#33. Pick-your-own strawberry farm, plein air in oil 9″ x 12″.
Strawberry Farm
Category: Art
Alaskan Sketch
#32. Pyramid Mountain, Kodiak Island, Alaska, in acrylic.
Top of Georgia Paint Out, Hiawassee
#30. Hamilton Rhododendron Gardens over looking Lake Chatuge, painted in oil on location, 8″ x 16″, 4th place.
Rye
#29. The seaside town of Rye, England, in acrylic, 6″ x 8″.
Alpharetta Paint the Town continued
#27. Daytime Starlight, I revisited the iconic sculpture in the park behind the Alpharetta Courthouse, adding visitors, 11″ x 14″ painted on location
Alpharetta Paint The Town
#26. Painted on location in the courtyard beside Alpharetta City Hall during the Paint the Town paint out. The final version which is on display at the Alpharetta Arts Center has sparrows flying around and bathing. In the rush to turn it in, I didn’t take an updated photograph.
Small Works Sampling
These paintings, plus some from earlier posts, are part of the Alpharetta Paint The Town Mini Works offered for sale and as donations in the city center on 5.11.2023.
#20. The Laborer, 6″ x 6″. This a large metal sculpture in the park behind the Alpharetta Courthouse.
#21-24, 4″ x 4″ in oil.
Wax Begonias
#’s 18 and 19. Begonia Studies, 5″ x 7″ in oil.
Sunflowers Resown
#17. Sunflowers Resown, is a revisited painting from last year. I dulled the greens and brightened the yellows and am happier with it, 5″ x 7″.
Winning Weeds
#16. “Saved by the Mower”, en plein air, 12″ x 12″ in oil.
This was painted during the two-hour Olmsted Paint-Quick 2023 in Atlanta last Sunday morning. It placed first in the open division. These are the only images I have, as it sold at the event. They show the influence that lighting conditions make; the photographs are of the same painting! Neither is quite correct. The top lighter one shows more detail, but plays down tonal contrasts and makes some of the oranges too strong. The lower one dulls everything and blurs detail. So as the viewer, you will have to superimpose the two!
Susan D. Waters: Artist 