Painting Series
Flights of Whimsy
Things I take on when frustrated with a painting.
Works wonders to clean out the cobwebs, and gives me a smile at the same time.
Sugar High
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Sicilian Lemon
Seat for two. Original outhouse with seating for adult and child
Oysterfest
Blue Crab study
Chesapeake Blues • Acrylic on Linen • 5x7 • 2024 • On my way to a crab feast tonight
Sleeper's Lillies • Oil on Canvas • 18x24 • 2023 • A local family generously invites people to paint on their property. The acres of waterlilies when in bloom is spectacular. I loved how the sky was reflected so clearly towards the bottom of the image.
Sailing Detail #1 • Acrylic on Canvas • 5x5 • 2024 •
Sunflower Man's old truck
Finally • Oil on Canvas • 12x24 • 2024 • My brother commissioned me to do a painting with a mandolin and guitar years ago. I did a very surreal painting which he never really liked. So I decided to make up for it and include his favorite artists
Whazzup Ladies • Another palette cleanser painting. Done in a few hours, but it was fun to paint something staring back at me. This bird had so much personality! Raffled off in 2023.
Koi • Oil on linen • 9x12 • Who doesn't love Koi. From Mike Horan's photo - Thanks Mike!
Michael's Dog • Oil on Canvas • 10x10 • 2023 • Mike Iandolo challenged me to paint a dog for Waterfowl Festival
Dog Study • Oil on Linen • It's Waterfowl Season again
Angry Bird • Sometimes you need a palette cleanser, as it were. When I get frustrated with a painting, I grab a canvas and quickly paint something silly. So a classically formal painting of a rooster fit the bill.
Dulin's • Rural houses on the Eastern shore did not have street addresses until recently. Houses had/have names instead. When I needed to overnight something down here, in the address form, instructions were to go to Dulin's on 33 and ask where to find the house. Dulin's was a great place for gas, gossip, and scrapple. Sadly, Dulin passed and the property was torn down in 2004.
Wolf Moon • Acrylic on Canvas • 10x20 • 2021 • The sky over my head one night in January. I snapped the pic with my phone and painted it the next day. What I didn't realize until I was finished was that the pink glow in the lower left was actually my finger over the lens when I snapped the pic. But I love that hit of color.
Howdy • Little homage to Arnold Ziffle and Green Acres. Nothing like a pig cleanser for the soul.