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Another Striper painting to go with the first"Off the Deep End"
01/07/2025

Another Striper painting to go with the first

"Off the Deep End"

A favorite I painted two years ago.Bunker Buster
01/04/2025

A favorite I painted two years ago.

Bunker Buster

Contemplating whether or not this is complete.Disrupted Realism20x16Oils
11/15/2024

Contemplating whether or not this is complete.

Disrupted Realism

20x16

Oils

Progress.Fighting with my inner detail oriented self to keep the lower bird more as a field sketch.Disrupted Realism
11/12/2024

Progress.

Fighting with my inner detail oriented self to keep the lower bird more as a field sketch.

Disrupted Realism

Progress
11/04/2024

Progress

Progress, and the struggle between details and concepts.Lot's of fun figuring things out though
11/03/2024

Progress, and the struggle between details and concepts.

Lot's of fun figuring things out though

And while I am on the subject"A Black Tie Affair"20x24Oils on Canvas
10/24/2024

And while I am on the subject

"A Black Tie Affair"
20x24
Oils on Canvas

Two sessions in on the new Black Bellied Plovers
10/24/2024

Two sessions in on the new Black Bellied Plovers

Still have Black Bellied Plovers on my mind.Going to try and see how far I can push the abstraction.20x16 Linen
10/22/2024

Still have Black Bellied Plovers on my mind.

Going to try and see how far I can push the abstraction.

20x16 Linen

A sneak peek of the painting I am currently working on.Leaning towards calling it "A Black Tie Event"
10/08/2024

A sneak peek of the painting I am currently working on.

Leaning towards calling it "A Black Tie Event"

Just finished. I played with this for about three weeks. Lot's of thin oil glazes in the background and some thicker Imp...
08/17/2024

Just finished. I played with this for about three weeks. Lot's of thin oil glazes in the background and some thicker Impasto on the deer.

This was one of my favorite places. It exist most importantly in my memories of hunting Grouse in the Allegheny National Forest in northern Pennsylvania with my brother and my Uncle Lou. It's early October and the trees are just starting to turn. There is a flat area just above a natural spring, to the right are thick Hemlocks and across this top the Beech trees drop nuts and attract the Grouse. On the backside it drops off into the deep forest, a long way from any road.

We always seemed to jump a deer or two there.

If this reminds you of a special place I's like to know where in the comments.

"The Beech Grove"
20x24
Oils

Distinct and Original Wildlife Art

Last week while walking my dog near the school in our neighborhood I saw a small black butterfly on a butterfly bush. No...
07/23/2024

Last week while walking my dog near the school in our neighborhood I saw a small black butterfly on a butterfly bush. Not more than an arms length away the image stuck in my mind. And in the mood to still paint red cannas I added it to the composition.

No title yet but will probably go with something like-

Red Cannas and Black Butterfly

Enthralling title huh?

16x12
Oils

Distinct and Original Contemporary Wildlife Art

Chesapeake Bay Retriever12x16OilsDonation to the Chesapeake Bay Retriever Relief and RescueDetails on how you can bid on...
07/18/2024

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

12x16

Oils

Donation to the Chesapeake Bay Retriever Relief and Rescue

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"Copper Penny"9x12Oils on LinenI think this is complete
07/02/2024

"Copper Penny"
9x12
Oils on Linen

I think this is complete

I had a few more photos of my neighbor's Red Canna flowers in reserve and I wanted to paint another Hummingbird--soooo I...
06/29/2024

I had a few more photos of my neighbor's Red Canna flowers in reserve and I wanted to paint another Hummingbird--soooo I drew up another composition on one of the 9x12 linen canvases.

Closer up this time so that I had some wiggle room on how to paint the Copper Penny throat patch.

Originally I started out with the crossed brushwork background in greens, golds an yellows (Sorry never took a photo of it). And it looked okay but it wasn't the stop someone in their tracks look I want. So I reworked the whole background with a palette knife and some Lead based white--oh yes you can still buy Lead White if you know where to look. I let the original based colors come through where they did and then added some slashes of colors here and there. My concept was to attempt to convey motion.

Yesterday I painted the top half of the flower and at the time thought it would be good. However I looks at a lot of other artist's work and saw some excellent concepts. They racked around my cranium all night finally waking me at 5.

In addition this morning I found out my friend and art teacher had passed. He always pushed me to take risks and I could hear his voice telling me I could better with this painting.

So I went downstairs and statured to rework the top half of the Canna flower. I painted the bottom half and pushed the whole thing in several attempts farther into the abstract.

I then started to render the tail of the hummingbird with the idea of keeping it loose, soft, wispy and even ethereal. Kind of there but not all there at the same time.

Two and half hours of painting left my concentration shot--and this where I left it for today.

I'm not trying to do a hyper accurate depiction of the flower of the bird. Rather I'm reaching for a quick glimpse.

More tomorrow--or Monday

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Current painting that I am working on

Last video for my new Snowy Owl. After sessions 7,8 and 9

After 6 painting sessions. Feather flow and anatomy established. She's got to rest for a few days before I can add the darker elements

Session 5 progress on the new Snowy Owl

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