Breaking the Ice with Leftovers
Apr 6, 2016
Trough Hill III. 6x12, oil on canvas panel. 2016 Procrastination is my forte. I've been finding other things to do for the past week rather than get back to the easel and start painting again. Since I was unable to get out of the house today, I decided to break the ice on the new studio and do some ...
Discovery Park. Plein air by bike.
Mar 30, 2016
Field Study: Discovery Park 033116. 6x8, oil on canvas panel. 2016 This was painted at Discovery Park in Magnolia today. Since it's such a large area and off limits to road vehicles, I decided to park my car at one of the lots and ride in on my bike. My bike doesn't have a luggage rack so this requi...
Late Summer
Mar 25, 2016
Late Summer. 5x7, oil on linen panel. 2016 This is a small painting I did at the studio in Ballard from a reference photo that I took at a plein air painting location in Virginia. Working at this size is great for finding ways to simplify the landscape and use more expressive paint handling. Spring ...
Spring Gales
Mar 10, 2016
Spring Gales. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2016 Working outside this morning took more fortitude than usual: 30mph winds make for a challenging environment. I tied everything down and stood in the shelter of a sad-looking bush that grows at the end of the beach. Despite all that, it was enjoyable to ha...
Light in the Sky - a study
Mar 8, 2016
Light in the Sky - study. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2016. This is a study that I painted as a way to explore a different take on representing light in the sky. I based it on some plein air sketches. Having painted landscapes in Virginia for so long, I've become used to working with the hierarchy of ...
David and Max in progress
Mar 7, 2016
David and Max (WIP). 26x24, oil on linen. 2016 This is a portrait that I've been working on for the past three months. It's still in progress, but near enough to completion that I feel OK about showing it. The painting is based on a photo taken by Smiley's Studio in Fort Worth, Texas, and us...