Bird Bath - #82913 by Candy Barr

14 x 14 x 2 inches Oil on cradled Birch Ply

This is revised version from last week. 

The birdbath was not in shadow and a few other items were reworked.

Cottage Garden #3313 by Candy Barr

Painting in Paris in Springtime In Glendale, AZ

 20 x 20 inches Oil on canvas in process 
~ need to figure out sky vs roof and tree and darken the porch and add the flowers on arbor...  Note how different relationship of roof and sky are in am to pm

Getting the start with sun behind me, then by end of day sun coming towards me, which was much better for painting having the arbor backlit.

this was from earlier in week capturing Brandon Hamilton before he interviewed

 Carol Migray the fantastic owner of both Cottage Garden I and II.

Mad River Vineyard Garden - #81311

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas



And here is link from Boston Channel 5 Chronicle with a series on "Waterfalls" with me interviewed and painting with some of my students in our weekly plein air class: click here There were 4 segments and this is the final one!

Boone Garden - #51011

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

Gilgrease had a plein air paint out while I was visiting my brother in Tulsa in April. I thoroughly enjoy the museum, and it was an exquisite spring late afternoon when we started painting. Louise Biggs was facilitating and so terrific. I'm sorry I missed seeing Margaret Aycock who is her good friend and posts regularly on her daily painting blog. Next year Margaret!

Archer @ Gilgrease - #5911

6 x 6 inches Oil on birch ply

This is the statue in front of the Gilgrease Museum in Tulsa OK.

Springtime here in April with the blooming azaleas and gardens is gorgeous.Allan Houser's "Sacred Rain Arrow"

And here's another archer made in 1909


Emile-Antoine Bourdelle's famous Heracles Archer sculpture.
It is in collections in New York, at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, and also at the National Gallery in Prague.

Desert Home Courtyard - #32811

24 x 36 inches Oil on canvas

Here's final version of Desert Home Courtyard, having taken it back last Saturday to complete.

I sat on bench and had a viewer take my picture. It just seemed to beg for a relaxing repose.
All's right with the world... well in some worlds.

Royal Palms Resort - #11911A

$275. + S/H with frame

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Mad River Vinery

7 x 24 inches Oil on birch - reworked on location

Beautiful 100' rows of a few types of grapes growing here in the Mad River Valley.
Joseph & Carol Klimek's tour de force garden and views. We love to paint plein air amongst the lovely plantings and views!~

And Saturday & Sunday Aug 14 & 15 I'm having an Open Studio
as part of the Vermont Festival of the Arts here in the Mad River Valley.
If you're in the area come by till 4 each day.

Arizona Condo Commission

11 x 14 inches Oil on canvas

Doing a condo commission!~SOLD

Cardon Cacti Path

11 x 14 inches Oil on canvas SOLD




I deepened the shadows and enriched the lights from the last stage since I was back there today. After 1:30 pm the shadows start to come across the path... worth waiting for!

Desert Garden Home

18 x 24 inches Oil on canvas



Today at the Desert Botanical Garden plein air event. Started at 9am with the lovely morning shadows and light coming over the building hitting the bushes. The Cardon Cacti on left were planted in 1940, and I'll post final version tomorrow. That's a Boojum tree straight ahead, an elephant tree on right and the bush on right is a... oops drawing a blank. Butterflies and hummingbirds love the red blossoms. It's nearly gone by.



A photography class capturing the three figures


bronze sculpture



of Allan Housner. Here are a couple more of the 18 of his pieces in the DBG
Another show of his at the Heard Museum in downtown Phoenix.

Plein Air competition

8 x 10 Inches Oil on canvas board SOLD

What a charming front elevation in this historic district. The house was built in the 1920's
and the 2nd owner is now living there who bought the painting from me.

Process standing across the street beginning at 9 am

Lou walking her dog Orleana (rescue dog from Katrina) came by early in the process and suggested I leave out the gate which was a super idea to help the center of focus become more adamant. ~ thanks Lou for your support along the process! It was a pleasure chatting with you.

Mary's Garden

11" x 14" Oil on canvas

Nearly done

On location, facing east. Raised bed garden
with vineyard behind the corn plants.

(this was SOLD at a silent auction this summer
to raise money for the Localvore food project)

Boojum Tree

१२" x१२" oil on canvas


Painted at the Desert Botanical Gardens today in Phoenix AZ.
This is the founder's original home from 1939, Gertrude Divine Webster.
Her dream was, “First, we wish to conserve our Arizona flora
—fast being destroyed.
Second, we wish to establish plantings for students and botanists,
and third, we wish to make a compelling attraction.”

The boojum tree was planted in the first year. The boojum is taken
from Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark".

$350. + S/H

Hildene View

10" x 10" Oil

View facing east from garden

$225. + S/H

Over 1000 peonies!