Thursday, May 30, 2013

Single one

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This painting has been donated to the Tornado Fundraiser for auction.
This is the third painting in the single series, all have the same vase and tulip but in different perspective's.  The other two are similar and this one is the boldest..

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Michigan unsalted

Recently I traveled up north for a few days and now a local art group is having a Michigan Waters exhibit so the timing was perfect.  I don't want to give the location away it will be more fun if someone recognizes the lake.  The name of the painting came from a t-shirt that was purchased on this trip, just loved it.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Tulip taffy

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These colors are so yummy. Not sure if I am going to get any more tulips to paint mine finished blooming last week.

Friday, May 17, 2013

This weekend I will be exhibiting as an emerging artist in the East Lansing Art Fair, Saturday and Sunday. This is their 50th Annual event. Lots of great art and things to see and do.




Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Friday, May 10, 2013

Monday, May 6, 2013

Wall vase

This piece of glass has a little pocket for flowers and is one of my favorite's purchased from a gallery on the artisan loop in Gatlinburg Tn.  To get those great shadows it took a clip on lamp held underneath the vase.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Friday, April 26, 2013

Dusk

This painting is from memory riding my 4 wheeler in the woods as the sun sets right before everything looses definition and then ....... you can't see.

25 Works, 25 Years Project

This is a commission for a project in Ann Arbor. 25 artist were commissioned to do sketches of historical sites. This train car the Detroit & Mackinac is on display sitting on the tracks.  The building is at 115 Depot street.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Orange appeal II

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Very similar to the first painting. It's so exciting painting oranges and reds this time of the year waiting for spring to come and all the colors of nature to awaken.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Broken II

This broken glass intrigues me lately.  This is almost the same as Broken.  What comes to mind..... hmm sorry or "My life's in shatters" as Mick Jagger has been known to say.  After giving this more thought it might have been"tatters" ?

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Some raspberries

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The last few days were spent working  on a composition for a commissioned piece. It felt great drawing and using watercolors for testing color ideas and having the whole idea evolve forgot about the crappy weather for awhile. Today was spent cleaning and now after painting this the colors have cheered me up, hope they do the same for you.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Orange appeal

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Oranges and raspberries for breakfast and three slices of bacon that weren't included in the painting.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Looking out

Down to the Smoky Mountains for Spring break with my family. This was painted plein air from our room.  The weather was cold and spring had not arrived.  Usually the average temperature is in the seventies this time of the year.  We visited a valley called Cataloochee in North Carolina, what an adventure getting into the valley on a gravel road winding through the mountains it was beautiful, dangerous and stressful.

Friday, March 29, 2013

Garden and orchard

These are the fields behind a farm market that I visited last summer.The rolling hills, gardens and orchards surrounded their house, barn and business, what a peaceful place.  The market sold fruits, vegetables, cherry everything and baked goods, customer's drove miles to patronize them.  This was done plein air and has been sitting in my studio until now, it went into a frame today for a display of my art at our newly built library.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Round slice

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One morning as breakfast was being served, sausage and eggs it was decided that some fruit was needed there was only one orange and everything was ready so slicing it was fast and made sharing easier they caught my eye.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

White egg

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More is better so here is the second painting on this subject.  This time the carton was painted first and that was easier than the last painting.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Peppers in a bowl

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Painting the same subject is exciting, the challenge is to execute each composition differently from the previous.   There are similarities yet each can stand alone.