Vineyards of Suzette - France 11 x 11 Oil - Canvas on Birch

Sometimes when you are painting you get absorbed into the landscape or object you are painting you just loose yourself. That is what happened here, in a very short time I didn't notice the heat, sun or others conversing around me; a place that I will not forget anytime soon.

Kayak Shack Port Aransas Tx - 12 x 12 Oil - Canvas on Birch - Palette Knife

This trip was great and I had to change the colors of the kayaks to create more drama. Details are hard with a palette knife, at least for now. I am still learning to create shapes and texture. I love painting every stroke is a learning process and it is never boring.

It's been awhile since I said Hello

The Shack and The Vineyard France 8 x 10 Oil - Canvas on birch

When in France do as the French and paint plein air. Well this was done in France except the vineyard. So last week I completed this lovely scene. One the back mountain to the right there was the a monestary and a monk was walking by that would have made a fantastic picture or painting, however he refused to be part of the photograph. I have been very busy with the garden-pulling weeds and watering in this Texas heat with some time to compelete some paintings from the past. I hope you enjoy this painting as with all my paintings they are for sale - if you are interested please email me at kaykm@suddenlink.net.

Victory Garden - Eastside Cafe Austin Texas

Victory Garden-Eastside Cafe-Austin Oil 11 x 11 Canvas on Birch

Today some of the group went to Eastside Cafe in the Austin area to do some plein air painting. They have a wonderful garden in the back of all sorts of vegetables and flowers. I was truely amazed at this victory garden. It has inspired me to rework my own garden to make it more efficent. It was great fun painting there and I hope we will go there again. Most of it was with the palette knife but there were some things I just needed a brush for. I thought you might enjoy the painting done on location.

#2 Port Aransas painting

Birding Center Port Aransas 11 x 11 Canvas on birch - Oil - done with palette knife (a little sand included)

This painting was done at the "Birding Center" at Port Aransas. It was started with a brush and once I got started it was apparent to me that I needed to start over, and use my palette knife. I think it really worked well for this painting, I hope you agree.

Port Aransas Marina

Port Aransas Marina - Red Sail Boat 11 x 11 Canvas on Birch Some Sand included :)

As I promised One of the first ones that I was able to complete was at the Port A. Marina. At that time I could not move much because of my knee so I was limited to where I could go. This sweet spot was fun and I had lots of people stopping by. So let me know how you like the palette knife style I am working on. I even had Leonard L. stop by and take a photo of me and my painting. Thanks Leonard it's a great photo.

Plein Air A La Palette Knife

This is painting #1 Windmill w/shack 9 X 12 Canvas on Birch

Painting #2 Cactus Up Close 8 X 10 canvas panel

Ok, so it was supposed rain today, the weather people said 50% NOT!!! The WildCats plein air girls Nina and Deborah were afraid they would melt in the rain since they are so sweet (full of sugar no doubt), so I went it alone. Man, what a day! The sun peeked out several times and it warmed up. In just a few hours time I did two paintings, both with the palette knife-Now this is getting really fun. I met some really great people- some from England, and a few local. Hope you like them. Keep those brushed full of paint - Kay

1st Plein Air in 6 months

Thursday I went to Lady Bird Johnsons Wildflower Center in South Austin. What an exciting place to paint. Deborah and Kitty were great to paint with. I painted the tower on such a wonderful warm day. It was cloudy so there were no strong shadows till after I put my palette up.