Under the Hemlock
36x36, acrylic on canvas

This represents a more successful version of the painting below. It is taking me months (May - Aug.) to come up with the images I am trying to produce - better late than never.

I am striving to capture the essence of the place and also present fresh views and compositions that are at least a little bit off the beaten path. Here I have used the rake brush for the Hemlock.

A second version of the horizontal compostion is underway and also includes the fish under the tree and just a bit less of the island and more of the laurel bush than the painting below.

Mountain Laurel Cove, 1
30.5x42, acrylic on canvas

series in planning

Golden Evening,I
24x36, oil on canvas

this was the first try and inspired me to do more in acrylic. I have officially crossed the line of being more effective and more comfortable with the acrylic. Even so this has a tactile quality due to the carving in the thick paint in the foreground

"Black" Tropicannas
48x24, acrylic on rough linen
this is really a sketch that got overworked - the cannas were frostbitten by the late freeze last spring ('07) and didn't come up, so all the (several) canna paintings I have been working on are moving very slowly (not at all) due to a lack of "models". This was done from life in the studio from plants in a pot a couple of years ago and the background reflects the position of the actual bed in relation to the yard and pond. The lighting is looking east at sunset. Once I have started something from life, I can continue working from memory and photo/life prompts for quite a long time and sometimes absence does make the heart grow fonder, and I get nostalgic and work on something long after the fact.