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I've been drawing and painting as long as I can remember, copying comic book panels as a kid, a career as a designer and animator, and the last twelve years as a painter. Hope you enjoy the work.
6x8 Oil
I do love to paint snow on rocks, it helps balance out the "I live in a climate with 5 1/2 months of winter" thing. It was 0 degrees when we went out to paint this morning but it was sunny and there was no wind, I never felt cold. Wind trumps temperature every time.
6x8 Oil
This is a small study of a shallow creek at a park where I teach. This is one of those paintings that I might not have done before this blog, just a quick study without any delusions of grandeur, executed only to understand what's going on with the value and color of the light on the bed of that creek. Glad I did it, cutting loose on complex effects helps to keep me sharp.
9x12 Oil
That's me, sort of.
6x8 Oil
Another quick study from a photograph I took during the Pictured Rocks Boat Cruise last August, I just love these rock formations. I'm trying to work out which reference photo to use as a basis for a larger painting.
6x8 Oil
I wanted to do a still life last night and I just threw a couple of things together. Not the sort of thing I normally paint but I enjoyed doing it quite a bit.
6x8 Oil
Back in the Midwest. Well there is beauty everywhere, and I do love to paint snow although getting away from it for a week in
February was very nice.
Jet lag and a hectic day leaves me at a loss for words, until next time, aloha.
9x12 Oil
The last painting of the trip. The trade winds were so strong that I thought painting would be impossible, but heading up the west slope of Mauna Kea we found a pocket of calm. That's Muana Loa in the background, at 13,677 it's the second highest point on the island, it still erupts every one hundred years. Its been an amazing trip, I love Hawaii. I did 11 paintings and still managed a bit of beach time, I'll post some of the others soon.
6x8 Oil
