the tone for the entire painting. Add so much mood and movement. And they come so easily to me. Cloud formations are already painterly. I always paint the sky first.  

Self Portrait

I actually painted a self-portrait where I don't look angry, sad, scared, or devoid of thought. I took an old, unintentionally morose looking self portrait and repainted it two weeks ago. And I'm surprisingly pleased with the results.

The best part is it actually kinda looks like me! Maybe now that I'm quite a bit more confident as a painter it's finally coming across in my portraits. There still are problem areas (the neck, my cartoonish color palette, etc...) but I can always repaint it again.