This is a little studio painting of a cottontail rabbit in my yard the other morning. Just a quick little study for a wildlife series I am working on.  

This is another in a series f paintings I have done over the past year of this wonderful old farm in Marshal County Indiana. It has since been bought and cleaned up which pretty much ruined it as a subject as many of the interesting buildings were... 

I called this last time on my blog because when I was painting the owner stopped by and we had a long talk about the farm. He said he was going to "clean it up" and jokingly said you mean ruin it. He bought it from a bank and is going to fix up th... 

Painted this one plein aire a few weeks ago south of my house. It is of the neighbors house with the last light of the day shining on there house and outbuildings. I love doing these but the light is moving so fast you are always in a race with it.... 

I love this farm and have done several paintings of it as it sat abandoned for the past couple of years. It has a new owner now and they are going to get rid of most of the buildings so it will soon be gone forever. Time marches on but I paint as f... 

This is a farm just inside Fulton county on 650 north over on the east side of the county. I would consider tis an endangered barn at best. The original house here has been replaced with a modular and the barn is in need of repair. These farms are ... 

Oil of a sunrise looking east from our house a couple of years ago. We get soe very nice ones during the winter months that just light up the sky. You can just see some farm buildings and grain bins down on the horizon that belong to a neighbors fa... 

This painting was done from several reference photos I took in Wabash Indiana this fall on a blustery clear day. Wabash is such a beautiful town with many old storefronts that are nicely restored up and down the hills. Being the first city in the U... 

This is a water color of a pasture over in Fulton County Indiana. It was done from photos I took while out looking for new subject matter. I like to paint on location but tend to work in the studio during these cold months. This is a wonderful scen... 

This is a painting of an abandoned farm not far from where I live. Still a decent place if someone would put a little time into it. Lot of out buildings and interesting ways to approach painting this place. I like these old farms and all of the in... 

A neat house in the town I grew up in on a bright winter day after the snow had thawed in Mid January. Growing up a good friend of my mothers lived here. You can read more about the house on my blog at http//mikeyazel.blogspot.com.  

This view is looking south from my house. I have been painted this scene many times at different times of year. I did this for a break from the winter scenes I had been doing. I just wanted to paint something that at least looked warm and reminded ... 

This painting is of a wonderful winter scene about a mile from where I live. It was one of those great grey skies that just kept putting out snow for three or four days. The white barn and farmhouse just about disapear into the landscape. The wood... 

This scene is of the Wetzel place down the road from us. The place has been abandoned for a couple of years now and there are several old cars sitting among the buildings. The pickup is a Chevy form the early sixties and the VW Rabbit is probably ... 

This is the old Teel place out southwest of town. Love it when the crops come off so you can see across the land again. Decendants of the family live here now and have fixed the house up with new siding which was a dramatic change since the house i...