Skunk Cabbage painting, Juneau, AK

Last spring I walked outside with my plein-air set-up 

and tried to paint skunk cabbage 

that was abundantly growing in our "back 40" 

not 40 acres ... more like 40 meters square!

I guess I never did post it because of trouble with the painting.

Well, I worked on it a bit with some suggestions from my painterly friends

 and this is what happened. So it is not entirely plein-air, of course.

First, this is what I have of the progress:

 

The photo above doesn't look tons different, 

but there was paint added to the tree because it looked see-through, 

and more paint up the slope, etc.

Skunk Cabbage   8x10 oil on panel

I think it gives the impression of those yellow/green fat swords 

bursting from the ground...for me anyhow.

I think it is finished.

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