Wandering

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12 inches wide x 24 inches tall x 1.5 inches deep 

Cold wax oil on cradled hardboard.

Forest & Field

12 x 24 x 1.5 inches cold wax oil on cradled hardboard.

Window view of nature.

Engaged SOLD

24 x 48 x 1.5 inches 

cold wax oil on hardboard.

TWO TREE'S ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION.

Flare Up

Back in the stuido after having a great summer full of fun and great weather here in Michigan.

Cold wax oil on oil paper., 12 x 16

 Hope you enjoy.

Nature's Screen

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10 inch x 10 inch cold wax oil on hardboard.

The vertical look of trees, leafy textures and snappy color.

Twinkle Wtih Leaves

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  There are many ways to paint trees.

I Sprinkled the leaves so they twinkled.

This is an 11 x 14 inch oil and cold wax on cradled hardboard. 

Hereabouts

4 feet tall x 5 feet wide, oil and cold wax on 1.75 inch cradled hardboard.

My first huge painting, it was wondeful working large, only a little awkward to move around considering it's wider than I am tall.

Come walk into my woods.

Taking Root

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8.5 x 11.5 cold wax oil painting on  Arches 100% pure cotton oil paper.  

Here the painting appears flat and cold; in life it is very organic and alive.  Photography can only do so much.  This piece would be suited for matting and framing.

White Peonies

Just completed a 20 x 16 original oil on hardboard.  A still life looks good with any decor and never goes out of style.  

Reds of summer

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It has been warm and sunny the month of June and raining during the week which is great for the weekend.   Everything is green and lush from mother nature no watering required from the hose.  Sounding pretty good... yet these conditions weren't the best for ripening strawberry's a little moist on the ground and rotting some fruit.  Still managed to pick some good berries. This year froze compote so that we can enjoy it on crepes whenever out sweet tooth needs a fix.

Marsh marigold

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These came from the wetlands in my yard they are drinking from a shot glass.   It is amazing to go hiking for wild flowers they are everywhere and often missed if your not looking.

Fruit bowl

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What a happy surprise to get home from the grocery store and pull this beautiful cluster of grapes out of the bag.  Quickly they were hidden in the frig for later. 

This composition works really well with the roundness of the bowl and the curving cluster of grapes to keep your eye in the painting, this is one colorful painting.

Tomato group

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Tomatoes on a vine look almost perfect each group is similar in size and shape.  Amazing how consistent these groupies can be.  The vine is so interesting creeping along touching each tomato.  What a  joy to paint and eat.

Compliments

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Red and green, purple and yellow great compliments and smooth colors together.   Persimmons are great for a still life, wonder what they taste like?  Maybe next time I'll eat one.

Peppers

Painting smaller works has given me an opportunity to experiment with a variety of techniques and styles. This painting is based on a technique called Flemish Realism taught by my mentor David E.Weaver.  I will be using this technique and experimenting with some new mediums and surfaces. Now more than ever I appreciate what David taught me in the beginning of my oil painting journey.  R.I.P. David.

Stand up

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What a rough winter remembering warm sunny days and flowers.  If anything my appreciation will increase this summer.

It's a busy time lining up adventures for summer and working on other paintings.

Hopefully my artist residency application to the Porcupine Mountains in the Upper Peninsula for two weeks of painting will come to fruition or my stay as a lighthouse keeper in Tawas will happen.  Actually I want to do both.

In my studio is a 24 x 48 inch painting of trees and a still life 20 x 24 that have been getting my attention lately so you aren't seeing as many daily paintings this month.

Two tulips

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The idea of this painting was to capture realism and fade into more of an impression.  One this one I left some hard edges the soft edges were faded with brush strokes.  Another method is to use pure color in the focal area then use varying degrees of grayed colors to fade away.

Red tulips

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We have a local coffee shop that keeps fresh flowers on their tables supplied by the florist a few doors down.  The trade, unlimited coffee for the flowers, love this deal everyone wins.  Last week every table had miniature tulips in coffee cups, so lovely, made me want some.

This painting was in progress for a week to much distraction.

We had a major dilemma our well quit working.  No water for 10 days.  We weren't the only one's these cold temperatures have caused many problems with wells in the area.  It took heavy duty snow removal equipment to access the ground to work.  We have 3 feet of snow in our yard this reminds me of winters from my childhood.

Apple in pieces

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Had time to get a painting done today, yeah.  The workshop starts tonight so this might be it for the week.  Sent some of these fuji apples home with Kaylee for her mom to try, anxious to hear if she likes them.  Kaylee tried to get her to buy them without success.  We decided she just needs to eat one like lays potato chips and she won't be able to stop eating them and everyone will be happy.

Red and green

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Asparagus in purple rubber bands.  Someone with an eye for color picked this color and it works.  Still haven't actually tried the persimmon need to quit being a scaredy cat and get on with it.

Spell check didn't like SCAREDY ...

All the snow no school it was me and the grand kids we had a blast.