"AT TRATTORIA LISINE" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "AT TRATTORIA LISINE" is an 8X10",  plein air, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

Painted in the welcome shade of ancient oaks at 9:30 a.m.

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"PEDERNALES RIVERBANK" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "PEDERNALES RIVERBANK" is an 8X10",  plein air, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

Painted in the State Park.  One of my favorite places to find subjects.

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"OLD ROCK CABIN" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "OLD ROCK CABIN" is a 9X12",  plein air, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

One of many "paint me" subjects at Dena Wenmohs' ranch near Cypress Mill, Texas.

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"HILL COUNTRY PASTURE" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "HILL COUNTRY PASTURE" is a 16"X20",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

This one has all the fun stuff I like to find in a subject.  I enjoyed designing and executing my version of this lovely scene.

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"HAZY DAY IN MAY" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "HAZY DAY IN MAY" is a 12"X16",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

Another study of the close values produced by an overcast sky.  There's muted beauty to be found in the resulting lovely color relationships.

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"GRAY DAY HARMONY" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "GRAY DAY HARMONY" is a 12"X16",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

I enjoyed painting the subtle values and close color harmony of this day in may.  When you get 'em right their full of a kind of quiet dignity, inner-peace and a more reflective mental state.

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"MORNING POOL" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "MORNING POOL" is an 18"X14",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

Painted from a photo taken one morning while out painting on the Pedernales River.  The challenge of back lighting and illumination always captures my interest.

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"ALONG THE PEDERNALES" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "ALONG THE PEDERNALES" is an 18"X14",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

Painted from a photo taken one morning while out painting on the Pedernales River.  It was just an insignificant detail in the large reference photo, but it became a magnificent incident once I stopped to appreciate the way the light was playing on the rhythmic forms, and the way they came together. 

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"AFTER THE BLUEBONNETS" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "AFTER THE BLUEBONNETS" is a 12"X16",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

Painted from a photo taken while out painting on a friend's ranch.  Originally intended as a reminder of the gorgeous carpet of yellow wildflowers.  Photos, of course, are often beautiful in themselves, but rarely translate readily into an interesting painting.  The reference photo showed what the "stuff" looked like, but lacked the elements necessary to make an interesting design, the foreground shadows, arrangement of masses, effect of light, etc.  My job was to bring this beautiful sight into a compositional arrangement that was worthy of a painting.

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"HILLTOP PERCH" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "HILLTOP PERCH" is aN 18"X14",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

One of my paintings that includes the human element.  I hope it works as an invitation to come into my painting and let yourself enjoy the effect the scene had on me.

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"WILD WILLOW" – plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "WILD WILLOW" is a 14"X18",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

Just the type of scene that gets my enthusiasm flowing, 

and makes me want to say something about it in paint.

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"CLIFFSIDE CACTUS"– plein air and studio landscape painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "CLIFFSIDE CACTUS" is a 12"X16",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, 

by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

I enjoy finding little gems like this one.  It's easy to pass them up when you're out looking for the bigger composition. 

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"SERENDIPITY" – plein air landscape oil painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "SERENDIPITY" is aN 11"X14",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

From a morning walk in Pedernales Falls. 

Sometimes we come upon scenes that just scream, "Paint me!!"  

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"BIG BEND AGLOW" – plein air landscape oil painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "BIG BEND AGLOW" is a 9"X12",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

From a luminous sky over Big Bend, filled with orange, violet and golden clouds that gave a startlingly beautiful glow to the landscape.  

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"SMUGGLERS' CROSSING" – plein air landscape oil painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "SMUGGLERS' CROSSING" is a 9"X12",  studio painting, oil on canvas panel, by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

From a beautiful, clear, spring morning on the Rio Grande, near Lajitas.  

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"CIFFS ON THE RIO GRANDE" – plein air landscape oil painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "CLIFFS ON THE RIO GRANDE" is an 9"X12", oil on canvas panel, by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

Painted in the studio from a field study and photo reference done on my trip to Big Bend last March.  

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"THE PUMPHOUSE" – plein air landscape oil painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "THE PUMPHOUSE" is an 11"x14",  studio painting from a plein air study, oil on canvas panel, by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

This was a careful observation of the variety of greens in our Texas landscape, seen in sunlight, shade, and foreground to distance.  

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"MIDDLE OF MAY" – plein air landscape oil painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "MIDDLE OF MAY" is an 8"x10",  plein air study, oil on canvas panel, by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

The painting was done on a friend's ranch in the Texas Hill Country.  I'm always surprised how little it takes to develop a pleasing painting when it has a clear design and color idea. This humble setting turned out to have everything I needed to work out an idea that I could invest myself in as a vehicle to express my love for where I live.

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"CYPRESS FAMILY" – plein air landscape oil painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "CYPRESS FAMILY" is a 16x12, studio landscape from a plein air study, oil on canvas panel, by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

The painting was done in the studio from my sketch notes and a photo.

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"SUMMER HAY" – plein air landscape oil painting by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre

Today's painting, entitled "SUMMER HAY" is an 8x10, studio landscape, oil on canvas panel, by Texas modern impressionist Jimmy Longacre. 

The painting was done in the studio from my sketch notes and a photo taken last year.

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