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6x6" acrylic on panel

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6x6" acrylic on panel

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Finally some progress! I've been working on larger pieces and a few small ones that have been throw-aways. I thought I might never get another painting done so I'm relieved to have produced this. The weather here is gray and rainy so this happy,sunny looking guy is good for the soul.

ONE OAR

18x24" acrylic on linen

And yet another boat. What can I say...I like 'em. Clients like 'em. Believe it or not it's somewhat of a challenge to make water look right. And the lines of a boat are tricky. Curves extending away from the eye toward the vanishing point.Available at Primary Elements Gallery in Cannon Beach or. www.primaryelementsgallery.com

MIRROR POND

30x22" acrylic on linen

How's this for color!! Cool old boat too! Available at Primary Elements Gallery in Cannon Beach Oregon www.primaryelementsgallery.com

PRAM

22x30"acrylic on linen....$1600

Here's another larger piece I've been working on. Couldn't come up with a catchy title this time.  Most of these larger ones are all palette knife. Much more fun for me that way. Maybe it's the sculptor in me that likes to move the thicker paint around with a blade. I like the spontaneity that comes with broad strokes. And the inability to do minute detail with a big blade helps keep it loose as opposed to overworked.

BOATS AKIMBO

48x62"acrylic on canvas

This is not a good photo of this piece.Too dark! But until I can light it better, you can at least see what I've been working on. As you can see by the dimensions above, this is a larger scale one. And it can't be appreciated in such a small reproduction. It is much more the sort of painting I like to do and different than the little dailies. I can't get the bolder, more abstract quality in my small pieces and also I don't feel the tiny format of  a 6x6inch painting lends itself well to things like this.  I think the small ones fill my need to do something more toward realism. I'll take a better shot of this and put it on my website later.
Available at Riversea Gallery in Astoria Or. www.riverseagallery.com