A New Painting - Alberta Blue with Poplar Leaves

I have a new painting on my easel. This canvas is not quite square - it's 20" x 24". Here you can see the "Alberta Blue" background color which I have created from several different hues of blues and greens. I usually do not use paint straight from a tube, but tend to blend and mix until the color I want emerges. Through years of experimentation, I generally don't end up with "mud" like I did when I first began to paint.

Here you can see the first layer of leaves and

branches placed on the background sky. In my backyard, I have a small "forest" of poplar trees

which turn a beautiful brilliant yellow and gold in the fall. Against the intense blue of these Alberta skies we have, they create a spectacular color experience. I am hoping to replicate some of that here... These are not all the leaves which will be in this painting - but I thought you would like to see this one in its early stages.

ALBERTA BLUE TRIPTYCH

Alberta Blue Triptych

original acrylic paintings

8"x 24" total of 3

Alberta Blue 1

8" x 8"

Alberta Blue 2

8" x 8"

Alberta Blue 3

8" x 8"

This is the view out my kitchen window - a huge brilliant blue sky with a bit of yellow toward the distant horizon line, and aspen poplar trees reaching for that gorgeous blue. You really can't imagine how intensely blue the skies here can be - you have to experience it!

When I looked out my kitchen window after we first moved here, I could see the farm in the valley below us. Cattle roam the valley, grazing on the grass, and the farmer plants some sort of crop down there as well. Now the tree tops are so high that the farm is completely hidden, and only in one direction can I now see the cattle feeding in the fields.

This is in late afternoon when the sun is just touching the tops of the tallest trees tops, about the time the coyotes start to howl. I love that time of day! Regardless of season, it is beautiful to see the tree tops gently swaying in the breeze, kissed by sun.

Alberta Blue is for sale. Contact me if you wish to inquire about the price: jogiesbrecht@gmail.com