ALBERTA BLUE WITH POPLAR LEAVES

ALBERTA BLUE with POPLAR LEAVES

20" x 24" acrylic on standard canvas

It doesn't look as though I have gotten very far with this painting, does it? However, there have been several hours of glazing done, and the main leaves are beginning to take shape. I still have to put in the background leaves - but that can wait a bit. In fact, this whole painting may have to take a bit of a backseat for a while.

"Why?" you ask... good question! My life has suddenly become rather BUSY!!!

I have 2 weeks left of a class that I am teaching, which takes one of my mornings each week.

I have an art student for 6 weeks of lessons, beginning next week.

I have a watercolor painting commission which I will be starting this week.

I am taking a class for 6 weeks & have 5 weeks left.

I need to get my seedlings planted (tomatoes, herbs, peppers, etc.) for the vegetable garden I plant each year.

I just received a commission for 14 paintings. Fortunately, they are for 8" x 8" paintings, and I have a couple of months in which to do them, but this is still LOTS of work!

So I am one happy artist at this point! Lots to keep me in the studio, and lots outside of the studio to keep me balanced.

Okay - back to work!!!

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