Christopher Greco: February 2011

Monday, February 21, 2011

One Last Swing in the South -
Daily Painting, Landscape, Tire Swing, Tree, Farmhouse, Alabama, Tennessee

12x16" oil on a canvas panel.
This has been one of the most hectic weeks I have ever had!
I have had work each day and freelance each evening and preparing for another move in between. I had a small break on my freelance assignment over the weekend and took a personal break from my packing to paint. This subject seemed to fit my mood perfectly. The nostalgia of an old tire swing and my very last painting in Tennessee/Alabama. I am bound for home in Ohio for awhile and then I am off to..................................................................my next adventure.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Hay 4 Sisyphus -
Daily Painting, Landscape, Hay Barrels, Hill, Tennessee Valley

8 x 10" oil on a canvas panel.
The task of rolling these hay barrels up the hill led me to the title, that and...
...the fact that I have past the 500th post on this blog, which means I have finally completed 500 daily plein air paintings. Not to pat myself on the back too much but, I am extremely proud of this achievement. Along with my plein air painting, I work full time and maintain a freelance illustration/animation business. Although it has often been exhausting, it has been a tremendous learning experience and loads of fun. One thing that I'm sure most of the daily painters have in common is family support. That is certainly the case for me, none of this would or could have happened without the loving support of Kathi and our 3 daughters who inspire everything.
Happy St. Valentines day to my family.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

End of the Snow -
Daily Painting, Landscape, Snow, Sun, Road, Red Bushes

8 x 8 oil on a linen panel.
The last bits of snow along the road in front of my apartment.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Passage to the Warm Side -
Daily Painting, Afternoon Sun, Apartment Complex

Friday, February 11, 2011

Down the Stairs -
Daily Painting, Stairs, Bushes, Sunlight and Shadow

One step out of my door and paint! I was struck by the light on these bushes with their red, yellow and green leaves and the remains of yesterdays snow.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

February Field -
Daily Painting, Landscape, Paint Rock Bird Sanctuary, Alabama

This morning at the Paint Rock Bird Sanctuary.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Harsh Light on the Wooden Man -
Daily Painting, Figurative Still Life, Wooden Man

Another sketch of the "wooden man". I enjoy these exercises very much.

A Simple Sunday Morning -
Daily Painting, Landscape, Corn Field, Alabama, Tennessee Valley

A simple picture of the stubble of last years corn. The simple pleasure of the light on a Sunday morning. This sketch is 8" x 8", oil on a canvas panel.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Running Before and After the Fall -
Daily Painting, wooden still life

Almost immediately after I "blocked" this picture in, the cardboard that I had clipped the background paper to...fell over. Everything was scattered, so this wooden man was running before he fell and then again after the fall.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Tree, House -
Daily Painting, Tree, White House, North Alabama

This painting is from Sunday when the weather was stunning, very unlike the gray, windy and wet weather we had today. Painting a white house on a bright sunny day is like skipping the meal and going right for the dessert.
This painting is 8" x 10", oil on a canvas panel.

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