Aspens- With Friends

Apens- With Friends

22 x 7, Oil

Aspens often blend in with the color of the grasses and bushes. Everything seems to be a yellowish gold set off by the sparkling blue Colorado skies. To view more of my aspen series, visit my website: SpohnStudio.com

Aspens- Barks and Grass

Aspens- Bark and Grass

22 x 7, oil

Felt great to be back painting with my painting knives again today. The knives give a lot of texture and also allow for a more interpretive painting. I loved how the grasses and small shrubs in this scene produced a color pattern all their own and the aspen trunks formed vertical ribs touching the sky. To view more of my aspen paintings, visit my website. SpohnStudio.com

Aspens--Dance With Me

Aspens- Dance With Me

22 x 7, Oil

Aspens are magical. They can be straight and tall rising to the sky with shaking leaves; or they can have twists and turns in their trunks like they were frozen while dancing in the night. This painting depicts two of those dancers.  I wonder which song they danced with so rhythmically.

Acorn and Squirrel

Acorn and Squirrel

6x6, oil

$50.00

This cute squirrel was inspired from a wonderful photo my friend Nancy took of a squirrel near her home. To purchase visit my website it a day or two, or contact me. SpohnStudio.com

Inside the Grove, Day 20 of the Painting Challenge

 Inside the Grove

6x6, Oil

$50.00

Walking into an aspen grove is a marvelous experience. There is such a sense of peace and well being. Perhaps it is the uniformity of the trees or the connectedness they have to each other. But it is lovely just to stand amongst them. The value study for this painting is below. You can purchase this painting on my website.  SpohnStudio.com

Day 21 of the Painting Challenge... Value Studies

 Only time to complete 3 value studies today. But this saves me time in the long run...

 Tomorrow I will be able to finish a painting and maybe start a second one.

Which should I choose to paint tomorrow? Leave a comment...

Fall-2, Day 17 of the painting challenge

Fall-2

6x6, oil

Another fall scene. I like to paint them because they are so colorful. Almost like painting flowers, but not quite. You can check out the entire collection of 18 paintings so far on my website: SpohnStudio.com  This painting is for sale for $50.00.

And here it the value study for this painting...

Fall-1, Day 15 of the Painting Challenge

Fall -1

6x6, oil

Yes, I am going backwards! I need to fill in those days that I was unable to paint, so even though this is the 20th day of the challenge, I am painting the day 15 painting. I hope to get caught up soon though. You can purchase this fall scene on my website:  SpohnStudio.com  $50.00

 Here is the value study for the painting above.

Five Tigers in the Aspens, (start) Day 13 of the Painting Challenge

It must be the full moon today. Because despite having the entire day to run errands, do laundry, organize things on my computer and paint... I did not finish a painting today... Instead I did work on this new painting and work a bit on another pet portrait. I hope to finish one of them tomorrow. Stay tuned... 

Lean On Me - Day 4 of the Painting Challenge

Lean on Me

7x15, Original Oil

Continuing with the aspen tree theme for a couple more paintings, today's painting shows aspens in a denser underbrush with one aspen leaning for support on another aspen tree.  To purchase this painting, visit my website at: SpohnStudio.com you will find it in the January Painting Challenge collection.

Above you will see the value study that was painted for the painting, 'Lean On Me'.

Autumn Trees

Autumn Trees

30 x 30

oil and paper on boxed wood panel

This painting had an interesting creative process from start to finish. I first primed and gesso'd the board, then using matte mediums, added scraps of paper in leopard and floral motifs to sort of form the outlines of trees and bushes. I then picked up my pallet knives and started painting mixing large quantities of paint, and generously swiping them on the board resulting in a thick, textural and loose painting. In the end, almost all the paper and board are covered, but it was fun to see what would happen in this creative process.

This painting is for sale for $850.00. Contact me to figure out the shipping costs, or if you are passing by my studio, you can pick it up right here.

Copyright 2012, by the artist, Susan M. Spohn