contrast in time and place

A rainy day in Tulsa's 2015 rainy season.  Cool and cloudy in late may.  The high light on the buildings first attracted me, but it was gone before I got to it.  

The ridge field is an isolated place;  the clouds float above the grasses. It is there, lying fallow in a government set aside program.

Plein aire at Gilcrease Museum

View of downtown Tulsa from Gilcrease Museum grounds.  Plein air sketch from Thursday morning, following my 1 1/2 hour walk through the city park, fields, forests and lease roads north of the museum grounds.  Painting is 4 1/2 " x 5 1/2 inches. Oil on board.  

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The plein air painting workshop scheduled at the museum was unable to meet.  Since I live near the museum, I painted anyway.  I painted water lilies under the desultory presence of wood bees; trees; long views from the hill.  The ticks and chiggers ate me up.

Water Lilies.  9" x 12",  oil on mounted canvas..  

Gilcrease HIlls.  8" x 10" Oil on masonite. SOLD.

After lunch on Friday, I returned to the top of the hill and sat in the shade, looking down the hill into the Gilcrease hills neighborhood.  The hills of Tulsa show in the background.  Thanks to Adam, who purchased this painting at the farmers market on may 16.  Reds and grays were added in the studio.

Garden View.  8" x 10" Oil on masonite. The view out the veranda of the Gilcrease home.

4.5" x 5.5" Oil on birch.
The lower lawns north of the museum.  Oklahoma at its lush spring best.