Traveling through the Cotton Fields

12 x 16 oil on canvas

Another cotton field today!  It's already dark here so I couldn't get a good photo in good light - had to use artificial and you can see the shadow of my push pin holding canvas to board in upper right.  That is not a bird flying upside down!

King Cotton

12 x 16 oil on canvas panel

I wanted to try my hand at a close up view of cotton - I liked the idea of painting on a dark background to contrast with the cotton.  I'm missing the Delta - this was a common sight every fall!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

12 x 16 oil on hardboard

This was painted from an old black and white photo from the 40s.  These girls were on the levee in the Mississippi Delta.  I liked the way the two on the left painted out better than the right.  I think I got too "drawey" on those and will probably continue to play with them.

Delta Cotton Fields

8 x 10 oil on canvas panel

Seems I've forgotten how to paint over the holidays. :(  This was a tough one mainly because I didn't feel I did justice to the beautiful cotton fields in the Mississippi Delta.