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.

As of thursday Night

 

Thursday got me a little farther down the road on this piece but it's at the stage where I'm not sure if it got better or worse. When a painting is at this place there are good things about it that need to be left alone while other parts are not right yet. trouble is... I become tentative as to what to do to keep moving forward. Earlier on in the life of a painting you can just plunge in and not worry about losing ground. But later you feel the need to be cautious. Caution makes for non creative brushwork.  I need to let this one sit for a while. Rothko sometimes sat and pondered a piece for hours and days before stepping up with that one perfect stroke that completed it. Rothko I'm not. But I understand how he felt about the process. 

I have another piece to move on to so I think I'll work on it for a while. 

The kids are home for xmas and lots of distractions now. All good ones! So, who knows if I'll get anything done for the next few days?

I made some progress yesterday (wed.) on this one. It's coming together slowly. The ocean and sky need a lot of attention now but the figures and most of the wet sand area are close to what I want. I plan to take another stab at it today..........

TWO OF A KIND

8"x10" on panel

$100

So many clamming scenes are silhouettes and I don't like to paint silhouettes but when you're  shooting into the sunset that's what you get. It's hard to resist because the colors are so great in the sky and in the reflected sky. BUY WITH PAYPAL

Good Company (reworked)

I couldn't keep my paws off of this one..It wasn't right...so I reworked it a little. I like it much better now. The first version is below. Maybe you can see what changes I made.

At the end of the rainbow

this rainbow ended right at the foot of our beach trail. must be a good sign!

Good Company

Some use shovels..some use a clam gun. Some carry the lantern while some just do the digging. There's nothing like trying to spot a hole the size of a dime by lamp light.
Acrylic on linen 30x14.

seals on the beach

 For some reason there have been quite a few seals and sealions beached lately in front of our house. The bald eagles got  one and the gulls got another just this morning. Reminded me that I did this digital image on the computer for a book a while back. It's titled  Seal Pup.

My son the surfer got sorta pumped when he saw this one. He has quite a collection of these..the tools of his trade.

Dawn Patrol

more clammers. I don't ususally pay much attention to these scenes when I'm digging..too focused on looking for clam holes. But it is beautiful down there just before the sun comes up isn't it?
Acrylic on linen 20x14

After Sunset

SOLD

I've been trying to get going on a series of clam diggers. So often photos of diggers are either at night (too dark) or during one of our overcast days when everything is monochromatic (gray). I'm lookin' for color. So even though this borders on a sunset with silhouettes I did it for color.
Acrylic on linen 14x20 SOLD

Golden Brown

This is my goal..to be old and comical but most of all to be free to lay in the sun like an old dog. I might  even take to wearing a watch like this old coot just to be able to see how long I've been cooking.
14x20" acrylic on linen

Wish You Were Here

14x18 acrylic on linen. My wife says these latest beach scenes look like those old postcards that always said  'wish you were here!'

'Come Ashore'

$1600 SOLD

Done again with the knife. Pretty loose but I like it! Pay no attention to that thread hanging down  from the top. I'll shoot a better photo later. This is acrylic on linen..about 21x30.

'lantern dig'

SOLD

This guy is going after the elusive Razor clam. You can tell by the fact that he's on both knees and has his wife holding the lantern that he's not a commercial digger. But you gotta hand it to them for going out after dark. Those clam holes are hard to see by lamp light.
This is about 20x15 done in oil on linen. SOLD