Tree Lined Country Road - 5x7

I loved these tall trees, and the sun was hitting them just perfectly this afternoon...

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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White Christmas - 4x4

I found a bunch of these tiny canvases in my studio and thought they would make a fun project.  I thought I could work on these as kind of a "warm up" everyday before I continued work on a large commission I was painting.  And the best part? I'll be posting these little guys up for auction with super low starting bids!

Oil on canvas panel, 4x4 inches

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Afternoon Walk - 6x6

I'm really fond of how this one turned out.  I textured a few of my panels with extra gesso recently, I think it adds a little something extra to the final product.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Golden Light - 6x6

Carpinteria sure has an interesting mix of trees around.  I enjoyed how the light was playing on this one. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Green and Gray - 12x12

More stormy skies today...

Oil on canvas panel, 12x12 inches

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Park by the Water - 5x7

I was attracted to this scene because of it's contrasts.  I was very excited about painting the guy on the left, that spot of light on his shoulder was the best part. 

Oil on panel, 5x7 inches

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Look it's me in the newspaper! What a fun Sunday...

Butterfly Grove II - 6x6

I felt so free with this one.  I was more concerned with the illusion of light and the feeling of the trees, rather than the particular shapes and details. 

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Butterfly Grove - 6x6

Zach and I went to Pismo beach and up to Hearst Castle for our New Years weekend getaway.  We stopped at the butterfly grove...I heard it was amazing.  We came prepared with binoculars, but I think we only saw like 20 butterflies! Disappointing! Luckily we had lots of other things to do. And the light while we were there was just gorgeous.  

Oil on panel, 6x6 inches

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Carpinteria Avenue Trees - 8x8

There's something so wonderful about these trees, this is my second try at capturing them in paint.  I'm much happier with this attempt.  I approached it differently than I normally do, I started with what I can only call a "fuzzy" underpainting.  Sometimes I don't work with an underpainting at all, and other times it's completely necessary, and I can't really explain why...this is why I'm not a teacher :) 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x8 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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Lake Trees II - Palette knife painting - 4x8

Another little palette knife painting for today. I still have a couple of commissions to finish, I'd better get to work!

Oil on canvas panel, 4x8 inches

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Sunrise in the Park - Carpinteria Oil Painting - 18x36

Dropped off my paintings this morning :) I had just enough to fill the spaces and even a couple to spare. The show runs through November 22nd, that's a long time! So stop by Corktree Cellars if you're in the area :)

Here's another one of the paintings I did for the show, it's huge and I love it!

Oil on canvas, 18x36 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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Carpinteria Bluffs VI - California Landscape Painting - 11x14

I tried a little bit of a new technique for this one (I have big plans for very different paintings this week) I laid down a really dark base and then wiped out the lighter areas of my composition. I found this technique on this blog post, by an artist named Doug Braithwaite (the blog is written from the perspective of his wife, which I think is really great, sometimes I wish I never had to talk about what I'm painting)

in progress

Oil on hardboard panel, 11x14 inches

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Ps. Clearly Charlie is having a really tough day, he likes to sit right under where I'm painting, and probably gets himself splattered with paint.

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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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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Eureka South Dakota - Landscape Oil Painting - 6x12

I loved this view so much when were driving past it that I made poor Zach drive us all the way back to the house to get my camera. It was worth it though, those pictures turned out to be the best ones. I love the long shadows created when the sun is setting.

Oil on 3/4 inch cradled panel, 6x12 inches

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Carpinteria Bluffs II - Daily Landscape Painting - 6x6

Another painting of the bluffs today. I decided that mountains aren't really my favorite thing to paint....but I love trees and and this scene has a big one :)

Oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6x6 inches

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