Backyard pond

We get these beautiful views from our bed room window. This is a backyard of one of our neighbors as seen from our window. An early spring morning, the red buds had just started sprouting and coloring the gray canvas that winter had left us. When I saw this view, I knew I had paint it.
Steps and reference photo.

Red twig dogwood

Material: Acrylic on gesso board

Size: 11x14
Time for completion: 8 hours

I recently ended gifting this to my friends A and S. I think it will go with their modern decor.

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Free style abstract painting

I created these paintings upon request by my friend M.

What do you think?
Here is my process and more information.

Hairy Caterpillar

Hairy caterpiller Based on photo challenge at about.com
Medium: Acrylic on gesso board
Size: 8 x 10

Sunflower field

After working from home for three weeks in SJ and waiting for J to come home every evening, I have gotten back into painting.. and for once it is not painting walls!
I started a sunflower field painting while in SJ. I continued on it when I got back.... but I felt like I did the steps wrong.
So, I started it again. And got stuck again at filling up the field.

Finally, I just brushed on some blue glaze on the faraway areas and called it a day!

This was a previous version of the same that I didn't care for much. But doesn't look bad in retrospect.