Regional show next up

I decided to put a stock frame on the two entries for the upcoming regional juried show.  I used this frame before and it looks almost as nice as the real gold ones and has clean lines that catch the light nicely and its not too costly.

I decided this because of time constraints.  I'm working again today, all day, on the new web site construction.  I'm not sure its worth it in the long run as blogs and other selling sites are very nice, quick and easy to set up and maintain, but I guess I just like going through the motions--it must be the 'creation' factor that we artists enjoy.
Here are the two entries, and they do allow for three I just found out, so I'll have to look at what else I might have.  I do have that 42" wide painting that was too wide for the current show in Newburyport.

Bear Hill Road, 12x36" oil on stretched canvas

And here are the two 9x12" entries that need the above frame.

Scraggly Sunflower, 9x12" oil on stretched canvas

Red Lily, 9x12" oil on board

It's snowing here now and has been overnight and will end later on today with accumulations of 8-12" so they say.  I'm off now to shovel then compute, so I hope where you are all is toasty.

Snow in Summer

Diptych 18x24" original oil on canvas, Bear Hill Road Series,
Cutter House Show, Arlington MA, November 2012

Maybe painting snow on a hot day helps.  This view of Bear Hill Road last winter was after our biggest snowfall, maybe 4 inches--very unusual for us up here in New England to get so little.  This diptych, consisting of two stretched canvas panels 18x24" each, tries to portray late afternoon on a cold cloudy day.  My favorite scraggly trees are in the far distance and there is a slight indication of the setting sun on the horizon.  I'm still working on the snow in the foreground.
I didn't post the picture I last talked about with the dual focal point predicament because I've worked on it since I took the last photo and need to take another one to post.