Oil Painting #11 -- "Bracket Fungus"

Weird subject matter, but actually bracket fungus

are very beautiful. (I do have a thing for moss and fungus).

 I didn't do them justice.

Oil Painting #10 -- "Bluebird In Winter"

Four hours, which was too long.

I never did get the blue right.

Stockton Lake Auction Finds

 We went to our first Ozark auction on Sunday.

It was outdoors, but around 42 degrees.

There wasn't much of interest there, but we did pick up some

really great vintage concrete yard ornaments....

 a windmill base, a metal water tank,

and an oak table.

All heading to my "Camp Flea" outdoor area.

"Post & Barbed Wire #2"

Outdoor Store In The Ozarks

 In Northwest Missouri I had an outdoor area at my

antique store.  It did very well for me during the spring and summer,

and always managed to pay for itself the rest of the year.

Fast forward to living in the Ozarks, and selling antiques in the area.

There was no place that had decent "outdoor store" areas.

So I approached my antique mall -- Camp Flea In Ozark, MO

about renting a tiny space by the parking lot I saw available.

Instead they carved out a large area of the "porch" for me.

We've already dropped off a couple of loads.

Hopefully, I will have everything in place and buzzing by March 1.

"Saturday Sprinkles"

Oil Painting #9 -- "Brown Eyed Susans At Sunset"

It took my usual four hours,

and even then I wasn't very happy with it.

The backlit flowers were tough.

And the fading background was surprisingly hard.

"Watching The Sunset"

"Tile Replacement Day"

Oil Painting #8 -- "Carton Of Eggs"

I think this turned out well.

4-5 hours.

A good exercise in light and shadow.

I see more paintings of eggs in my future.

"New Yard Ornament"

"Icy Mix"

"Perfect February Day"

"What Are You Lookin' At?"

"Post & Barbed Wire #1"

Oil Painting #7 -- "Fuschia & Teal Rooster"

 I did the rooster in four sittings of one hour each.

The photo above is after the third sitting,

just needed to complete the background and some details.

The completed painting.

I did fuschia and teal to do an exercise doing values in 

colors other than the "real" colors.

"Icy Ribbon"

"Many Moods"

"Jack Frost Painting"

"Best Ever Carrot Cake"

Oil Painting #6 -- "Rough Greensnake"

"Gathering Moss"

"Max Gets Adopted at Petsmart"

"Finally, Some Sun"