Category Archives: Landscape

New Landscape Commission Begun

Date:        Leave a comment on New Landscape Commission Begun  

I was contacted recently by a woman who had seen some of my works on display. One of the paintings was one a landscapes purchased by a local business owner. She then approached me about painting a landscape of her home. I met with her and took many reference photos. After several conversations we agreed upon a format and I began the work. It is an acrylic on canvas work measuring 36 x 24 inches.  It is visible int the foreground of the picture below. As you can see I am also still working on several other works, some of which are visible in this photo. Check back soon to follow my progress on them all. Happiness is a loaded brush.

Another Work Completed

Date:        Leave a comment on Another Work Completed  

I finally completed another of my unfinished paintings. This work is the “Old Keylime House”. It is a colorful waterfront bar and grill in Lantana, Florida. I discovered it while gathering reference photos for some marine paintings. I started this piece years ago and set it aside partially finished. Like many other works I was distracted from it by other works I began, I have finally finished it. Here is  look at this new work.

Categories:

Busy Times are here again

Date:        Leave a comment on Busy Times are here again  

After completing “Eagle Eyes” I got motivated to complete some of my other unfinished works. I’ve started working on the 3 in the picture below and have another much larger piece waiting for it’s turn on the easel. Just as I jumped into this I was commissioned to do a landscape. One of the pieces in the picture is slated to replace some works that sold recently in Juno Beach. All in all I have much painting to do and I couldn’t be happier about it. I’m already planning my next works after these

Doodling, Drawing, and Painting

Date:        Leave a comment on Doodling, Drawing, and Painting  

Even when I’m not actively working on a painting, I sometimes doodle, sketch, or just play around with my paints. More often than not it doesn’t develop any further. Other times the initial sketch will become the idea for a painting, finished drawing, or linocut.  Here are a few examples.

Even when I’m not actively working on a painting, I sometimes doodle, sketch, or just play around with my paints. More often than not it doesn’t develop any further. Other times the initial sketch will become the idea for a painting, finished drawing, or linocut.  Here are a few examples.

This first sketch I call “Blue Girl” is a quick Color pencil sketch i did just to try out some new colored pencils.

Blue Girl

This next one is a quick pencil sketch I did to pass the time when I was waiting on something. It is a cup my wife made me in a pottery class she took long ago.

Cup sketch

 This is a A quick pencil sketch of a Greek Fisherman . It was an idea for a painting I never did.

Greek Fisherman 

The next pencil sketchis also a quick study for a painting that was not done.

Jesus carrying a woman

This colored pencil sketch is a study of textures and found objects.

Outdoors sketch

 I did this next sketch way back in 1975 just for the fun of it. Someone saw me doing it and liked it so much that I gave it to them the second it was finished. I never saw it again.

Leopard sketch 

The next sketch is a study for what later became the oil painting “Osprey Breakfast”. I gave the painting away and it has since been lost.

Osprey Breakfast study

 The sketch below is ans unfinished sketch of the Peanut Island Coast Guard station I did in the early 1990′ while I was in the Navy Reserve. I was on the Island one day and did this at lunch, but never had time to finish it.

Peanut Island Coast Guard Station

 The watercolor sketch below is a study of a large pine tree in a park where I used to sometimes eat lunch. I did it to try out some new water color paints.

Pine Tree

 The charcoal sketch below was a quick study of a dead pine tree in a nature preserve.

dead tree

 The following pencil sketch is of  a retired Teddy bear that was sitting in our living room one night.

Boo Boo

The acrylic koi and Kanji on the feeders below inspired me to later do some colored marker pieces of koi and ultimately an acrylic painting called “Wabi Koi” which now belongs to my oldest son.

Koi Feeder