Boise foothills landscape
After about 4 sessions of painting, I am pretty well finished with the Boise painting. I’ll check again in a week or so and see what changes I think it needs, but I pretty happy with it so far. At 16″x12″, this is the largest acrylic painting I have done in a very long time. I tried to keep the style loose and concentrate on color rather than specific details. For me, the heavy bodied paint works against minute brush strokes, even though I use a paint drying retardant and it thins it somewhat. I’ll be ready to try my other big canvas with another Boise landscape soon.
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Oct 22, 2017 @ 10:32:13
what amazing colors! This is really beautiful.
Oct 22, 2017 @ 16:35:28
Thanks, Carol. Now that my son lices out there, I may be doing more of these.
Nov 02, 2017 @ 11:51:41
I love the orange hues!
Nov 05, 2017 @ 07:49:49
Thanks, Jane. We just got back from ID yesterday, so there will be more paintings in the future from my new photos!
Aug 26, 2020 @ 09:38:37
I like the vivid colors on this one. I always think about how much I love the smell of sagebrush in the Boise foothills when I see these paintings!
Aug 26, 2020 @ 14:01:35
I hope you like the redo I am working on now, too. LOL And that sage brush is sure ubiquitous. My son has this one now, along with some other foothills scenes. He went “shopping’ in my studio.
Aug 26, 2020 @ 20:12:12
I always suspect Boise Foothills when I see those paintings, even before I read the text. Although I love the smell of sagebrush, I always worried about getting ticks around it. Never happened. Awesome for your son though! I’m sure he’ll enjoy having them in his home.