Two Blue Herons

I had a request to paint another Blue Heron.  The first one went to Germany and the second one will go to Cape Cod.  I had to paint from a photograph of the painting so they are both very different.  The top one is a total side view where the other is slightly turned.  Which one to you like?

Blue Heron #2

30" x 30"

Oil on wrapped canvas

Palette Knife

Blue Heron #1

36 x 36

Oil on gallery wrapped canvas

Palette Knife

Twelve Months and the Cover of the 2019 Calendar

See one of my paintings each month.  2019  calendars $30 each plus free shipping.  Buy today only 6 left.  Photos of oil paintings of boats, abstract seascape, vineyards, tulips, snow, and Roan Mountain.

Black Friday Sale starting today.

8.5" x 11"

open 11" x 17"

$30

Black Friday Sale

$25  per calendar

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Day 12 "Foggy Marsh"

Day 12 of Strada Easel 30 Day Challenge

"Foggy Marsh"

18" x 24"

$525

oil on canvas

Palette Knife

I took a challenge from one of my Plein Airies friends to take an old canvas and make it into an abstract.  I choose a bright abstract piece and changed the whole look of it.  I used only three colors.  I used manganese violet, viridian green, and cad orange to make all the colors you see.  If was so much fun to try something so different.  I also used a palette knife and liquin impasto.

"Matthews Alive"

See these paintings for sale at the McDowell Art Center.

123 W McDowell St, Matthews, NC 28105

September 1 thru September 30

2017

"Seaside"

8" x 10"

plus frame

$225

"Vacation in Europe"

8" x 10"

plus frame

$225

The top painting was painted from a photo that I took at Huntington State Beach Park in South Carolina.  I was standing in a spot where I could see the ocean, sand dunes, and the marsh on a very hot day in August.

The one below was painted from a photo that I took in Germany.  It is the Moselle River with the vineyards growing on the sides of the hills.  This was a great driving trip but it is also great for bicycles riding along the river.

Quiet of the Day

Quiet of the Day

12" x 12" 

$275

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After a recent visit to Pawleys, I was inspired to paint some marshes again.  I also just finished reading the book "Pawleys Island"  Dorothea Benton Frank who write about all the areas surrounding Charleston, SC.  I felt filled with the island spirit.

Abstract Marsh

"Abstract Marsh "

18" x 24"

mixed media on canvas

$525

I was in a painting slump for a few months.  I couldn't get inspired even though I was still plein air painting once a week.  I had some beautiful beach and marsh photos that I took in South Carolina in February and painted a couple of nice paintings from them.  After that I couldn't get motivated.  I went back to Pawley's Island in June and had a wonderful time painting on the Causeway.  It was so peaceful and beautiful.  After I that I was rejuvenated from the short trip to the beach.  I have been painting like crazy ever since.  I had this abstract painting that was unfinished.  I started with alcohol ink and poured it all over the canvas than I painted it with clear gesso.  I then painted it was oil paint.  I didn't finish it.  I finished it today with a lots more oil paint which was applied with palette knives.  It is bright and I think beautiful.

Day 16 "Cape Cod Marsh"

30 Paintings in 30 Days

Day 16

"Cape Cod Marsh"

8" x 10"

oil on canvas panel

palette knife

$95

After getting off the ship after my New England/Canada cruise, I visited a friend in Cape Cod.  This marsh was near their home in Harwich.  Marshes are one of my favorite things to paint.

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Day 3 "Bay of Fundy"

30 paintings in 30 days

Day 3

8" x 10"

oil on canvas panel

$95

This painting was painted from a photograph taken on my cruise to Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.  My friends and I rented a car and drove the Fundy trail to the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick.  The colors of the sky and bay were crystal blue and the marsh was golden ochre.

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"Bay Marsh"

"Bay Marsh"

30" x 30"

Oil on gallery wrapped canvas

palette knife 

$650

I went on a two day tour of Cape Cod.  The blues of the sky and water were so brilliant.  The water is a very deep blue and the sky very clear.  I put a little red in the background trees to show that some of the trees were starting to turn.

30 Day Challenge

I completed 30 paintings in 30 days.  Here is a collage of the 30 day paintings.  Thank you everyone for the comments and encouragement.  Four of the 30 paintings have sold on Daily Paintworks.  I'm look forward to the next challenge.

Day 18 "Red Roof"

Day 18 ~ 30 paintings in 30 days

"Red Roof"

oil on canvas panel

6" x 8"

On Pawley's Island, the marsh front properties have a docks leading out into the marsh with  a little "boat/fishing hut" at the end.  They line up like boats in a harbor.  I isolated this one with a red roof for this painting and called "Red Roof"

Marsh Series #9

This painting started with alcohol ink to get the depth in the color and the random pooling.  I painted clear gesso on top to seal it before I starting painting with oils.  I wanted to keep the loose feeling and the interesting colors of the inks and oils combined.  Size:  18" x 24"  unframed.  Price:  $450
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Marsh at Pawley's Island

This is the first painting in a series of six South Carolina marsh paintings.  The next four paintings are more experimental with the medium and color.  Size 18" x 24" for $450 without frame.