Afternoon sunlight

I'm having fun with these house portraits. This is the old Garding farmhouse in Lake Henry, MN. The farm was homesteaded in 1876. I'm so used to painting cats and dogs that I find myself trying to similarly capture a "personality" when I paint houses, especially by using light and shadow.  I'm not sure this one is quite finished- I'm wondering if I should add a little reflection to the bottom window panes? Also thinking the floor of the porch may jutt out a little to far. Opinions from those who have been there?

Garding Farmhouse - Acrylic on 9x12 gessobord

It's Wanda!!!

I'm so excited to be going international! This painting of Wanda is headed off to Abu Dhabi, where she lives with my friends Rachel and Andy.

Wanda - Acrylic on 11x14 gessobord

Sophie

Here is sweet Sophie, my cousins' dog who recently passed away. She is loved and missed greatly!

Sophie - Acrylic on 12x12 gessobord

Onions

Just some onions! This is based off of a reference photo I found online. I still don't have a good set-up to do "live" still-lifes at home.

Onions  - 6"x6" Acrylic on gessoboard

216 W. 3rd St.

I recently took a house portrait painting class from my wonderful painting teacher, Kat Corrigan. This is the house I grew up in in Litchfield, MN. It's bright orange now (see photo below!) but I painted it as I remembered it, it used to be brown. I tried adding some trees to the background but it looked really busy and detracted from the house so I painted over them. I think I'll try again with more simplified trees.

216 W. 3rd St. 8"x10" Acrylic on gessoboard. 

The house today!

Delta

Here is my friend Joy's dog, Delta! This one required some layering while painting because Delta's colors, as they come from my palette, are very transparent. I feel ready to paint Joy's other dachshund Esker now!

 Delta 8x8 Acrylic on gessoed hardboard

Kevin

This is my friend Stephanie's dog, Kevin. He's brother to Yirgy, who I also painted a year or two ago. I'm starting to get more comfortable painting dogs!

Kevin 6x6 Acrylic on gessoed hardboard