Summer 100 (48 of 100)
"Waterspout"

8 x 10

Went out early to catch the sunrise and there were in line of storm clouds. As I was setting up I glanced up and saw a waterspout coming down out of the line of clouds. The clouds were out about two miles. It was really interesting. Another waterspout formed but neither of them made it all the way to the water.

Summer 100 (47 of 100)
"Standing against the Tide"

10 x 8 (plein air)

Kendall was trying to stand and not move while the waves rushed up around her feet. She made a perfect model.

Summer 100 (46 of 100)
"Umbrella Shade"

6 x 8 (plein air)

Kendall and Ryann did the model work. Just a quick sketch working on figures and color.

Summer 100 (45 of 100)
"Making Progress"


I made some changes - putting some mfoe detail on the boat and added more whitecaps. Its my painting. I can do that.




6 x 8 (plein air)




On the beach, under an umbrella, chill'in. (The challenge is to create depth and interest with limited subject. Hmmm?

Summer 100 (44 of 100)
"Mangrove / John D. McArthur Park"

8 x 10 (plein air)

It rained all afternoon so everyone went to the Mall. That would be the ultimate torture for me so went down to John D. McArthur Park and found one of three sheltered places to paint. Composition was limited but this worked. The photo doesn't do the colors justice. I'll have to reshoot this under better light.

Summer 100 (43 of 100)
"Sunrise"

8 x 10 (plein air)

Got up early to paint the sunrise. Not as easy as it sounds and I'm not just talking about the getting up early part.

Summer 100 (42 of 100)
"Beach Flower"

6 x 8 (plein air)

Painted from life this morning.

Summer 100 (41 of 100)
"Riding the Tide"

8 x 10 (plein air)

Another from Phil Foster Park.

Summer 100 (40 of 100)
"From Foster Park"

8 x 10 (plein air)

There are a bunch of sailboats moored to bouys next to the bridge at Phil Foster Park. I could paint sailboats all day long.

Summer 100 (39 of 100)
"Morning Clouds"

Adjustments: I ran out of time on this one so I made adjustments to define the clouds.

6 x 8 (plein air)

In the morning, clouds moving in. Palm Beach.

Summer 100 (38 of 100)
"Pump House Morning"

8 x 10 (plein air)

Painted this morning.

Summer 100 (37 of 100)
"P.B. Princess at Dusk"

Adjustments: This one was done at dusk and I was running out of light. I didn't like the way it turned out so I made adjustments of darkening it all over. By the time I was finishing it I was liking the lights of the boat against the darkening sky. I think this works better.


8 x 6

This is the Palm Beach Princess, which is a gambling boat that leaves everyday out of the inlet. Unfortunately the light was fading and I didn't have the right brush to put in the ship. I'm going to paint the boat at night later this week.

Summer 100 (36 of 100)
"Looking South"

6 x 8 (plein air)

Just got to Palm Beach Gardens. Weather is kind of rough. This is a very nice place.

Summer 100 (35 of 100)
"Hot Walk"

6 x 8

Same dunes from Destin

Summer 100(34 of 100)
"Grayton Dune Revised"

14 x 18

From the trip to Destin. I wanted to give volume to the dunes and play the white against blue. Also wanted to try and demonstrate the delicate side of this habitat.

Revised: I thought the value of the sky was too light. Then of course I darkened the dunes so who knows. Vote for 1 or 2. If the first one wins, I'll . . .

Summer 100 (33 of 100)
"Pond Pines"

8 x 6

A continuing theme. But look this is one third of the way through one hundred. There has to be some repeating.

Summer 100 (32 of 100)
"Dusk / July 4th, 2008"

6 x 8

This is from a photo taken as we waited for the fireworks to begin.

Summer 100 (31 of 100)
"Looking West from the Peak of Rattlesnake"

8 x 10

This weekend my wife and I went to pick up our girls from Camp Crestridge in Ridgecrest, North Carolina. All of our kids have gone to camp in Ridgecrest and all have loved it. Micah is now a counselor at the boys camp. He got Friday evening and Saturday off, so we hiked up a mountain and watched the fireworks being shot in the town of Black Mountain. It was a wonderful experience. This painting is from a photo I took up there on the top of Rattlesnake Mountain.

My wife and I have had some great July 4th experiences. Since the kids usually go to camp during this time we have seen fireworks in alot of different places. We really like to go to Atlanta and watch them at Lennox Square. That's an impressive show. We saw them one year at Stone Mountain. The best show was probably at Boston. Just like you see it on t.v. with the Boston Pops.

The show at Black Mountain obviously could not compare in terms of pyrotechnics, but I bet I'm going to remember this 4th for a long time.

Summer 100 (30 of 100)
"Grayton Vista 2"

7 x 5

Another sketch from the trip to Destin. Hoping to be able to pull together what I've done with these two into something.

Summer 100 (29 of 100)
"Grayton Vista"

8 x 10

This is a view at the lake at Grayton Beach State Park over on State Road 30A near Watercolor. This is a sketch. Working on showing some depth. This is also on a different kind of surface for me. It is multimedia board coated with gesso. It is kind of like masonite and has the advantages that it is very cheap and lite. I cut up a bunch of pieces into different sizes and I will be working on it for this summer project.

Summer 100 (28 of 100)
"River Heights 2"

8 x 8

Working out a composition with this sketch. Went over to Destin yesterday and took some stuff to Page O'Connor Fine Arts. It is amazing how much growth has occurred over there.

Summer 100 (27 of 100)
"Spoon"

5 x 7

Still life. Just a spoon.

Summer 100 (26 of 100)
"The Big House"

7 x 5

This is what I call "The Big House". It's an old boathouse on Lake Weir. In all the years I have been going to Lake Weir, I have never seen anyone in this boathouse. It does have some pretty lines. This is just a quick sketch. I set a limit on time and just did it.

Summer 100 (25 of 100)
"Old Toyota"

10 x 12

I liked the shadows and the tin roof. I am again working with slightly different palette. As you can see I'm one quarter of the way through 100 and one-third of the summer is over. Eight behind, but hope to catch up some this week. We'll see.

Summer 100 (24 of 100)
"The Tide"

11 x 14

Trying to do something kind of different. From a photo from Jacksonville. The sun was setting across the river and I thought of trying to make that mud look pretty, or at least interesting. There is alot of painting above the land and I also had to make that lay down. Not easy, but a good challenge.

Summer 100 (23 of 100)
"Mountain Study"

8 x 10

From the same group of photos as above. Fun to paint.

Summer 100 (22 of 100)
"N.C. Summer"

8 x 6

I was waiting in the car in line at Camp Crestridge in Black Mountain, N.C. What else to do but take a photo of these Rhodademrum (sp?). The girls are at camp. Had a great weekend visit with Micah while taking them to camp. Also saw some great galleries in Asheville.

Summer 100 (21 of 100)
"319 Barn/ Spring"

6 x 6

From a photo taken while driving to Atlanta. This a barn north of Thomasville. Actually battled and battled with this one. Started with an 11 x 14. Painted it twice and wiped both off. Then switched to this gessoed masonite. This is more simplified than what I was attempting in the ones that got wiped. It's hard when there are so many neat things. I really liked these just-out leaves that were catching the light against the dark shadow of the barn. Not easy to get. I think I learned something here. At least I know how not to do it.

Summer 100 (20 of 100)
"Red on Right Returning"

11 x 14

This is a channel marker coming into the St. Marks River. Bright day and alot of current in the water.

Summer 100 (19 of 100)
"St. Johns Starting"

6 x 6

View of the St. Johns River at State Road 46 near Lake Harney. This is Florida. Flat.

Summer 100 (18 of 100)
"Reflection"


48 x 48

This is that other big piece. From a photo I took on the fishing trip. I wanted that light to dominate the painting and I think it worked. Not sure that I might not change the structure of the trees just a little bit.

Summer 100 (17 of 100)
"Bright Water"

8 x 8

From St. Augustine. Using a different palette again.

Summer 100 (16 of 100)
"At the Dock"

6 x 8

This is a sketch using a different palette for me. Just doing something different. This is paynes grey, windsor red, yellow ochre, cad. yellow light and ti. white. Trying something different which is part of the plan for this summer.

Summer 100 (15 of 100)
Big Sky - Florida

48 x 48

Okay this is big. This ain't no little 6 x 8. So here's the problem: in this Summer 100 thing, this one counts just as much as a 6 x 8. Maybe I should change the title. One hundred 6 x 8 paintings would be 4800 square inches of paintings. I could call it the Summer 4800, and this one painting would be 2304 square inches. Oh, quit complaining. The thing is I got three of these 48 x 48 canvases recently and I have done two of them and they came out pretty good. This one is from a photo from St. Marks. I like these lonely looking clumps of trees. They look like survivors. Just going to have to keep working. ( I do have these really little sample canvases. Maybe I can use those to counterbalence these big ones.) You don't care do you?

Summer 100 (14 of 100)
"Wedding Thingie"

6 x 8

Its one of those wedding thingie things. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.

Summer 100 (13 of 100)
"Bradley's Pond"

6 x 8 (Plein Air)

This is looking across Bradley Pond on Centerville Road.

Summer 100 (12 of 100)
"Wedding Party"

10 x 8 (plein air)

Painted this on Saturday morning at a park in Tallahassee. It was set up for a wedding but no one was around. After I started people started showing up with flowers and other stuff. Puts some pressure on you to finish, and I did.

Summer 100 (11 of 100)
"Park Fountain"

8 x 6 (Plein Air)

What's not to like about a park fountain.

Summer 100 (10 of 100)
"Boathouse Series 1"

8 x 10

I like these boathouses. They aren't as easy right now because the water is so low.

Summer 100(9 of 100)
"Metal Roof"

6 x 8 (Plein Air)

From the lake looking east from Dina and Dave's. The photos not great. Just trying to make that metal roof look like a metal roof.

Summer 100 (8 of 100)
"Early Summer Lake Weir"


6 x 8 (Plein Air)

Another from a great weekend at Lake Weir. This is the same as reading a great summer book to me.

Summer 100 (7 of 100)
"Ma B's Boathouse"

6 x 8 (Plein Air)

From a weekend at Dina and Dave's. More skyski. Fun, fun, fun.

Summer 100 (6 0f 100)
"Piedmont Goose"

8 x 10 (plein air)

WHY: A sketch from trip to Atlanta. My wife was shopping and I went to Piedmont Park. This is the second painting. The first was okay but ended up being a wipeoff. I may wish I hadn't done that when this summer 100 thing gets tough. A group of Canadian Geese came struting down the sidewalk. This is result of about 10 seconds of this goose standing still. That allowed me to do the head and neck and then I had to put the rest together by waiting for other geese to get to the same poise.

Summer 100 (5 of 100)
"River Heights"

8 x 10

Looking across River Road in Cocoa. Just a sketch.

Summer 100 (4 of 100)
"Looking West"

5 x 7

This is a small 5 x 7 on masonite. Doing a lot of stuff lately from some trips to St. Marks. Posting a couple a day until I catch up.

Summer 100 (3 of 100)
"Path to the Water"

8 x 10

Why: This is at St. Marks, just down from the lighthouse. I like the bright water through the trees.