Happy Birthday Mom

"Grandpa"
Acryilic 24"x 28"

I’m working on some new paintings but it will be a while before they are dry and I can post them. In the meantime, I’ve decided post an old painting that I did WAY back in high school. This is a portrait of my grandfather who passed away years ago. Well, today it’s my mom’s birthday and that’s why I decided to post this portrait of her father. Happy Birthday Mom. Love you. Wish I could have been there to celebrate.

Holidays

Well, I'm on a break until 2009. The holidays are just too demanding this year for me to get any painting done. I hope to make a lot more paintings in 2009 and post much more often to this blog. Anyway, whoever does find and read this blog I wish you a safe, happy, and peaceful holiday season no matter what you celebrate, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, something I'm not aware of, or even if you don't celebrate any particular holiday. All the best and happy new year too. See you in 2009.

Carolina Peaches

Carolina Peaches
6x6 oil painting on archival panel

Sold - private collection

Three Carolina Peaches hand painted in oil. A vineyard not all that far from where I live wants me to hang a few of my works for sale in their tasting room. I think this one would be a good candidate. I'll post the name and location of the vineyard once I've got some paintings there. These small still life paintings look even better in real life. The computer image takes something away from them.

Beehive Blender No. 1 relisted

"Beehive Blender No. 1"
6x6 inches
Original still life hand painted in oil.

Hay Bales No. 4

Hay Bales No. 4
6x6 oil painting on archival panel

Sold - private collection

My fourth 6"x6" small landscape painting. Titled “Hay Bales No.4” This is the fourth in a series.
I enjoy making these landscapes of hay bales. There is just something about them.

New works

I have not posted in a while. I do have some new oil paintings started. One is almost complete. I also have to wait for them to dry before I can scan and post them. The cold weather has them drying much slower. The last two weekends I was able to get out and shoot some pictures of the fall colors. I have to go through them and decide which ones are good reference material for some new paintings. I use a variety of working methods and sometimes that includes photo reference.

Applesaucer

"Applesaucer"
6x6 oil painting on archival panel

Sold - private collection

I removed this painting and reworked it. There were one or two small things that I just didn’t like. Now I think it really works well.