Tall trees against the blue sky, oil painting

Sky Reach by Marion Hedger

Palette knife painting

30x60cm (12"x24") oil on box canvas

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The days are warming up and the sun is shining. Spring is definitely in full flow with the daffodils and the early irises blooming. We had a lovely walk this morning along the river. The plane trees have not started to bud up and still stand majestically proud against the bright blue winter sky. Unfortunately, I had no camera with me but I did wonder how I could capture those tall trees on a canvas.

The painting above is one I painted last year. It is of a cork tree not a plane tree, but maybe I could follow the same format. Do you think this would work for winter trees?

This older photo of a different part of  the rive gives you some idea of how tall the trees are.

Poppy Jungle palette knife painting

Poppy Jungle palette knife painting

18 x 24 cm oil on canvas panel

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Every year the poppies self-seed all over my garden, particularly in the lawn. My husband, bless him, mows around these patches giving me a lovely display with high impact colour! These are growing around an old hibiscus syringa which is just starting to emerge after its winter rest.

Pretty in Purple, Provence landscape palette knife painting

Pretty in Purple, Provence Landscape

18 x 24 cm oil on canvas panel

Here is the final version of the painting I posted a couple of days ago HERE. It didn't need much to finish it off. I like the way the foreground turned out, nice and suggestive.
Here is a close-up of the foreground where you can see some of the drips left in-situ. It's definitely something I will try again.

Meander through the poppy meadow oil palette knife painting

Meander through the poppy meadow

Oil palette knife painting

24x30cm on canvas panel (approx 11"x12"

This one is slightly larger than my other poppy paintings as I want to work up to a much larger painting with a similar theme.

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