"At the Dock"


24 x 30

This is a large painting from a photo taken in Apalachicola. It's a great coastal town on the "forgotten coast" of Florida. Still has a lot of fishing industry there, with shrimpers and oyster boats. I took a trip down there a couple of weeks ago. Got some great photos. Also got a fabulous basket of fried shrimp at the Market Street Grille. This painting was about 95% done and in my office for about six months. I didn't like the lower water reflection and changed this up recently. I like it better now.

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"From Guana"


11 x 14

The is from a photo I took during my afternoon at Guana State Park just south of Ponte Vedra. This is that cypress/juniper (?) stuff. I like these trees because they have nice gnarly branches and a great deep olive color.

There is a lot of life between where I'm standing and that line of trees in the background. One of the cool things about being out in the outdoors while painting is all the neat sounds. As the tide was either coming in or going out (I'm not sure which one) I started hearing all these clicking sounds. I think it might have been oysters shutting. It was like a wave coming across the marsh. Is that possible?

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"Red Truck"

20 x 24

More in that theme of rural scenes of everyday life. "If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is there . . . If a slant of light hits an awning just right, and nobody is there. . ." These are questions for which I have no answers.

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"St. Marks Morning"

5 x 7 (plein air) postcard series (SOLD)

Painted on an early Saturday morning in November. "Early bird gets the worm" as the saying goes. This was painted with the crys of wild hogs rising from across a ditch nearby. They too were looking for the worm, or whatever it is that wild hogs eat.

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