Monday, November 26, 2007

Gift of Flowers: Vancouver Island



 Gift of Flowers: Vancouver Island
6in. x 6in. (15.2cm x 15.2cm) acrylic on gessoed board
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When we visited Vancouver Island we spent an afternoon at Butchart Gardens. This is a memento of our time there. It was one of the most beautiful and relaxing times I’ve had in a long time.

Flowers are a wonderful gift for any occasion, however a painting can last for hundreds of years so a painting may be an even better gift to give.

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Sunday, November 25, 2007

Fall Planting


Fall Planting
5” x 7” (12.7cm x 17.8cm) acrylic on gessoed board
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The two most common fall plantings are alfalfa for an early hay crop in summer and winter wheat, which survives the winter as young seedlings, and mature in early summer the following year. In this painting the young plants in late October are a vivid green and create a unique pattern against the late afternoon sky.

This painting required a bit tighter detail than many of my paintings because of the subject. I’m including a close up detail of part of the painting to show a surprise element of the roof of a house just over the hill barely noticeable in the overall view. I didn’t see it until I started to paint. There is another building in the background peeking out behind the trees, which may take some searching to find as well.


actual size detail - 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches is what it should
measure on your screen at 72 dpi.

From an artist’s perspective, the color scheme here is a triple complement. The sky has a blue/orange tone created by the setting sun, while the earth and trees create a red/green and yellow/violet shift in color. The dark shadows in the foreground are viridian green with flecks of red and brown from the still exposed soil. These elements of color as well as the crisscross textures in the foliage are what attracted me to do this painting.

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Dappled Carriage Team



Dappled Carriage Team
5” x 7” (12.7cm x 17.8cm) acrylic on gessoed board
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This is the second painting of draft horses. The first painting was of horses used by the Amish while this team is one I saw and photographed at Mackinac Island in north Michigan. The team was used to draw a carriage for rides from the Grand Hotel to the downtown area and for tours around the Island. When my wife and I went there we took our bikes with us and rode around the entire island so we didn’t use the carriage but enjoyed the pageantry of these beautiful horses.

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Monday, November 19, 2007

Mountain Passage: Climbing a Mountain in Sichuan, China




Mountain Passage: Four Girls Mountain
 5” x 7” (12.7cm x 17.8cm) acrylic on gessoed board $110 unframed
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In China, I’ve hiked, backpacked, climbed and ridden horseback up more mountains than I have anywhere else in the world. This is part of the Qionglai Mountain Range at the eastern end of Hengduan Mountains in Sichuan Province. The peaks are between 6,250 meters and 4,000 meters and you can see the vegetation line where the snow overtakes any vegetation year around. The sky is clear even in China at this altitude.
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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Red Grapes in Glass Bowl


Red Grapes in Glass Bowl

5 in. X 7 in. (12.7 cm X 17.8 cm) acrylic on gessoed board
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What is the style of this painting? It could be called classical realism, since that is the general feeling of this work, yet some artists might contest that since it is done in acrylic rather than oil and oil is the medium of choice for the classical realist. I'm attempting to paint in a style very similar to classical realism but with acrylic paint, which some artists find difficult or impossible to do. A compromise style title might be "Contemporary Classical Realism". Whether that is a contradiction of terms is up for you to decide.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Summer Calm: A Midwest Landscape



Summer Calm
12” x 16” (30.5cm x 40.6cm) acrylic on gessoed board
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Summer Calm is part of a larger series (12 inches x 16 inches) of Midwest landscapes inspired by the summer and fall light in travels through the Midwest that I’ve painted in addition to my smaller 5’ x 7’ paintings. I’ll post some of these for sale from time to time and make them available on my blog and Daily Painters gallery.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

The Beauty of Aging: Composition with Barn Door



The Beauty of Aging: Composition with Barn Door
7” x 5” (17.8cm x 12.7cm) acrylic on gessoed board
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Weathered wood seems to become more beautiful as it ages. I suppose this gives hope to all of us. On first glance this door is securely locked, but a closer look will reveal the padlock is not fastened giving us access to enter if we wish. Imagine yourself entering and exploring all the wonderful antiques or other objects that might be stored here.

The vertical and horizontal planes in this composition attracted me and reminded me of Piet Mondrian’s compositions. Even though you may not recognize this as an abstract painting, Mondrian was right in his contention that shifting a line or a shape a fraction one way or another can balance or unbalance the composition. I worked carefully for some time to crop and get the highlights just right to balance the horizontal and vertical movement, so from my artist’s eye this was an abstract design.

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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Amish Country



Amish Country
5” x 7” (12.7cm x 17.8cm) acrylic on gessoed board
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Sometimes there are those images I just have to paint. My sister and brother-in-law are building an authentic log house from old cabin logs in Amish country, so when we went to see it in progress this summer (see inset photo below) I had the chance to snap a photo of an Amish team of horses on our way back home.

It wasn’t until later when I cropped it down and looked at the detail that it got my attention. I fell in love with the color and light. I couldn’t get the image out of my mind so once I started painting I couldn’t stop until I was satisfied with the mood and feeling. I probably spent more time than I usually do on a small-scale daily painting, but painting is sometimes like an addiction. You can’t stop until you are completely sated.

That’s how it was with this image. I hope some of that feeling comes through to the viewer. It made me want to do a similar large-scale image sometime in the future but I’ll need to think about that some more before I’m ready to commit to this image again. It’s one of those images that scale or size doesn’t make a difference. I remember once seeing a photo of one of Aristide Maillol’s sculptures and thought it was a life sized sculpture but later was surprised to find it was actually only six inched high. Scale was almost irrelevant. It could be six inches or six feet and it would still read very well.




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Friday, November 02, 2007

Northern Passage



Northern Passage
6" x 8"(15.2cm x 20.7cm) acrylic on gessoed board
$110 unframed with free shipping in USA
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This is a painitng of fall colors from north Michigan. I wanted to do a bit larger than my usual 5" x 7" or 6" x 6" size so this is the result. The break in the trees created by a service passage created a unique view across the countryside.

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