Reaching for the Sky by BJ Wright

8"x10" oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima, on 4/24 at the Buford Dam during the "Historic Buford (GA) Plein Air Festival"...currently on display at the Tannery Row Artist Colony. There is a bit of shadow from my easel showing at the upper edge of this photo.

James @ Catfish cove # 22

Back to one of my favorite spots on the James - cloudy - cool and windy - 14x18 on panel

Catfish Hole # 19

Catfish Hole is a small cove off the James at The Great ships Locks - today it had a constant flow of visitors from Canadian Geese with chicks, Herrings fishing - I might add much better at it than the two cat fishermen I show in my small 12x12 painting. Great place to paint it has movement and dramatic light filtration through the trees. Did I mention a hot 96 degrees.

Cat Fishing on the James # 18

A morning view of the James from The Great Ship Locks and a favorite cat fishing spot for the locals. Sunny and warm weather here. Cat fishing was executed on a 14x18 panel.

Steps to park # 17 - Tree study 1

This mornings work - first tree study - a golden retriever and owner were sitting on the steps watching me - so I included them into my little 12 x12 painting on panel - very windy here today.

"Carolina Marsh" plein air by Bernie Rosage Jr.

"Carolina Marsh"... 5x7" Oil on panel, en plein aire, 4-2009.

We had a great location and day to paint outdoors last Sunday. We... as in OOPS!... the Onslow Outdoor Painters Society I am a member of. A great bunch of artists who carry on the tradition of painting "en plein aire". Read about our outing HERE...

I'm pictured below painting this one...

Bernie

Oak Study

"Oak Study"

I went to the coast and painted with my plein air group today. This old oak blew over years ago. The way it grew back interested me because of its very graceful shape. If I use it for a larger painting I will add a muddy bank and some water and a rope swing hanging over the water, now that sounds fun!

Ready to frame.

Media: acrylic on hardboard

Size: 10 in X 8 in (25.4 cm X 20.3 cm)

Price: $200 USD
To see more originals, please click here to see my gallery page.

Libby Terrace Fountain 15

Libby Terrace Fountain and the James river through the freshly budding Yellow Crepe Myrtles. Painted on a 14x18 panel and required two sessions. I want to do this again later this week once the trees are in full bloom - should be spectacular.

The Widows Garden 14 - Libby Terrace

An interesting view of the Widows garden on Franklin - it's growing wild including the public brick walkways with no upkeep. The little 12x12 painting turned out to be a challenge because it took two sessions. I got lucky both days the sun was out.

The Pink Dogwood

I painted this house in my neighborhood. Loved the pink dogwood with the pink house behind it. We were going to go to Calloway Gardens but my mother wasn't feeling up to it so we stayed nearby.

Azalea Stream

Spring at Callaway Gardens will overwhelm you with all the beauty around each turn. This year we have had days and days of rain. Painting in between the rain storms has been fun and now that the rain has stopped it will be fun to see the sun sparkle through the pine branches on to the azaleas at Overlook Garden inside Callaway. If you have ever been to Callaway Gardens in the spring, I hope this painting brings back memories for you. 9x12 oil on linen $300.00 studio sale.

James @ Libby Terrace - Easter # 12

Another great day - this spot is starting to become my favorite - 14x18 on panel

The James @ Libby Terrace

Great Day - ended up at Libby Terrace here in Richmond - View of the James River 11x14 on panel. I'm starting to get the hang of this :=)

Sandra at Pine Mountain

 
Phyllis invited me to paint with her at Callaway Gardens. Here I am painting a snowball bush in Mr. Cason's garden. A perfectly acceptable morning for April.

The Rauke Loggia at Fishing Bay # 6

Nice day so I headed for the bay with dog and paints in tow. Boy was it cold even with the sun I could only take 2 hours - managed to paint the Loggia 11x14 on board while I waited for the background paint to dry for a shot of Fishing Bay in the distance. The Rauke Loggia was painted from the pool. I'm going back this weekend to finish the bay shot.

Pathway Puddles by BJ Wright

8"x10" oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima on 3-24-09 (completed around 3:15) - $85 including shipping - This is the first time I've been out painting en plein air in a long, long time...well, since November anyway. I usually paint during morning hours, but conditions haven't been right for awhile...but this particular afternoon seemed perfect. The more I painted, the more the clouds rolled in. Puddles on the gravel walkway danced in the changing light, so Mr. Coker's chimney and the oak tree's old and new foliage had to relent.

Chimborazo Park # 1

This is my first post thanks to BJ's kind invitation. Last week I discoverd this neat green roof tucked between several buildings high up on a hill while exploring the lower canals here in Richmond. Here is the result. I'll add this is my first painting in 20 years and my first plein air in more than 40 years.

Daily Painting 811 Jungle Living Plein Air Alla Prima

Another painting I did at Edenlawn Plantation. I had to sit under my umbrella it was raining when I painted this. Its 8 x 10 oil, $200.

Daily Painting 807 Oak and Palmettos plein air alla prima

I did this at Round Island Park, it was a lovely day cool out but nice in the sun. Its 8 x 10 oil, $200.

Daily Painting 804 Palms at the Backus Museum

This looks a bit different than my usual style because I took a workshop this weekend that fellow artist George Love put on. She was teaching about glazing and so we just used brushes. We started out with a black and white acrylic painting and then when that dried we added the oil paints in colors. It was super to try a different technique. We were outside so I did the three palms I could see in the park next to the museum.

I had a very busy week, Art Mundo put on all these demos and workshops friday and saturday. I took this workshop and one on bookbinding and another on botanical printing. Then I gave an oil painting demo saturday, I'll post that tomorrow. It was a whole lot of fun and I hope we get to do it all again.

Friday evening I went to the Gallery 14 reception in Vero, I have three paintings in their Small is Big showing this month. Thursday was my reception at the Molly House,that was lovely and I sold a couple of paintings.

Its 8 x 10 acrylic and oil, $300.