White Barn

White Barn and Lilacs, oil onn linen panel, 11x14

It was a rather chilly spring morning today, but I decided to go back to the white barn that I saw the other night on the way home. I have painted it before a few years ago in the autumn, but now the lilac bush set it off just right. An 11x14 plein air painting takes about 2 1/2  hours, so by the time I finished I was hungry but set off to find another scene. I will post it next.

I will probably paint another version of this scene from the photos that I took in the evening light. The light was quite dramatic. I also liked the other out buildings and all of those shapes!