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Forest Life
Forests are so full of life and so is this latest landscape painting. It's another part of my newest landscape series. Enjoy! Maybe you will notice several figures. Forest Life 8" x 10" Acrylics on Wrapped Canvas ...
Forest Figure
Notice some of my new landscape paintings also include figures. Here in the autumn forest a figure is enjoying the bountiful scene. I hope to incorporate figures in future paintings that will take more effort to discover. Forest Figure 23" x 23" Acrylics on Wrapped Canvas ...
End of Winter
My backyard is a marsh . This paint shows the melting snow; something we don't see very often in my area of Virginia. This reminds me of Connecticut where I was born. It will be my greeting card for the Christmas season. End of Winter 36" x 48" Acrylics on Wrapped Canvas ...
Bright Passage
This large and colorful art piece is a sort of light at the end of the tunnel. As part of my newest landscape series, it is a bright spot. It is still in progress so keep tuned for updates! Bright Passage 30" x 30" Acrylics on Wrapped Canvas ...
Afternoon Marshside
In autumn my yard becomes a dream palette of reds and golds. The light on the marsh changes and reflects as the day goes on. Even the colors of the grass vary at different times. Enjoy! Afternoon Marshside 22" x 28" Acrylics on Wrapped Canvas ...
A Tree Falls in the Forest II
You know the old saying ... if a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? Well if a tree is painted in the forest does anyone see it? In this case, yes! Enjoy this addition to my newest landscape series. I have to give credit to my son, Tad, for inspiring me with one of his gorgeous black and white photos of live oaks on the Outer BAnks. A Tree Falls in ...
You Know It is Hot . . .
I wrote this last August - you probably remember our hot spell. I am back home today. It was wonderfully cool and beautiful in Maine. Anyway I will try to come up with some bon mots to rival the Jeff Foxworthy's You Know You're a Redneck when------ You know it's hot when the greeters at Costco backup to halfway into the building. You know it's hot when you need gloves to drive your car ...
Revisiting the Gathering of Sail Painting
Here is a before and after of Gathering of Sail - sized 40x60 inch. Never did like the first version of the painting. I always felt it lacked life and although the picture was colorful, it did not use color successfully. I put it away and then repainted it later. Now I feel Gathering of Sails exciting. The colors convey an emotion and I think I will keep it! ...
