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 Blue Hole, oil, 4 x 6″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson
$235 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 194Today is another stormy grey day with brief moments of light like this blue hole opening up in the sky over the trees at the fence line. It was only there a short while before the rain moved back in. Standing water everywhere!  Dappled Light, oil, 6 x 4″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson
$235 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 193Sunlight and deep shade are a recipe for dappled light. When I painted this same track into a field back in early April there was minimal foliage out so there wasn’t the sort of deep green shade that happens in the summer. But the foliage is out now!  May Cloud Bands, oil, 4 x 6″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson $235 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 192High cloud bands on a sunny May afternoon speak to rain later in the day. These tower above the dark green of the pine plantation below.  Corn Field, Evening, oil, 4 x 6″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson $235 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 191Cloud bands on the horizon just after sunset, in the early evening, hover over the corn field. The light at this time of day is fleeting and mostly in the sky with very little contrast in the land.  Three Sisters, Spring Afternoon, oil, 6 x 4″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson $235 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 190I painted the Three Sisters (yes, I actually named these trees) on a sun filled spring afternoon. The last time I painted them from this angle was in the middle of winter. The light and filled out tree forms are completely different.
 Planting, oil, 6 x 4″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson $235 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 189Plowing and planting happened right at Easter for most crops in the area which means that the tilled rows are now showing the green tips of young corn. In just a few months those tiny shoots will rise above the top of the car making a corn tunnel on the smaller side roads.  Thunderheads, oil, 4 x 6″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson $235 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 188Popup thunderstorms in fairly flat areas mean that you can see distant thunderheads in the midst of bright sunlight. The cloud patterns look like they are swirling down to touch the earth on the horizon. But for the moment at least, we really have had enough rain.  Fields, Spring Afternoon, oil, 4 x 6″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson $235 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 187Spectacular light and temperatures on this spring afternoon turned the fields into a play of light and shadows as clouds scudded across the sky. The light breeze moved the clouds into fascinating patterns. Can you tell I’ve been sunlight deprived??
 Pasture, oil, 5 x 7″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson $325 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 186The pasture is briefly lit by strong spring light…but only for a short while. We haven’t had that much sunlight in the last few months and what was here today was quickly gone. (And this image will be reshot in the morning when there is more light.  Pine, Sunlight, oil, 6 x 4″, © Mary Bentz Gilkerson $235 + $10 shipping and handling Painting 185Midmorning sunlight, something we haven’t seen in a while here in SC, plays across the pine. Pine trees in strong sunlight always make me think of the Japanese printmaker, Hokusai, or Maxfield Parrish. |
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