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Monday, April 28, 2008

"The Other Side"


36 x 36
WHY: This is looking across from the road to the Lighthouse at St. Marks. The sun was setting and throwing light on the tall pine trees. You can see the top of the levy where you can walk. I painted this with a neutral grey base for the background trees and I think that is why the trunks of the trees and the green foilage stand out. I like this one. It has a nice feel. And here is the battle. Do I add something else and refine some of the look or do I leave it as is. Check back later.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

"Ragin Cajun"


12 x 16

WHY: This is from some photos taken on Sunday morning of the Larry Moore workshop at Mayport in Jacksonville. This is an old boat that had some great lines. Trying to unify this with alot of grey as a neutral and then put in some bold colors and they should stand out. In this case its the blue paint at the waterline. Remember its all about putting brush to canvas. Just thinking about it is good but doing is better.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

"Morning Dip"


24 x 48
WHY: I had this great photo of these herons hanging around together on a foggy morning.

Friday, April 25, 2008

"River Road"

16 x 20
WHY: This is River Road in Cocoa, Florida. This has got to be in my top five all time favorite roads anywhere. I think it used to be old A1A a really long time ago. My wife's father grew up along this river and road and it's just plain fun to paint.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

"Night Tug"


11 x 14
WHY: This was from a photo taken at dusk at Palm Beach Inlet. I worked on glazing a couple of layers of color.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

"Weathered"


36 x 30
WHY: This was from a photo taken at Crescent Beach last August. This was an old palm with fronds weathered by the wind and sun. Trying to capture the feeling of the wind and sun.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

"St. Marks Walk"


10 x 12
WHY: This is a studio piece from a smaller plein air. I like the blue in the left side water against the warm orange of the bushes. Late sun-setting light in a pretty place. Can't hardly mess that up.

Monday, April 21, 2008

"Path to the Beach"


9 x 12
The WHY: This is a "just do it" painting. No real plan. From a photo I took over near Grayton Beach. Just a hot day with a pretty blue sky. My thought was lets try and make that blue sing against the hot ground.

Friday, April 18, 2008

"Blue"



12 x 16
The WHY: I really like the light against the side of this building. Probably more successful in the earlier plein air piece done on location. Here I'm going for a higher key look. From a digital photo taken while painting last week.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

"Palms Up Close"


8 x 10 Plein Air
The WHY: Done at the Larry Moore workshop. This was a scene that was right in the area where Larry had done his demo. It was under a picnic shelter. I liked the backlit light on the palm fronds in the upper left.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

"Double Black"


10 x 8
The WHY: For my push into the Colorado art market. This was from a digital photo I took while going up the lift. Wanted to give that feeling of light and inpending doom.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

"Breck Background"


8 x 10
Another painting from the trip to Breckenridge last Christmas. I have to say these were fun to paint.

Monday, April 14, 2008

"Wet Morning River Road"


16 x 20

Sunday, April 13, 2008

"The Turn"


8 x 10
River Road on a wet rainy day.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

"Family Tradition"


8 x 10 (plein air)
"Sun Worshiper"


8 x 10 (Plein Air)
Always hard to do figures in plein air unless you have a deal with the model. This was just someone sitting with her kids. She left after about ten minutes so I had to do it from memory.

Friday, April 11, 2008

"At the Park"


10 x 8 (plein air)
From Hanna Park in Jacksonville.

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

"From the Boardwalk"


14 x 11 (Plein air)

Monday, April 07, 2008

"From the Old Atlantic Blvd. Bridge"


6 x 8 (plein air)

Saturday, April 05, 2008

"Shrimp Shack"


16 x 12
Plein Air painted in Jacksonville last weekend. Spent the weekend painting at a Larry Moore Workshop. Had a great time and learned alot. This was done after class on Hecksher Drive.

Friday, April 04, 2008

"South Georgia Barn"


6 x 8

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

"Early Fog"


36 x 36

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

"Apachee 1"


8 x 10
Apachee One cabin at Ridgecrest. This is the first cabin my young guys started in. The trail at the bottom goes to Egypt.