Eureka Commission

Another visit to this summertime subject. 

Oil on panel, 8x10 inches

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South Dakota Clouds - 6x6

I played around with a bright red background for this painting.  I like to switch up my panel tones every once in a while, but I always end up coming back to my trusty old burnt sienna wash. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Eureka South Dakota II - Landscape Oil Painting - 6x12

Now that Christmas is over I can post a couple of these Christmas commissions that I did.  This was one of my favorites. 

Oil on cradled panel, 6x12 inches

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Sunset in Eureka - 5x7

I was going to some old photos and found this one that I just had to paint.  

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches 

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South Dakota Sky - 6x12

Oil on stretched canvas, sides painted 6x12 inches

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Eureka South Dakota II - Small Town Oil Painting - 6x12

It's been such a busy (and exciting) week.  Which explains why my postings have been a bit irregular.  With meetings and interviews and a new show going up I've gotten a little behind in actually photographing what I've been working on.  Hopefully I'll get back on track soon.  I'll have to! I just found out this week that I'll be having a solo exhibit at a gallery on State St. at the end of October (so much for relaxing a bit after a busy summer!).  

And the opening reception for my current show is tomorrow (Saturday, August 27) from 6-8 pm.  Please stop by if you can! I'd love to see you! Click here for more information about it. 

Oil on 2" cradled panel, 6x12 inches

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Eureka South Dakota - Landscape Oil Painting - 8x16

I've been meaning to paint this for a long time, over a year! And I really enjoyed the different subject matter, it was especially fun to paint that large blue sky. 

Oil on 2" cradled panel, 8x16 inches

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White House - 6x6

This little house was just too quaint, and the light was hitting it just right.  White houses are my favorite to paint.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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South Dakota Farmhouse - 6x12

I had fun with this one!  I purchased a few of these long deep sided canvases, I thought they would be fun to play around with, and might make excellent gifts, since they don't need a frame.  

Oil on deep stretched canvas

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A Little Bit Quaint - Landscape Oil Painting - 6x6

Another little landscape, made with the same technique as yesterday's.  This one is from one of my South Dakota reference photos. 

Oil on stretched canvas, 6x6 inches 

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The Backyard - Landscape Oil Painting - 6x6

I loved the shadows that the trees made in this little scene.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches

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The Summer's Hottest Day - Landscape Oil Painting - 12x12

Not a lot to say about this one, I was drawn to this scene because of the dark shadows in the trees, and the shadows on the otherwise very bright green grass. And that blueish building in the distance added a nice break in the green/white/yellow color scheme.

Oil on hardboard panel, 12x12 inches

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Lake Trees - Palette knife painting - 6x12

This is what I've been trying to get at all week...it's just what I wanted from a knife painting. Getting away from the canvas panels really helped, I thought the canvas texture would be good for this type of painting...but I just don't like it, it gets in my way.

Oil on cradled panel, 3/8" deep, 6x12 inches

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Palette Knife Paintings...I forgot it was fun.

It's probably been 6 years since I've done a palette knife painting, but yesterday I saw this painting and it inspired me to try it out again. I just loved how it was sort of representational but abstract at the same time. I loved the broad green color and how juicy the whole thing looked...I could just stare at it forever.

So in response I painted these two pieces, I like the first one a lot more than the second one. But I learned from the second, so it's still successful in my opinion. I have more of an idea of what I want my knife paintings to look like now, I will try again tomorrow.

Oil on canvas panel, 6x6 inches

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Oil on canvas panel, 5x7 inches

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Summer Feelings - Daily Painting - 8x8

This was the view from on of the upstairs windows at Grandma's house in South Dakota. I loved how green and summery it was, and how the sun was shining on those bright white buildings.

Oil on panel, 8x8 inches

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Wheat Crop in July - Original Landscape Painting - 6x6

It's Zach's birthday today so we're off to the beach! We went for a hike earlier this morning, we were trying to find the great hike that we did a few years ago, but instead we just found a very sunny horrible trail that was filled with bees! We did not bother to finish that hike.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches

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The Grain Elevator, Sunset - Daily Oil Painting - 6x6

I don't really know what this building does, Zach said it was a grain elevator...so I tried typing that into google... the forth suggestion from google was "grain elevator explosions" so that made it a little more interesting. What I do know is that I loved the sunset reflection on it's metal sides.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches

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Dakota Cow - Daily Oil Painting by Sharon Schock - 6x6

I don't usually like painting animals, but I figured I couldn't visit South Dakota and not paint a cow. They were shinier than I thought so that part was fun. Also baby cows are the cutest!

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches

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Steps of the Capitol - Daily Oil Painting by Sharon Schock - 6x6

This is the capitol building in Pierre South Dakota. I feel like I kind of had an ah-ha moment with this piece...I'm not going to say any more about it, it was something so obvious that I'm embarrassed I hadn't tried it before. But I'm glad I finally did because I'm really happy with how this painting turned out.

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches

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