10 recent paintings

The Next 10 postings are some of my most recent paintings.   I have about 10 more recent works that I will post at a later date.  I've been very busy painting and fell behind on my posting - "MY BAD!!!"

My urge to paint the Southwest is overpowering and in the past month I have painted at least 25 such paintings.  Lots of these paintings are from photos I took while living in and visiting AZ - some of them are what I call "MINDSCAPES" that is to say they are a vision in my mind that I translate onto the painting surface.  Some my be real scenes within my memory and others are truly visions within my mind.

These works represent a semi loose painterly style done with a large brush using gusto and spontaneity.

I hope you enjoy your tour of the Southwest.

JR

The Last Glimmer Of Daylight

12 x 16 - heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive Professional acrylics - big brush in a painterly style - done with gusto and spontaneity with a love for the Southwest.

JR      :>)

Morning Glow

12 x 16 - heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive Professional acrylics - big brush in a painterly style - done with gusto and spontaneity with a love for the Southwest.

JR     :>)

A String Of Distant Mesas

12 x 16 - heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive Professional acrylics - big brush in a painterly style - done with gusto and spontaneity with a love for the Southwest.

JR     :>)

Morning Reflections

12 x 16 - heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive Professional acrylics - big brush in a painterly style - done with gusto and spontaneity with a love for the Southwest.

JR     :>)

Long Road To Cooler Canyons

12 x 16 - heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive Professional acrylics - big brush in a painterly style - done with gusto and spontaneity with a love for the Southwest.

JR     :>)

The Light Before The Darkness

12 x 16 - heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive Professional acrylics - big brush in a painterly style - done with gusto and spontaneity with a love for the Southwest.

Just before the sun starts to go down there seems to be a short period where it gets brighter and brighter - this is what I have tried to represent in this painting>

JR     :>)

Near The End Of A Two Day Journey

12 x 16 - heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive Professional acrylics - big brush in a painterly style - done with gusto and spontaneity with a love for the Southwest.

JR     :>)

Setting Sun - A Westerly Treasure

12 x 16 - heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive Professional acrylics - big brush in a painterly style - done with gusto and spontaneity with a love for the Southwest.

JR       :>)

Inside Zion NP No. II

12 x 16 - heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive Professional acrylics - big brush in a painterly style - done with gusto and spontaneity with a love for the Southwest.

JR     :>)

My posting has not been very good!!!!!

Tomorrow 10/16/16 I hope to post quite a few recent paintings.  I've been on a Southwest painting binge lately and have been delinquent in posting my work.  So tomorrow instead of painting I hope to spend a long time getting quite a few of my recent works up onto the blog.  See y'all tomorrow!!!

JR      :>)

Truchas NM In The Distance

18 x 24 - acid heavy line paper - Chroma Interactive acrylics - big brushes - loose painterly style using big brushes and spontaneity in color.  Truchas is a wonderful small little town off the "high road" to Taos and is filled with very talented artists.

JR    :>)

Canyonlands National Park - SE Utah

18 x 24 on heavy linen paper - Chroma Interactive acrylics - big brushes done in a loose painterly style with gusto and a love for the land.

Hope you enjoyed

JR     :>)

Canyonlands Utah

Next to Sedona AZ, Utah has the 2nd best display of red rocks - 18 x 24 acid free heavy linen paper - big brushes - sone in a painterly style - with gusto and spontaneity of color.

This is a red rock scene from the Canyonlands National Park - such beautiful country.

JR     :>)