(c)Ann McCann 2016, "Sky at Horsebarn Hill with Cattle," Oil on canvas, 6 X 12
In August we visit my Mother-in-law in Storrs, CT. Nearby is Horsebarn Hill on the University of Connecticut campus. The clouds were gorgeous the day we visited and were the perfect backdrop for the distant mountains and the cattle roaming the pasture.
(c) Ann McCann 2016, Colonial Sunflowers, Oil on linen board, 9 X 12"
Every August we have a large family get-together in Cape Cod, MA. This is a typical scene in Wellfleet where we stay, beautiful colonial houses and lovely flowers. These are sunflowers in the New England style (not Texan, smaller).
(c)Ann McCann 2016, "Sunshine on a Cloudy Day" Oil on linen panel, 9 X 12"
I painted this on a cloudy day last fall. The Texas sunflowers really lit up the room. There is something so nostalgic about sunflowers. They remind us of mothers, grandmothers, etc. The paint is nice and thick.
(c)Ann McCann, "5219 Goodwin Watercolor," 5 X 7 oil, 2016.
I have been painting a series of houses for the 2016 Vickery Place Home Tour, ink and water color. Here is the first one that has already been used for promotional purposes. They were fun to create, quite a drawing challenge, with rulers and T-square. I hope the owners enjoy them.
(c)Ann McCann, Aspen Shadows on Snow, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas, 20 X 20"
It is still 100 degrees here in Texas so I decided to feature another snow painting. I loved working with all the beautiful blues and purples on the "white" snow. Actually the snow is yellow, pink, orange, blue, purple........................... This one hangs in my breakfast room!
I created this in a 30 day painting challenge where I painted a rose every day. This is one of my favorites, a white rose. White light is actually a rainbow of colors and so is my rose, glowing in the center.
(c)Ann McCann, "Snowy Afternoon in the Woods," Oil on gallery wrap canvas, 16 X 20"
It's 100+ degrees in Texas right now and walking along this snowy path looks pretty good. I created an "aurora borealis" look to the interior of the forest, moving mysterious colors. The paint is nice and thick. This is for sale on my website, as well as a smaller version that I painted first.
(c)Ann McCann, "Blue Iris Ladder," Oil on gallery wrap canvas, 12 X 12"
I created this painting for the 2016 Spring Show at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas. These irises were blooming in my neighborhood on a very sunny day. I thickly painted them with a knife using complementary colors that pop. This is for sale on my website.
(c)Ann McCann, "Notre Dame in Blue and Orange," 9 X 12 Oil on archival linen panel
I have added a new travel section in my "Available Paintings" where this painting resides. We visited Paris a few years ago where I painted the Notre Dame cathedral. We sat on a bench on the Seine and looked back at the cathedral. It was the stained glass windows that caught my eye, and so I painted the cathedral with the same colors.
(c)Ann McCann, "Civil War Quince," 16 X 20" Oil, 2016
These flaming red-orange quince bushes reside in a very old cemetery in Dallas. Hidden away in the oldest part of the city, the cemetery is only "lightly" groomed and is beautiful in the spring with quince, lilacs and iris. There really are Civil War era graves including a Northern Yankee section. I was enchanted by the place.
(c)Ann McCann, "White House," 8 X 11 water color on paper
I have been commissioned to paint five houses for a local home tour. Here is another water color I shared with the home tour group. I painted it on our annual family vacation in Wellfleet, Cape Cod. This is a lovely old Victorian home with a distinctive mansard roof. The hydrangeas blooming out front were gorgeous. This was painted plein air, and so the lines are free form (not so straight!). My chair was half on the street to get the right view. Fortunately, there was little traffic on this back road!
I added the photo below from Tuesday as the link from Facebook didnt work!
(c)Ann McCann, "My House," water color on paper, 5 X 7"
I have been commissioned to paint 5 houses for a local home tour. I first did this one of my house with ink and water color to show them what I could create. My home is from the 1920s, and I tried to capture some of the quirkiness of it in this painting.
Every year my hot pink cone flowers take over more of my flower beds. They are spectacular when all are in bloom. I just let them have their way. Usually there are several butterflies on them. Notice the small one on the close up below.
Flaming red-orange quince bushes are the very earliest sign of spring in Dallas. There are not very many of them, probably too old fashioned. I am lucky to have a beautiful one on my street, in front of a lovely arts and crafts house.