Painters

"We are painters first, artists always, and as such not bound by anything but our innate desire to create."


-Mary Todd Beam


"Hillside with Pumpkins", oil, 8x10, 10/2009
I love that quote about painters - serious painters who really do have the passion to create works of art. Paintings that express something the artist needs to say. I especially like works of art of everyday scenes. Scenes that are easy to pass by unnoticed.
The above painting "Hillside with Pumpkins" is such a scene that could have easily been passed by, but on the morning that I came across it, the soft autumn light made it special. This 8x10 plein air study in oil will be used to create a larger painting that includes a beautful red oak on the left to balance the composition.