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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From Italy

A trip to Birmingham Alabama in the spring of 2010 found me at the Birmingham Art Museum where I took a picture of a very large landscape that was painted a long time ago. I've removed the figures that were bathing in the pool at the bottom. I'm just not ready to show the world my efforts at figure painting yet. Unfortunately I can't remember the title or the artist and I can't find it on the B-ham Museum's website. So I can't give you any names for the inspiration for what I've done here. If any of my artist friends might know ... HELP!!! :)

Oil on Canvas - 9 x 12"
Next time I paint something with this many details I'll choose a larger canvas!!!
I pulled out a lot of stops on this one to get better effects. Including the use of glazing to correct the values of the architecture to make them recede visually and to add in the mists rising from the waters. That was the fun part! :)

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US$160 + $8 s+h

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Dawn at Misery Bay

Another daily painting - 6x8" - Oil on archival panel
With the small landscapes I find that I'm drawing less before I start painting. The only drawing on this one was the horizon line. Once that was decided, the rest was just massing in the colors which served quite well as a substitute for drawing in all the shapes.

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