Odds and Ends

Plein air painting of fallen tree stumps on Sljeme above Zagreb, Croatia.

Fallen Trees, Sljeme. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Here are a few plein air landscape paintings from the last couple of autumns and winters. I often paint small plein air sketches that don’t end up being part of a large enough group to merit a blog post, so I figured I’d put them all in this one. Most are from around Zagreb, but a few are from recent trips to Bordeaux and London.

Plein air painting of Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb.

Mirogoj. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Plein air nocturne of a nativity play in Zagreb, Croatia.

Nativity Play, Zagreb. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Some of these are unfinished, including the two below where I was driven away by the pouring rain in Bordeaux.

Plein air painting of the horses on the Monument aux Girondins in Bordeaux.

Horses on the Monument aux Girondins. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Plein air painting of the Porte Saint-Éloy in Bordeaux.

Porte Saint-Éloy, Bordeaux. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Plein air landscape painting of a sunset in Bordeaux, France.

Bordeaux Sunset. 17 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Plein air painting of the White Garden in the Rookery in Streatham.

White Garden, The Rookery, Streatham. 20 x 30 cm, oil on panel.

Plein air painting of the pagoda in Battersea Park, London.

Battersea Park Pagoda. 30 x 20 cm, oil on panel.

Plein air painting of a Calzedonia advertisement in the rain in Zagreb.

Billboard in the Rain, Zagreb. 30 x 20 cm, oil on panel.

The above ‘Billboard painting’ was an homage to Telemaco Signorini’s painting of Leith in the Modern Gallery of the Pitti Palace. It’s always been one of my favorite paintings by him.

Plein air painting of the park near Zvijezda, Zagreb.

The Park at Zvijezda. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.

Plein air painting of Sunday coffee in Samobor, Croatia.

Sunday Coffee in Samobor. 25 x 35 cm, oil on panel.

Plein air painting of the road into Samobor, Croatia.

The Road into Samobor. 25 x 28 cm, oil on panel.

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