“Twilight”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
I started this painting just before the sun went down and I continued until it was too dark to tell what colors I was mixing…
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“Sun Strokes”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
This field patiently waits for the cattle to be put to pasture to be complete. As it is mostly a hay field, the cattle only appear after the hay, and then just a week or so to visit. Completion is short, but oh so sweet…
“Creek Sunset”,, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US
Just as yesterday’s painting was an opportunity to capture a fleeting moment, so was today’s. I came upon both scenes right as the sun set, grabbed my tools and painted into the darkness, trying to catch both the sky’s afterglow and the accompanying reflections on the surface of the water…
“After Hours”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
This is a location I have visited over and over in the day time trying to pull a painting out of. Really, all it took was to arrive at mosquito feeding time to see the mantle of the evening’s light clothe the seascape in queenly splendor…
“Four Figs”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US
It’s fig season and I have wanted to do a fig still life for a while. I was able to create a nice natural lighting situation and had fun with the soft, western window light coming in on my subjects…
“Full Sail, W. Chop”, this is a Medium painting, 16″x 20″ oil on canvas, unframed. This painting has SOLD.
This is a larger version of the of the West Chop Lighthouse, from a slightly different perspective than yesterdays’ painting. Sometimes I like to paint this view with both Coast Guard houses in it and other times with just one. On this particular day I lucked out with an actual appearance of the classic schooner, “Shenandoah”…