Farmer's Field - Westcliffe Colorado

Painted in a farmers field overlooking the mountain range. Very hot out for a fall day! I got pretty burnt and now I have a farmer's tan - how appropriate... Not the greatest picture of the painting - took it with my iPhone and didn't notice the shadow from the easel. Anyhow met some great folks painting here... learned lots of good strategies and things to work on so I can be a better painter... fighting the fight! Every painting is like a puzzle that needs to be solved...

Finished it off once I got back... Warmed up the foreground and added a few more design details for fun... little dabs of tree colors and squiggles in the grass.

Farmer's Field in Colorado, 9x12 oil on birch panel