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

what happened this week

This began as a completely different painting. I struggled 2 days on it and in the end wiped it all away. After pacing around  the wiped surface and squinting at it for a day or so I finally started this and made significant progress the first couple days. Now it is at the stage where it is almost there but I can't figure out what it  needs. I've been swiping at it all day today as I cleaned out and rearranged the shop/studio. It's darn close to done but......
 It's oil on linen and around 22"x30" like the last two.

IT WAS A GOOD DAY

Acrylic on linen 22x30"....$1600 SOLD

This is another done with the knife alone. I finished it just last week. The texture gets pretty heavy and I think I like that about it. It's almost akin to sculpting in a way. These last two are in the same color palette and I find them calming. This is  a wooden drift boat which is pretty common to this area. Great for shallow water fishing.
I plan to do a few more boats on this scale 22"x30".

LONE BOAT

OIL ON LINEN    22x30"...$1600 SOLD

I know it's been a while since I posted. I have been dealing with cancer . Surgery ...radiation...fear...recouping and blah, blah , blah. Yeah, poor, poor me.  I've debated whether or not to continue posting my work on this blog after letting it sit idle for these last few months. I wonder if anyone is still watching. But if I'm going to survive, and I think I will,  I'm going to have  have to keep painting.  Maybe not so many little dailies as before but painting every day just the same.
This is a larger piece I finished a couple days ago. I suppose it reflects (pardon the pun) my mood these days. Quiet, isolated, fairly peaceful and reflective. Looks like I better get those oars in the water!
I did it in oil as opposed to my usual acrylics. Messy stuff that oil but it moves nice on the canvas and has a longer working time than acrylics.

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

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

Deep Blue

This is pretty large 48x48. acrylic on canvas.I was not completely satisfied with it but got frustrated with reworking it again and again so made myself stop and I gave it to a gallery to hang.When I saw it hung I realized I like it a lot and I'm glad I stopped. It has a lot of punch. Strong colors..

Two Drifters

$1600

Can't resist a nice looking row boat. This is oil on linen....30x21. I paint in acrylics mostly . After doing this in oil I remember why ..Oil paint has a way of getting everywhere. My hands, my face, my hair,  my stool, seat of my pants, bottom of my shoes, tracked into the house! and takes forever to dry. This is supposed to go to a gallery on Saturday but I don't think it will be dry in time.

Green Boat -sold

What gracefull lines this old boat has. I did the entire thing with the knife. I like this loose style better than the tighter things I've been doing lately.I'm happy with it as it is.