Cougar Peak #272

4.75" x 6.75" Oil on Tyvek

Today we were greeted by our first real snow on the mountain, as well as a chill wind that cut through the body reminding us that summer is definitely gone, and that fall better watch itself as well. I did this painting on a piece of blue tyvek that sort of resembled one of those blue heavy duty shop towels, or those fiber type dishwashing cloths. The oil paint sucked into the tyvek giving the painting a softer blended look opposed to the sharper look of some of my other paintings.

Cougar Peak #168

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Tyvek

This painting again was done on Tyvek...as you can see. It is really a lot of fun to paint on, but then again I get excited easily, especially when it comes to painting material, anything is free game if paint will stick on it. This painting captures one of those spring rains that have been moving through as of late.

Cougar Peak #159

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Tyvek

This evening the mountain was lit up in those wonderful warm hues, while the canyon was lost in shadows of purple and blue. I enjoy the exteme contrasts between the colors and the values, as it helps to really push the form of the mountain in a different direction.

Cougar Peak #158

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Tyvek

Last night the valley was hammered with some much needed moisture. This morning the peak was letting off billows of steam and mist that would rise and swirl about until it connected with a larger cloud. This painting is again on Tyvek, not much of the mountain was showing through this morning except for some interesting little wedges that would pop up now and then, so I tried to encorporate those into a pleasing composition.

Cougar Peak #157

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Tyvek

Today I worked up another image on Tyvek. Everything was wet this morning and there was a blanket of clouds hanging over the top of the mountain. Again with this image I decided to just start the painting process and skip the sketch stage, so as to not have any sketch lines show through. The paint on the Tyvek doesn't dry as quick as acrylics usually do on other surfaces, so it allows you to to a bit more blending than usual.

Cougar Peak #156

4.75" x 6.75" Acrylic on Tyvek

For this painting, I experimented with painting my image on Tyvek, which my friend Wade ended up hooking me up with a free sample. Tyvek is a material that they usually use in home construction now days to seal your house from water, but still allowing you house to breath (like Gortex, but for your house)....anyways it's bright, white, paint sticks to it, stains it, doesn't soak up though so you can rub off and smear, indestructible, nice texture and sheen.......and just plain fun to paint on!