We are having our first measurable snow fall on top of mounds
of oak leaves. We usually go for a late autumn walk in a nearby county park
that has a stream flowing through a wooded preserve. The air is crisp and
colors are brilliant, all inspiration for future paintings. The milkweeds are
in the going-back-to-the-earth phase of their life cycle. We hope they have
nourished the next generation of Monarchs and that the butterflies will return
next spring. … so far one inch of snow during this writing.
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| On Hold 16x20 oil on canvas |
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| Winter Trail oil on canvas board 9x12 |
Michigan’s encouragement of the film industry has had some
interesting opportunities for artists. We delivered a dozen paintings to a film
shoot and hope to have some of the paintings appear in this full-length feature
film. As artists, we always try to get a
good look at those background paintings. If this new adventure does take place
as we expect it will, I’ll let folks know. In the meantime, keep looking at the
paintings in the background on TV and movies.
… so far one and half inches of the white stuff.
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| Blue Ice acrylic on paper 22x24 |
We have received a few very nice comments on the Xanadu
Gallery experience, thank you. Several paintings can be viewed in the online
Xanadu Gallery, search under artists, then Joel F Ellis. Xanadu has a walk-in
gallery as well in Scottsdale Arizona.
Outreach is an interesting experience. The actual
non-painting time of this artist’s life is sometimes challenging, especially
trying to get the paintings “out there” for visibility. Speaking of “out
there”, the snow is accumulating. Time to get the snow shovel. Oh the price we
pay to live in Michigan.
Joel
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| Early snow 18x24 acrylic on board |
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| Winter Barn 18x24 acrylic on canvas |
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