I am continuing my efforts on small panels. Exploring ideas and moods before moving onto larger format paintings. Stay tuned!
Seasons End
Tag: Seasons
Sun Season (finished)
I revisited and finished this painting just as the sun season is heading out the door. It always brings me down thinking of the expansive darkness ahead.
Autumn Bloom
Fall has slipped into winter. Thought I would share this new painting to commemorate the season finale. I rarely varnish and frame work as soon as I complete it but this painting cried out to be fully finished. I do not generally chase the season when I am painting but I follow my enthusiasms and nature is always sparking my imagination.
Zen
Fall is a beautiful time of year but always a bit melancholy. Daylight getting shorter and all the more precious. It has proven especially inspiring to me this year.
Lake Dream
Lake Pend Oreille has been a constant source of inspiration in my painting for nearly eight years. The shifting atmospherics through the seasons fills me with enthusiasm. The weather can be pretty rough but the studio stays warmish.
Chaos and Beauty (revisited)
With summer quickly winding down I’ve got those mixed feelings that come with a shift in season. Visitors will begin dropping off and the weather will cool. It’s the passing of time that brings a bit of melancholy. The tiny bit of me that is optimistic is excited to dig deep in the studio. The cooler weather is much better for acrylic painting… perhaps the greatest work ahead.
Fade Pink (SOLD)
I was pleased to hear that this painting was sold through Horizon Fine Art Gallery in Jackson, Wyoming. When I shipped this off four months ago we were buried in snow up here in North Idaho. Now summer is blazing away.
Spring’s Promise (final)
The finished painting of “Spring’s Promise”. I am leaning into the beauty of the lake and sunshine as our temperatures in North Idaho are suddenly skyrocketing. When I started this painting the snow was piled up, now it is in the mud 80’s… big change in a month.
Greeting Spring
Today is the beginning of spring, at least on the calendar. This painting, appropriately titled, “Greeting Spring”. More inspiration from Lake Pend Oreille, and the changing of the season. Looking forward to lake time!
Summer Rain (SOLD)
A square of weather and meditation. As a child I never ever painted on a square surface. I have grown to appreciate the format in my later days. Square is so void as to feel extra blank. Now I find myself enjoying the possibilities.
brian sostrom 