6x6" acrylic on gessoboardSOLD |
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
MOON OVER GIN RIDGE
11.5 x 30" acrylic on linen SOLD |
This has been sitting a while. I took it so far and then backed off for a while. I finally fiddled with it again and called it finished. It's from a photo by a friend of mine, Jim Furnish, of the beach dunes in front of our little town Gearhart Oregon. The moon rising as the sun sets is a unique lighting situation.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
PACIFIC WAY BAKERY
6x8" acrylic on gessoboard...$100SOLD |
This place is a landmark in Gearhart Oregon. A cafe/bakery run by a couple of friends of ours. Fantastic food and dripping with atmosphere. Actually there is a great hand painted sign on this window but I decided not to try to get all that in the painting. The sign was painted by another old friend of ours Mike Russo. He is an old sign painter and taught me a lot of tricks. Mike is the son of two very well known artists SALLY HALEY and MICHAEL RUSSO. Both legends in their own time.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
BUMBLE BEE
6x6" acrylic on gessoboardSOLD |
Pretty harmless little fuzzy fellow. Kinda fun to try to paint the wings.Wouldn't this look great on your wall?
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
JUICY MELON
6x6"acrylic on gesssoboard....$100 |
More cantaloupe.Thought I'd do another while I'm on the subject of melons.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
ELLSWORTH KELLY MOMENT
8x6"acrylic on gessoboard....$100 |
This is the last one from the Portland art musem. There was a good Ellsworth Kelly exhibit. Probably around 50 pieces. They are all Lithographs and super colorful. I wish they had been a little larger for my purposes though. This was one of the biggest in the show. I thought the model was especially nice!
Saturday, August 18, 2012
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
6x8" acrylic on gessoboard SOLD |
I guess people like these vw surf scenes. I know I do. VW's and surfboards stir up a lotta good memories for those of us from the 60's.
Friday, August 17, 2012
MONET STUDY
6x6" acrylic on gessoboard............$100 |
Another glimpse inside the Portland art museum. This is "waterlillies" by Monet. It's large and impressive.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
THE BIG OLITSKI
6x6 acrylic on gessoboard...$100 |
Spent some time at the Portland art museum yesterday. I took a few shots of some nice pieces thinking I would try painting a few. This one by Jules Olitski is big...about 8x7 feet.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
NEON CRAB
8x6" acrylic on gessoboard SOLD |
I had to try this neon at night sign. An interesting challenge to try to get the glow. Again, this is an icon in my old neighborhood...Seaside Oregon.
Monday, August 13, 2012
LITTLE FROG
6x6" acrylic on gessoboard....$100 SOLD |
Until recently this guy lived in a crack in our fence. He came out to check me out and got his picture taken.What a handsome little fellow.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
3 IN A ROW
6x8" acrylic on gessoboardSOLD |
I think this is the last melon piece. I'm putting it up for bid instead of a flat price. Come and get it!
Friday, August 10, 2012
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT
8x6" acrylic on gessoboard.......$100 |
Just one more lighthouse for now. This one we can see from our house. It beams white, then red at the mouth of the Columbia.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
BELL BUOY CRAB CO.
8x6" acrylic on gessoboard SOLD |
Signs are cool! This one is a classic neon from my hometown Seaside Oregon. Been in business since 1949. Most local commercial clammers sell their clams here. You can get anything locally caught right here. If you're driving the coast highway you can't miss it. Rather than put a flat price on it, I thought I'd see how much people will bid for this on the Daily Paintworks auction page. If you've never bid on a painting this is where to go. Just click on the link.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
BITE SIZE
6x6" acrylic on gessoboard...$50 SOLD |
It's that time of year so I'm doing a few more of these watermelon paintings.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
CHICKADEE DELIGHT
6x6" acrylic on wood panel.....$50SOLD |
I spent many hours trying to paint this shot a couple months ago. It just didn't work no matter how much time it put in on it. So I wiped it off and moved on. Yesterday I decided to try once more. This time it came easy. Go figure!
Saturday, August 4, 2012
CAPE MEARS LIGHTHOUSE
6x6 acrylic on gessoboard....$50 |
This is from a close up shot taken by Hugh McKenna, an old neighbor of mine from my childhood in Seaside Or. He shoots a lot for the local newspaper. Good photographer! Once again I'm only asking 50 bucks for this.
Friday, August 3, 2012
North Head Lighthouse
8x6" acrylic on wood panel .sold |
I'm doing a few lighthouse paintings. There are plenty of them around here close to home. I can actually see this one from our house. Please notice this is ONLY $50! Half my regular price!! WOW what a steal!
Thursday, August 2, 2012
BUNCH O' BUOYS
6x6" acrylic on primed wood panel .....$50 |
A pile of buoys. Looked like a fun thing to paint..so I did! I'm dropping the price on some of these little ones for now to try to stimulate some sales (otherwise known as a fire sale). After almost 2 years of cancer treatments, tests, Dr. visits and down time, we need to earn some money to catch up. So come on friends..... help us out please.
ARROW 2 UP CLOSE 22x30" |
ARROW 2 REFLECTIONS 18x24"SOLD |
I finally finished the last 2 of 6 homages to the old pilot tug Arrow no. 2. She is being replaced by a new, just built, all steel tug. These last two are of the Arrow at dock in front of the Brix Marine office in Astoria Oregon. Used to be Foss marine(or do I have that backwards?) No matter. She's a beautiful old working tug with lots of stories and scars.As of the last visit to the docks she was still there alongside the new tug so maybe they will continue to use her for a while.
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