The Grass is Always Grayer

Back to the barns.

 I was feeling not so good about this until I worked in the shrubbery. 

It looked tight and stiff, but it is wood after all.

Now I'm getting the good  opposing "structure and nature" feeling that I was looking for.

The canvas is filled.

Not So Sure

 The more I do, the less I'm liking this one. 

It seems large canvases provide me the opportunity the get too controlled and tight. 

But, the struggle will continue. 

I see things I can do to loosen it up, and there's a lot of blank canvas that will change hopefully things.

Double Trouble

Taking on the second barn

 

Allison Road

"Allison Road Barns"

18 1/2 x 26 1/2

Oil on hardboard

 

Big Barns

 

The Return of the Big Barns

Background to foreground, the start of a new one

24x30 

Raising Kane

"Kane Road Barn"

8x8 oil on birch panel