On the Shore

In the evenings I've been playing with small format figure paintings which I recently called my "blop paintings." I'm really having fun in my own little bubble. They seem to work best if I'm working directly from life but that's not always possible so I've started taking a gesture from another painting and using it all on it's own, also working from my horrible little scribbles and photos.

A new collector of mine recently framed four to hang as a grouping. It gave me a boost to see them hanging and revitalizing that space in her home.

This is 6"x8." Which is the largest I think my "blop" paintings should be.

January (North Pond)

The best way to shake away the winter blues is to plein air paint along a half frozen lake, just kidding - sort of. After spending so much time with wonderful family and friends, January 6 was rather depressing until I started painting again. Even though my toes froze and the wind bite my cheeks, I loved the colors you see on a cold, gray, winter day. The sky had these amazing warm tones however very subtle and the snow reflected the cool light of the day. fun fun fun

8x10

Oil on Linen

City Colors - "Dunes"

Chicago is a great place to live; good food, wonderful people, lots of city clatter, and beautiful landscape all tucked neatly together.

8"x10"

Oil

($199.)

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Seascapes

These two oil studies represent the body of work I did during our two weeks in Costa Rica. My favorite location was right along the shore. Since I was anxious to get into those waves most of my oils were 8"x6."

6"x8"

oil sketches ($99. each)

"Morning Mist"

The humid weather created an interesting mist off the lake early in the morning. I quickly tried to capture the effect.

9"x12"
Oil on Linen
($290. +$6. s/h)