"Fog and Palms"

16 x 20

This one is part of the State Road 46 series. It's a "blue road" that cuts across central Florida. I drove over to Winter Springs from Titusville during the summer to take my daughter to a road race. We took State Road 46 and I took my camera because I knew we would be traveling through the land of palm hammocks and the St. Johns River valley. I have ended up doing a bunch of paintings from photos taken that morning. It's a good rule to paint what you know and what you love. Even if no one else likes it, at least you'll like it.

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"Sailboat on Mosquito Lagoon"

5 x 7

From Canaveral Seashore Paint Out. Great time down in the part of Florida where I grew up. This is looking across Mosquito Lagoon from the beach. The lagoon is a very large and very shallow body of water. It is one of the best places to catch Redfish in the world. On the far west side of the lagoon the intercoastal waterway run to Haulover Canal and from there to the Indian River. This sailboat was heading down the intercoastal channel with a stiff breeze. The sun was setting. I was back in my home country. Life is good.

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"Eastpoint Morning"

30 x 40

Hey. Still here. Still painting. I get a F on the promotion part of art. Just too many other things going on, and I decided painting was more important than showing. One time stealer this year has been exercise, which is good. The form of exercise is almost exclusively biking. Mountain biking and some road rides. At least five days a week. And if you know me, you know that I can't just do something, I've got to really do it. So this year I have participated in four mountian bike races (even winning a couple) and two centuries (100 mile bike rides). Anyway less time for everything else. But with painting I am trying to focus on quality over quantity. I recently took a bunch of photos of the years production so check up on the blog and I promise to post more.

This is from a photo taken during one of my coast trips. Got up early and got the sun rising in Eastpoint. These are oyster boats. Colors are mostly mine. These are commercial boats and the life of an oysterman is tough. These docks aren't made by a carpenter. They are just put up with whatever log is available. I used some artistic license to move the eye around. And played with the sun and the clouds or fog or whatever you want it to be. It's moody, at least that's what I was trying for so I hope it is.

I'm still here and I've had a good year. [Don't tell anyone. I like to keep it quiet.]

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