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| "Downstream, Early May," oil on panel, 2020 |
The spring weather has been wonderful in Iowa, for the most part. We've had plentiful rain that has sped the greening of the garden and grass as well as undergrowth and now the canopy overhead. The creek is starting to disappear under the cascading honeysuckle while the shadows grow in the woods. This is another view downstream in early May, a 9x12 oil on panel. The creek looks as dark as coffee when you have the sun at your back, but the trees still reflect faintly and rocks show up here and there, just under the surface. The sun filters into the treetops and shadows thicken in the undergrowth. This took two sessions of about two hours each, the sun at my back and the breeze pleasant.
This painting uses a standard approach--a sketchy underdrawing in raw umber, followed by masses of darks, then lights, then details, using a basic palette.
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