This is my entry into the Mansfield Art Center's May Show. It is an unusual show as it has a lot of creative and sometimes wierd art objects. I have been wanting to paint this picture for years but never felt I had the skills until now. If you enlarge the painting you will see some comments that are pertinent to the painting. I will put the progress on this blog in the next few days. I also entered the Okame Cherry Tree painting that was posted prior to this post.It was a Plein Air painting done at Kingwood Center this Spring. I entered that one because it is the May Show and it is impressionistic. We will see...will know by next Sunday if they made it. I have painted 2 more paintings while completing these but will have to photo and upload. Wish me luck!
It was accepted! No award but I did get in the show.

Cherry Tree

First Plein Air of 2012. 8x10 Oil done at Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio. It was so fantastically beautiful and warm. It has now turned cold with frost again tonight but will try to paint tomorrow afternoon. Supposed to be 55 degrees but hoping for a little more warmth than that.
I have been working in the yard for the last three days getting my garden ready. Did more than usual as it was cool enough to stay out and finish. I usually get overheated chopping, pulling , cutting! Mowed the lawn as some of it was a foot high.
Also found out one of my favorite paintings, "Abandoned", well, that house was torn down. So sorry as I wanted it to paint it again.
Found out today also that my Painting of the Longhorn portrait I did was reprinted and sold on Fine Art America. I am happy happy today.

Winter Splendor/Red Leaves in Winter Sold!

I was thrilled to find this painting sold at the Cafe on Main. I went in to change out my paintings and found this had sold. It was so much fun to do and I think I should do more Yupo paintings. I realize I haven't been blogging but have been painting and am working on a 16x20 oil which is taking me some time. I may post the progress as I have photoed the process. This painting that sold can be reproduced at Fine Art America. www.judy-fischer-walton.artistwebsites.com

Painting Tools

This is a painting I did for our Brush and Palette club project for a board of painting tools paintings to be displayed at Kingwood Center this Spring. It had to have some red in it and it had to be 8x10. And I had to finish it as I need the oil paints that were in the still life!!

Early morning Holsteins

8x10 oil. Done from a photo taken by me in Southern Ohio. Inspired by the black and white against the greens and hills.

Bulldog pup

I have been waiting for the sun to get a good photo. This was done from a photo of my nephew's pup. Fun to do with all the colors in a white dog. Lately I am loving doing these pets. Will have to do some cats. It is an 8x10 oil.

Blowin in the Wind

I have been wanting to do a painting of clothes hanging on the line. This is from a photo I took at the Elderhostel at Malabar Farm in Ohio. I cropped the picture way down to do the backyard with the clothesline. I probably spent more time on what clothes I wanted hanging on the line. I really enjoyed this painting and was inspired by the tree colors.

A dog named Annie

Finished this painting of my brother and sister-in-law's dog, Annie. She is a labradoodle. I love her silky coat. This is an 8x10 oil.

Water and Reeds

This painting sold in December at the Cafe on Main. 8x8 oil plein air done at the Carpenter Inn near Athens, OH

Much time spent.

Just amazing how much time you can spend finding photos and uploading to your website. It takes so much time that you could be painting. Plus putting photos on the Fine Art America website in the contest section.I had realized I had a photo of a painting I wanted to enter in the contests section that had never gotten on the site. I had saved it as I was entering it into a competition and never posted it. So now it is on the site and I am not going to try to find it again on that disc. Just wasted so much time!

Twin Buttes Wyoming #2

This is the second painting of the Twin Buttes that I am doing for a commission. A little warmer than the first. Tried to make them a little different. Different skies, different warmth, slightly different tree.

Winter Sun

Despite my resolutions, I haven't kept up with the blog. I have kept up with the painting. It became a nice day when I went to pick up my paintings from the Christmas show at the Mansfield Art Center, when they asked to keep seven of them for the gallery. The gentleman said the director loved my work. Well, that does something for the soul! I went outside, and it was warmer than usual and the sun was out. Hmmm. Think I will pack up and go paint in Holmes County, one of the sites to paint in for the Ohio Plein Air Society's Tenth Anniversary Show this year. We only have until May 1 to complete and enter five paintings. Last summer wasn't too great to get them done due to various reasons. So off I went....this is the first plein air of the year. Just outside of Loudenville I found an open area with parking and decided to do this Amish Farm. When I posted on Facebook a friend said it was a Beardsley Amish, a neat clean, no frills Amish farm. I was careful to note that this was in the Holmes County Line.

Twin Buttes Wyoming

This is one of two paintings for my son, who will pick one for himself and one for his friend in Wyoming where they went hunting. They had a good time but the snow got too deep and the Elk must have been hunkered down, but they came home with good memories and great photos. I may add a little snow to the branches and trees but will wait for his response about it.

January Thaw

With one painting finished and time for another, I continued to paint. My fingers were cold. I had some little texting gloves, little knit gloves with the finger tips off. They helped! The geese continued to squabble. No one came around. The time before a Loudonville police man had stopped "to take a look" and said I would be safe in the area. He had pulled someone off today on the main road, probably for speeding, so I knew he was patroling. By the time I was finished painting I was really cold and had to go! No restrooms opened now. I opened the car door and squatted, sitting on the edge. I hoped no one could see. I had no choice.

Open Water

I had been watching the weather as I had found a lake around the corner from the last painting that I thought inspired me for a painting, so on Tuesday I drove to the spot inside the Holmes County Line and did this painting. There were about 200 ducks and geese on the meadow and lake, noisily sparing for their ladies graces.There was a brisk breeze but I loved the atmosphere and the geese. Thank goodness, I feel good about this one! Maybe I can be a cold weather plein air painter!

Aussie

This week's pet portrait, from a photo of Sheila Webster Bonham who gave permission. I left out her other dog, Lily, to do just the Aussie. It was fun and my first painting of the new year.