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It has been so good to be back working on this autumn plein air piece again. I've been working on the left side of the canvas so far, and it's been fun to gaze at it, and try to understand what it is all about: "Resting Place" 24 x 36 oil painting - in progress.

With a little time between my morning and afternoon plein air pieces, I decided to sneak this smaller piece in. It's a delightful variation of the same spot as the "Autumn Rushhhhh" painting, just 2 hours before it: "Octobershhhhh" 10 x16 oil painting - in progress.

I'm back to work on this autumn afternoon plein air piece that I love so much. So far so good. The season is short for it, only about 5 weeks. I'll update again before long: "Autumn Rushhhhh" 13 x 21 oil pInting - in progresss.

This plein air painting of our backyard took 3 summers, when "traffic" is at its heaviest. I resonate with the poem by Antonio Machado where he so beautifully expressed a real love for: "little things." This became an inspiration I couldn't resist: "Evening Traffic" 18 x 24 oil painting.

Here is how far my mostly September morning piece got, and I focused on the central section because of the possibility that a tree or 2 could fall into the stream before next year: "Morning Path" 32 x 40 oil painting - in progress.

Here is how far this early autumn plein air painting got for this year. These Basswood trees turn and drop their leaves relatively early, but it is a marvelous show while it lasts: "Fallen toward Fall" 24 x 36 oil painting - in progress.

This painting was inspired by a golden moment of our daughter watching my mother-in-law repair a homemade stuffy, or "peluche," that was a gift. We were visiting the family village in the north of Spain, where the kitchen was not built on a rectangle: "Surgery" 16 x 20 oil painting.