January 31st, 2017

January 31st, 2017

January 31st, 2017 Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in Today, I joined a good friend to paint. I was not satisfied with my rendering of the scene I had in mind yesterday, so I decided to find the photo that was close to it and work from that. So – this painting and the…

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January 30th, 2017

January 30th, 2017

January 30th, 2017 Oil on Canvasboard, 18 x 24 in I was full of turmoil and was teaching a painting student. I couldn’t stand to paint the still life the student was painting so decided to work from a picture in my head. I needed to be at my lake. So I struggled to mix…

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December 1st, 2016

December 1st, 2016

December 1st, 2016 Loon at Sunset Reprise Oil on Panel, 12 x 16 in, Again, trying to work out the gleaming light of sunset in puddles on the water.

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October 18th & 19th, 2016

October 18th & 19th, 2016

October 18th & 19th, 2016 Loon Phoenix Rising Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in Not a Plein Air! I worked on this one rainy day and one sunny day. I attempted a similar painting a year ago and I was not pleased with the result. There’s something about the light and water my mind…

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September 9th, 2016

September 9th, 2016

September 9th, 2016 Kenora, Ontario Canada Oil on Canvasboard, 18 x 24 in (I think) I painted this, though I was not intending to fess up about it any time soon. I like the water on the left especially, I am angry about the trees. In real life, there is a bridge where lies that…

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