Red's Reflected by Mn Artist JONI FINNEGAN

Plein Air Painting can be a wide variety of weather experiences. Calming quiet of the outdoors with bird song, sweet fragrances of outdoor blossoms, wild winds creating anchoring challenges, numb fingers from the cold, rain drops fighting with the oils on my pallete , dripping wet from hight heat humidity - there are times when all of those variables happen in the same painting excursion. Not even addressing the issue of bugs in all this. I am admittedly a fair weather painter, especially when I'm close to home. However, there have been plenty of painting trips where one paints no matter what the weather is. Once in a while those painting trips have the magic of absolute perfection in weather- like the day this painting was created. Early October, northern Wisconsin, the Autumn color was at its best with a barely felt breeze An occaisional leaf fluttering down on calm waters. I felt like I was standing in a pallete of yellows, oranges and reds. A treat in every way. A lovely memory to reflect on today as the Janurary winds are mightily gusting outside my studio window. Soon it will be spring, then summer and on to the fall with all the promise of another variety of painting experiences. 8x10 plein air oil painting done on a linen panel. to view more of my art please visit www.cfai.co/jonifinnegan/ and www.jonifinnegan.com

Spring Plein Air By Joni Finnegan Mn representational Oil Painting

Title: Spring Plein Air on West Point. landscape. trees. spring.original representational oil by Joni Finnegan

about this Painting:The gentle colors of spring, softer values of blues, lavenders,greens, Clump of flowering shrubs with a backdrop of trees in the landscape. Joni finnegan, artist. Oil painting 6x8 purchase or view more of my art thru my website

Tuscan Garden Home By Joni Finnegan MN oil Painting Artist

Joni Finnegan Minnesota Representational Oil Paintings Saturday Painting

Blooming flowers and Shrubs create a delightful Garden view of a Tuscan Home. Size 8x10 Oil painting on Artist Panel. To view more of my art visit www.Jonifinnegan.com"> or contact me directly at jfinnridge@gmail.com

At The Edge of the Woods by Mn artist Joni Finnegan

About this Painting:
8x10 Oil on Artist prepared panel
Winter Landscape "At the Edge of the Woods $125.

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finnridge@hotmail.com

An unusual year for Minnesota when I can stand out side on the 10th of January and paint with out freezing my fingers!
The light of a balmy Minnesota winter day was already begin to turn a lovely coral rose with the sun lowering in the sky.I saw a magic little vista featuring a clump of trees at the edge of the deep woods light up, quickly grabbed my paints and brushes and painted from the west patio of our home. I feel pretty fortunate to have views like this right from my home, Today that same area is a blur of white and grey blowing snow.. this is minnesota after all!