Grey Oaks #10 Pine

This painting was done from an image used at my country club in Naples, Florida.  I wanted to capture the evening sky and the colors at sunset, along with the shadows on the course.  I really liked the way that it came out, and others did, too.  One of the members liked it enough to buy it.  In addition, it looks like it will be used at the club as an interior design element, and possibly be sold as a print in the golf shop.

Aspens 2013 - 2

These are the other aspen trees that I painted this fall.  The initial image was the same, but I changed the final composition, as well as the size.

I still love this tree !!!

Aspens 2013

This fall, I found myself in a "aspen state of mind".  This is not related to Aspen, Colorado, but more to the trees that adorn the hills around that town.  The "state of mind" is also not related to the alterred states of mind that are happening this year in Colorado, due to the new pot law.

This is more related to the aspen trees, themselves.  I am taken by them as the individuality of each tree, due to aging of the tree, as well as rubbing by deer, elk, moose, and other animals, makes each one unique.  Kinda like a fingerprint.

So, I decided to do a set of paintings based on the aspen tree.  The first one, here, has a little abstractness in it, which is different for me.  The following paintings are more literal.

Bikes at Rest

Being a bit of a biker, myself, I liked the concept of this image.  And, since my son. Brian, is an even more avid biker, I decided to do this for him.  It now "lives" with him in his California home.  I really liked the shapes that the bike tires made when angled at rest.  It almost seems like an abstract.  Brian likes road bikes and I ride a hybrid mountain bike, myself.  So, these are more like mine than his.  But, I'm the artist and I get to decide, I guess !

Lake Cabin



I really liked this image when I saw it on the Internet.  It reminded me of a lake house or something from the "low country".  The sky was especially interesting, and I decided to amp it up a bit with the green color along the bottom.  I also liked the cabin, itself, with its see through windows.  I'd like to find this place and visit it!

Tuscan Steps

As often happens, I started this piece several years ago, but put it away in a fit of "painter's block".  I was just having trouble getting it just right.  So, I gave it, and me, a vacation. This year, I decided to bring it backinto the forefront and finish it up.

I'm glad that I didn't give up on this one.  Ever since I saw and purchased the image, I was taken by the colors, in particular the play of the warm back wall and the cooler well base and steps purples.  They realy make the piece pop, in my opinion.

So, sometimes a vacation is good. And, sometimes bringing something that didn't seem to work in the past back into play in the present ends up with a good result.

Atticus at Full Gallop

This is the same little guy from the previous post.  Our friend liked two photos of Atticus and decided that she wanted both of them put on canvas.

This little guy is all about motion and speed.  He seems to be trying to be a racehorse in this pose, running along a track on a farm or ranch, probably in North Carolina.

Like the others of this genre, it's all about motion, hair, and clothes.