3 ORANGE SLICES
oil on linen
4" x 6"

Working on large illustration job. Will not be posting as often for a while.
SOLD

RED PEPPER

    RED PEPPER

oil on linen

     4" x 6"

Have been lost in the tangled world of computer tech for at least a week.  Can finally see the light after toasting the mother-board and restoring what was left on new computer.  Sheesh!!!

I'D RATHER BE PAINTING!!!

Computer problems. Will be back soon!

CHRISTMAS 08
oil on canvas
5" x 7"

This beauty was parked at Casey Pass, Venice, Florida. Couldn't resist turning it into our Christmas card. The surfboard and Christmas tree were already on it, just added myself, John, Shadow and Charley. Why can't we build cars like this anymore?
SOLD

STEVE
oil on canvas
7" x 5"

Really pleased with this one! Steve from Englewood Frame Shop, a nice guy. SOLD

JONI
oil on canvas
7" x 5"

This one worked out well with the vee neckline and the vee frame samples. My friend Joni at her frame shop, Frames of Mind in Englewood, Florida. SOLD

SELBY GARDENS
oil on panel
5" x 7"

Lured into painting this because of the little dabs of light on the building. Subject far to complex for a quick plein air sketch. Oh, well...

JANA
oil on canvas
10" x 8"

Happy Four Oh, Jana! SOLD

JOAN
oil on canvas
7" x 5"

Joan making her Wallace and Grommet face.
SOLD

ORANGE FOR BANSEMER
oil on canvas
5" x 7"

Watched a live webcast by Roger Bansemer last night which inspired me to snatch a neighbors orange from a tree while walking the dogs this morning. Painted this as a way to thank Roger Bansemer for all his useful information!

JULIE
oil on canvas
7" x 5"

SOLD

RACHAEL SKETCH
oil on panel
7" x 5"

SOLD

BEACH PEOPLE #4
oil on panel
4" x 6"

BEACH PEOPLE #3
oil on panel
4" x 6"

Experimenting with sky and sea colors. No reference used and was not painted en plein air, so I guess this should be called en plain brain.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL!

BEACH PEOPLE #2
oil on panel
4" x 6"

BEACH PEOPLE #1
oil on panel
4" x 6"

BEFORE THE RAIN
oil on panel
4" x 6"

St Armands Circle, Sarasota. Looking up at the Met's building tower minutes before a downpour no one expexted.

COCONUT PALM STUDY #1
oil on panel
6" x 4"

Coconut Palm at Fisherman's Village, Punta Gorda. So many shapes and colors in a coconut palm... it's like a party's going on, especially on a breezy day with everything swaying.

ST. ARMANDS MET DAWN
oil on panel
7" x 5"

Saw this while setting up booth for St Armands Art Festival at dawn. Painted from memory and daytime snapshot. Tower on Met building, Sarasota.

YOGI
oil on panel
7" x 5"

Like the way the pigtails match the shape of the palm tree.

ART
oil on panel
5" x 7"

Now that I've uploaded this, I see something to change tomorrow. Just pretend the pipe isn't dead center of the Norfolk Island Pine Tree! Another one from Matlacha... what a place.

MATLACHA FISH SELLERS
oil on panel
5" x 7"

This building had been repainted so often it looked like an abstract painting. Even the old signs were works of art. Loved the blues. Loved the red hose which matched a red sign hidden behind the concrete block shelf over on the right. Earlier, someone wondered if the men were starting a barbecue, turned out they were just burning weeds and fireants with a blow torch connected to the propane tank.
Top version with new additions. Went by the place a week later and the men had a red cooler (great addition color-wise) and a sign, "crabs, fish, oysters." The sign was across the street but I painted it on the porch instead.

CAFE RUELLE ALLEY
oil on panel
7" x 5"

Chilly morning! Painted with Visual Arts Center Plein Air Group in Punta Gorda.

BLUE MAILBOX
oil on panel
6" x 4"

Another Matlacha painting. Love the colors there. The numbers on the mailbox were faded and weather worn. Seemed like a one had tilted and a two had turned into a question mark. Perfect for this town.

FOR SALE
oil on canvas panel
6" x 8"

Painted at Julia's Arts in Matlacha today. This was view from back porch.

BLIND PASS BEACH
oil on panel
4" x 6"

Back view of Hermitage, Manasota Key. Quick study... flies were biting!

Painted at the Powel Crosley Estate in Sarasota today. One of those rare plein air paintings that didn't need to be tinkered with when I got home. Good group of painters there, Plein Air Sun Coast, PASC.

BEACH COTTAGE
oil on canvas panel
6" x 8"

Most charming cottage on Manasota Key!

TWO KOI
oil on panel
4" x 6"

SOLD

PUNTA GORDA HISTORY PARK
oil on canvas panel
6" x 8"

Plein air painting with the Visual Arts Center group this morning. Great location, nice people. Also used new pochade box, Alla Prima Belly River. Fabulous!

SHELLS ON PALM LEAF CLOTH
oil on panel
3" x 3 1/2"

TWO SHELLS
oil on panel
3" x 3 1/2"

Not much time to paint today. Did Art in the Palms, Palm Island, Florida show. Great to see old neighbors!

ME!
oil on canvas panel
8" x 6"

SOLD

CASPERSEN BEACH #2
oil on canvas panel
6" x 8"

KOI STUDY #3
oil on panel
4 1/5" x 4 1/5"

SOLD

KOI STUDY #2
oil on panel
4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

KOI STUDY #1
oil on panel
4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Quick sketch using layers of thin paint on panel with thick gesso. Worked first layers almost like watercolor and lifted highlights. Like how the brush stroke marks of the gesso show through. Koi are fun to paint. This one is from a reference photo I shot at Selby Gardens in Sarasota. First the pond bottom is painted, then the koi and its shadow, next sky and reflections on the water surface, then the floating leaf. Selby's pond bottom was murky mud, I cleaned it up a bit and added pebbles.

SELBY KOI
oil on canvas
10" x 8"

An older painting but still loved. Starting a new series of koi paintings this week for a change. Sold

IRON OX
oil on canvas panel
8" x 10"

OK. John said this was one of the worst paintings I ever did and I have to agree with him, but I loved painting out at the end of the dock. A three hour painting for ARTsensation, Charlotte Harbor, Punta Gorda, FL.

SALE
oil on canvas panel
8" x 6"

Store mannequin outside Matlacha trading post.

MATLACHA ALLEY
oil on canvas panel
6" x 8"

Another view of the heron on the garage a few paintings ago. Love the spiderweb effect of the electrical wires.

HOT DOG COMPANY
oil on canvas panel
6" x 8"

Another scene from Matlacha, Florida. Open early in season, waiting for snowbirds and tourists. This painting had lots of detail and I even cut the building size and some clutter. It's a cross between illustration and painting but I like it. Really want to loosen up my style, but couldn't with this one. It was lots of fun to do and works well.

YELLOW SCAMP
oil on canvas panel
6" x 8"

Wild about this trailer! Hope the owner will trade it for this painting. Another scene from colorful Matlacha, Florida.

TWO GULLS AT CASPERSEN BEACH
oil on panel
6" x 4"

VENICE, CASPERSEN BEACH

oil on canvas panel

8" x 10"

Cloudy with chance of showers.  Gust of wind caught  my painting umbrella and just before it was blown into the Gulf, a kind British tourist leapt into the air and caught it.

JULIA'S ARTS

oil on linen

7" x 5"

Gallery in Matlacha, Florida that has a few of my paintings and some of John Mannion's art furniture. SOLD

BLUE HERON BY BRIDGE

oil on panel

6" x 4"

Great blue heron fishing by the blue, Nokomis bridge.