Stacy Weitz Minch

12x16, water mixable oil on board, 1/6/16 It was really hard to get a photo of this painting. If I expose for the sky, the building is too dark. If I expose for the building, the sky is too light. So the clouds/sky are probably slightly blown out in this photo because I tried to find something in the middle. I've loved this building ever since I saw it. It was such a tragedy when it burned down, and I'm so glad that it's a living building again. The grounds look really gorgeous, too. Looking forward to getting a peek at the inside sometime in the near future :)

18x24", water mixable oil on board, 11/30/15 I don't know... I think I'm about done with this one (maybe a few more touch ups?). This is probably the biggest I've ever painted with oil, and my goal was to be loose and fast. I feel like I've been a little tight with my painting lately. I really want to be able to accurately represent reality, because once you can do that, I think it gives you a great freedom to be able to do whatever you want to do with your art. But at the same time, I don't want to get so caught up in accuracy that I lose the fun. So I pulled out the really big brushes on this one, and didn't let myself get too caught up in any of the details, drawing or otherwise ;) I'm okay with that; it's basically what I was going for. Loose, fast, fun :). This is the view from the post office parking lot to the southwest of the building (the gray on the bottom is a big cement wall, ha. I left out the wrought iron fence and row of bush...