Guardian of the view - tree painting in oil using a palette knife

Guardian of the view

Palette knife painting

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Oil on MDF canvas panel

Available on Daily Paintworks

This painting is in response to this week's challenge on Daily Paintworks to paint 'Sky Holes'.
The model for this painting is the same one that appears in 'Sunset over the vineyard'. I love the way it twists and turns and stands guard. It was a sunny day but the clouds were starting to build up.

About this painting
This was painted on my usual pink ground after treating the canvas panel with liquitex thick gesso to give additional texture. I painted the tree very loose suggesting the different shades of the leaves in blocks. Some of the sky holes were painted back in to add breathing spaces, or to put it another way, leaving space for the birds to fly through.
Some close-ups of the knife work.

Light in the Woods, palette knife oil painting

Light in the Woods

Palette knife oil painting on MDF canvas panel

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")
Available in my Etsy store

I love painting silver birch trees. This one was painted from a photo taken in Spring as the fresh growth was bursting out, but with the winter brown undergrowth being slow on the uptake! The shaft of sunshine brought the scene to life for me.

Colourful Birches

This painting shows a different treatment of the trees, I have used goauche in a thick loose impressionist way. 

Colourful Birches

Gouache painting on canvas board

17.5x12.5cm (7"x5")

Varnished so can be framed without glass

Available in my Etsy shop

Provençal Sunshine palette knife painting

Provençal Sunshine palette knife painting

oil on box canvas (gallery wrapped)

25x30cm (10x12inch) x 28mm deep

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One of the first sunflower paintings from my latest batch of photos taken in my recent trip to see the lavender. These fields took me by surprise. What is it about sunflowers that lifts the spirits and make the day seem happier?

Some close-ups

and how it would look framed in a floating frame.

Paintings that talk to you - Sunset Glow at the Vineyard palette knife oil painting

Sunset Glow at the Vineyard

Palette knife painting

Oil on MDF canvas board, 24x30cm (approx. 10"x12")
Available on Daily Paintworks
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This painting was started during the September 30 day challenge. It was slightly larger than many of the other paintings in the challenge. After the challenge I put it aside as I there was something I didn't like, but could not put my finger on it. 

The other day I looked at it again and suddenly it was clear what it needed to be finished. It was as if the painting was now ready for the final touches! Please keep this to yourselves as I don't want to be locked away for talking to paintings LOL.
See the WIP painting from the challenge HERE

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