Saturday, November 29, 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

Thursday, November 27, 2008


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!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Sunday, November 23, 2008


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.

Saturday, November 22, 2008


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.


Friday, November 21, 2008


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.

Thursday, November 20, 2008


YOGI
oil on panel
7" x 5"

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

Wednesday, November 19, 2008


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.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008



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.

Monday, November 17, 2008


CAFE RUELLE ALLEY
oil on panel
7" x 5"

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

Sunday, November 16, 2008


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.

Saturday, November 15, 2008


FOR SALE
oil on canvas panel
6" x 8"

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

Friday, November 14, 2008


BLIND PASS BEACH
oil on panel
4" x 6"

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

Thursday, November 13, 2008



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.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008


BEACH COTTAGE
oil on canvas panel
6" x 8"

Most charming cottage on Manasota Key!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Monday, November 10, 2008



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!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Saturday, November 8, 2008


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!

Friday, November 7, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Monday, November 3, 2008


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.

Sunday, November 2, 2008


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

Saturday, November 1, 2008


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.