Apple Orchard

About 40 x42 acrylic on canvas SOLD

I still have no new paintings happening and I don't know why I posted this old one except I like it! Apple blossoms drifting to the ground I remember painting this and I really liked the effect of the white blossoms at the time.

There is an old movie..one of the 2001 series maybe it is 2010. If I remember correctly there is some unexplained alarming change in the universe that appears to be bad.... but the calm voice (of the computer I think it was) tells the space traveler ....   'something wonderful is happening'....

A new world was coming into existence.

Something wonderful is taking place in my life right now. I hope to start sharing some of it on this blog along with new paintings soon.

How's that for cryptic?

Nootka Sunset

About 40x40"acrylic SOLD

this is another older work depicting a couple of Nootka Indians. A very different style compared to what I've been painting this year.

Free At Last

About 30 ' high from Alder SOLD

This is a sculpture I did about the same time as the painting below. I must have been feeling liberated. Looking back it seems odd that I used the female figure to express the thought. Hmmmm.... This little piece had adjustable arms and legs  so you could pose her any way you liked. Yes... that's a book she's emerging from.

Into The Sun

                                          Acrylic about 30x30" SOLD
So... I'm needing some time off. Meanwhile here's a piece I did a couple years back in a loose style I still kinda like titled 'Into the Sun'

when all else fails..go fishing

I'm out of ideas. Painting every day just for exercise seems pointless some days. I would like to get really inspired and sink my teeth into something. These two shots are me surf fishing in front of my house. I'm the one on the left in the 1st shot. I would like to use these as a starting point for a nice painting but the sky was so overcast that day that there is very little color or dramatic light captured. 

I guess I'll get going on something and see what happens.

The Arrow II

acrylic on linen 28x24 SOLD

I'm done ( I think) though now that it's posted I want to go back and tone down the lettering on the deck a little.

Anyway,  this old tug  carries the  pilot to and from the large cargo ships after they cross the bar at the mouth of the Columbia river. The pilots are  put on board to take the ships upriver to Portland from Astoria.

This was a super calm day on the river... wonderful green water around the dock. Not too many years ago the port replaced the old wooden pilings with these steele ones which rust to this orange color. Perfect for punching up this shot.

The Earnest

acrylic on canvas 24x28"

$1500

I happened to catch this working tug tied up at a seafood market about a week ago in Astoria. Snapped a couple shots and though it was taken with my  son's cell phone,  I had enough to go on. This is done mainly with the palette knife. I like doing it that way. Keeps me from getting too bogged down in details and I can just go for it.

small study

acrylic on Masonite 8x10" SOLD

after doing the last two paintings  I decided to try the same scene on a much smaller scale with no deadline or expectant client. This little piece is the result. Then ,this morning I started another larger piece, 24x28". I'll post it tomorrow if I get it done.

Finished

Looking Down The Dunes 30x30"SOLD 

Where The Waters Meet 40x30"SOLD

Here  are the two  pieces I posted below finished (i think)

 I've played with them too long but I think I'm satisfied. so now it's off to Portland to deliver them to the Gallery.

Getting Close

I shouldn't be showing these yet.... but just to prove I'm still painting I'm posting these two versions nearing completion in the studio.  I'll post the finished versions soon (I hope)30x30 and 40x30inches

acrylic on canvas

old is new

No daily paintings right now. I'm working on 2 pieces for a gallery.Both larger works..40x30" and 30x30"

The gallery has asked to have these two older paintings of mine used as inspiration for two new ones. I don't like to duplicate but I think I can have fun doing new versions of these two scenes. One is from my front yard and the other is about 3 miles south of here.

Braeburn

6x6" acrylic on masonite

$100SOLD

YIKES!! I forgot to post the last couple days. I even asked my wife to remind me but we we taking advantage of the sun yesterday..first in at least a week...and even she forgot.

So here's another apple.

Brass Fish With Veggies

$100 SOLD

6x6" acrylic on masonite

I polished up this old brass fish plate and dropped a few veggies in. I didn't want to spend too much time on the detailed carvings in the plate and I think this is close enough. Of course you  haven't seen the plate so you don't know how detailed it is anyway .. I like the way the veggies came out. Real casual.

FIRST LIGHT

Acrylic on canvas 30x22"

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So I had the urge to paint something larger with the knife and was itching to do another coastal scene. I try to stay away from the cliche' sort of stuff.... lighthouses, seagulls drifting over the surf..and one local landmark in particular because it has been sooo over done.... Haystack Rock (see below). It is probably the most photographed and painted subject on the entire Oregon coast where I was born. It is just about 6 miles away from our home and although people pay money for anything with its image on it I can't bring myself to paint it for that very reason.

So instead I painted one of the most photographed and painted subjects on the coast of Nova Scotia where my dad was born...Peggy's Cove. Go figure!

Haystack Rock

DAYLILY

Acrylic on masonite panel 6x6"

$100

Pretty little things those daylilies. 

Moved on to a larger painting today after touching up this little one.