Sunflowers by Tommy

Every one likes to paint sunflowers. The painting shown here is my take on sunflower painting using a lot of color, large shapes and a strong background color. Give it a try. Bring the major shapes forward to cover the picture plane, paint the background in a strong complementary color and crop the painting to give the imagination a chance to fill in what ever it would like to see.

Apples and Wine Bottles

Sometimes you just paint a painting that is not that hard to do. I did this piece after a painting done by another artist. Just how difficult is it to paint five apples in a row? Well, I made a few changes that make the composition mine. The table that the apples are sitting on is just a piece of canvas glued the the larger canvas. I changed the background color and then painted the apples the way I wanted them to look. The painting now lives in my youngest son's home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The wine bottles are his. I have my own.

Lloyd at White Wagon Farm

Lloyd was our model at White Wagon Farm (art studio and plant nursery). I painted Lloyd in acrylic...Pat White did him in oil. Both of our paintings turned out alright. I am thinking of submitting Lloyd to the Conway(Arkansas) League of Artist show in November, maybe.

Philip Sleeping at the Aquariaum

Philip was not sleepy just wanted some attention. That's O.K. for someone his age. I took the photo and I like it.

Yazoo Pass Where I Grew Up

Here is where I grew up in Mississippi. The Yazoo Pass has a long history from the civil war to the present. Not much to see or do now but to get on your boat and cruise Moon Lake. At age 16 it was a lot of fun to catch turtles and knock the snakes sunning in the tree over hangs into the water. I have done one painting of a flat bottom boat sitting along side the Pass. I may do another of the scene shown here but without the boat

House at Amy's Studio

Oil painting is not my primary medium. However, I try to paint one or two a year. This small painting of a house across from Amy Imler's studio was done on a plein air painting day in May. David Cook and I painted on a hot day. I don't remenber what David painted?

Garden Gate at White Wagon Farm

I painted this small oil painting during the spring show and sale at White Wagon Farm located near Maumelle, Arkansas. Good try for an alla prima painting on a warm day in April. Each of the artists that paint at Sage House (White Wagon Farm) did a demonstration painting during the show and sale.