Marsh Creek

It's two years (and a bit) since the last blog post here, so let me quote Mark Twain and say
"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
But I'M PAINTING AGAIN, finally!
Much has happened in the two years passed, including changing residence to a brand new house and suffering through its construction, and getting our place ready for starting an art school at our almost 20 acre ranch just north of Florence Texas. But as for the most recent painting .... well, lets just say:

I'm lucky enough to have a cousin who's lucky enough to have a girlfriend who's lucky enough to have a really nice camera and she was lucky enough to get a very nice photo at the Marsh Creek recreation area north of Downingtown, PA and she gave me permission to "spin off" from her photo. When I saw her photo I thought ... "limited palette, simple layout, just what I need to ease back into the painting groove again."

Marsh Creek

9 x 12"
Oil on Stretched Canvas
$150 US + $8.00 S&H

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Study of Durand

Daily painting for May 3rd - 6x8" - Oil on archival panel

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Asher Durand was probably the second most notable of the artists of the Hudson River School, after Thomas Cole. This is a study I've done of his painting "In the Catskills". No, I wasn't trying to make a copy of it, but rather just trying to achieve the same values and palette. Durand's piece is about 52x60", and to attempt a copy when you're working on about 1/8th of the size would be a fool's errand.
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Lakeside Sunrise by Kirk Witmer

Daily painting for May 2nd - 6x8" - Oil on archival panel

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Inspiration ripped from a magazine and made it my own. Have quite a few of these small landscapes planned, after having seen a traveling exhibit of the Hudson River School artists.

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A Promise of Spring

6 x 8" - Oil on archival canvas panel
The last of winter melts away to reveal the onset of spring. This was especially difficult to paint because the drop of water kept falling off and I had to wait for it to drip again since I painted this "en plein air". If you buy that, then maybe you're interested in buying the flea circus I have up for sale. :))

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