Burning Bales

After my class in Kentucky with Judy Mudd [see previous post], I came home and did some work on a piece I've been thinking about for a couple of years.

One afternoon in early spring just after a snow, we came upon a field where the farmer was clearing out some old fence rows to join two fields.  He had flattened and was burning the old bales.   There were probably 25 bales in a smoky line.   It was beautiful and eerie and amazing.  

I will probably try this piece a couple more times, experimenting with different things.  

Painting a Barn and Hay Bales

I've been painting a lot lately and really enjoying limited palette studies with watercolors.   Here's a recent effort - a late fall scene along Highway 157 in Greene County.   [Looks better blown up a bit, click to enlargen.]

We're about to get another dose of winter.   I have a feeling I'll be painting a lot more this week.

Hope you're all having a wonderfully creative winter and that you're staying good and warm.